“Ballyjamesduff”

Description

"The garden of Eden has vanished, they say, But I know the lie of it still": Its image survives in Ballyjamesduff. Paddy Reilly tells that he was a quiet baby because he knew he was born there. Now grown, every breeze tells him to come back

Recordings

• Margaret Barry, "Ballyjamesduff" (on IRMBarry-Fairs)