BARD OF ARMAGH, THE

Created on 22/09/2022
Latest update on 17/07/2024

Artist: Allen McQuhae
Author: trad./Herbert Hughes
Label: Edison Re-creation
Year: 1920

Irish tenor. Roud #2654. Same tune as in St. James Infirmary (see there). Song about Irish bishop Patrick Donnelly (late 17th century).

Covers:

1923:

John McCormack [Irish tenor on Victrola; hit IRE]

1957:

Pete Seeger

1968:

Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem

1976:

Johnny McEvoy

1994:

John McDermott

1998:

Vince Gill [version linking three stanzas of The Bard Of Armagh with three from The Streets Of Laredo]

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