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Johnny Fyfe was in the Charley Farrelly Folk Club, Carrigallen, Co Leitrim, Friday last Dec 2011, and he sang 'The Homes of Donegal'. Accompanying him on piano was Tommy Hunt. (Johnny would never have had anyone, ever, accompany him on piano!) I first heard Johnny sing this song in the mid- Seventies! Johnny will be 83 this year.

Wikapedia tells us: "The Homes of Donegal" is an Irish ballad written by songwriter Seán McBride in 1955. It has been performed by many singers, most famously by Paul Brady. McBride was a native of Cruit Island which is in the Rosses area of County Donegal. He died at the age of 90 in August 1996 and is buried on his native Cruit Island.[2] Seán only wrote the lyrics, the actual air itself may be 150 or more years old, there are many songs around using the same melody, the closest one is a song called "The Faughan Side". Video by Tony Fahy