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Danny Boy

The Irish in Country | Donegal’s Danny Boy

By Debbie McGoldrick

June 1991

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What exactly is it about singing sensation Daniel O'Donnell that makes people feel so passionately about him? Daniel's fans—and there are millions of them, all over the world—would absolutely live and die for him. They flock to his concerts in record numbers, and make his album and video sales reach the same lofty heights as pop icons Madonna and New Kids on the … [Read more...] about The Irish in Country | Donegal’s Danny Boy

Hibernia | Who Wrote “Danny Boy”?

By Peter Garland

March 1991

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The words to perhaps the most famous of all Irish songs, "Danny Boy," were actually written by an Englishman named Frederick E. Weatherley, a leading barrister and lyricist of his day. The tune of this song is Irish-the "Londonderry Air," first seen in print in 1855 after Miss Jane Ross of Limavady, a village east of Derry, in Northern Ireland, had taken it down from a peasant … [Read more...] about Hibernia | Who Wrote “Danny Boy”?