Michael McGinley
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michael-mcginley-162-10241876
title:
Michael McGinley
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Michael McGinley was an Irish songwriter famous for the songs "The Hills of Glenswilly" and "An Emigrant's Farewell", written as he travelled on the ship The Invercardill to New Zealand in 1878. Having returned to Ireland, he married Bridget McDevitt in 1901. One of their children was Nora, a republican socialist and activist. They first farmed a small holding at Breenagh, but later leased a pub in Strabane, County Tyrone, and then moved to Ballybofey, County Donegal. He wrote the ballad The Woo
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Irish songwriter
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McGinley
date created:
2010-09-13T23:12:41Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T21:41:55Z
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