One day in April 1903 a young trader named John Flanagan arrived in Clones town with eggs to sell and to pay a debt to the local butcher John Fee. After following Fee to his slaughterhouse he was not seen again until 8 months later his body was found buried in a dung pile.

These are the ballads of the murder of John Flanagan from Clones Co Monaghan.

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This episode we talk a little about folklore and songs about old Irish courting and marriage rituals and beliefs.

Songs:

McBreen's Heifer

Tipperary Mans Courtship

I Wish They'd Do It Now

My Own Irish Rose

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The 1867 uprising was another failed uprising across Ireland organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood. These few songs are about men who fell during the uprising including Peter O'Neill Crowley and a young lad by the name of Ned Kelly from Kilcash in Co. Tipperary.

Both borrowed the air from Charles Kickam's Poor Blind Patrick Sheehan, based on an older Celtic air to which many laments for fallen rebels were written.

Songs include:

Poor Blind Patrick Sheehan - Charles Kickham

The Ballad of Peter O'Neill Crowley - Edmond Houlihan (Rambling Jack)

Rebel on the Run - John Ryan

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