Patrick Joseph McCall

Patrick Joseph McCall (6 March 1861 – 8 March 1919) was an Irish songwriter and poet, known mostly as the author of lyrics for popular ballads: "Follow me up to Carlow", "The Boys of Wexford", "Boolavogue, The Lowlands Low and "Kelly the Boy from Killanne". The Wexford ballads dealing with the 1798 Rising were put to music by Arthur Warren Darley.

Life

He was born at 25 Patrick St, Dublin, Ireland, the son of John McCall, a publican and grocer. He attended St. Joseph’s Monastery, Harold's Cross, a Catholic University School.^[1]

He spent his summer holidays in Rathangan, County Wexford where he spent time with local musicians and ballad singers. He also collected many old Irish airs, but is probably best remembered for his patriotic ballads. He married Margaret Furlong, a sister of the poet Alice Furlong, in 1901.^[2]

Writings

• "In the shadow of St. Patrick's: A paper read before the Irish National Literary Society", April 27, 1893 (Carraig chapbooks ; 3), Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1894
• Irish Noíníns (Daisies) (Dublin: Sealy & Bryers 1894)
• The Fenian Nights' Entertainments (Dublin: T. G. O'Donoghue 1897)
• Songs of Erinn (London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1899)
• Pulse of the Bards (Cuisle na hÉigse): Songs and Ballads (Dublin: Gill 1904)
• Irish Fireside Songs (Dublin: Gill 1911).
• "In the Shadow of Christ Church" [Pt. III], in Dublin Historical Record, 2.3 (March 1940)

His manuscript Ballad Collection is in the National Library of Ireland.

References

1. ^ Boylan, Henry (1998). A Dictionary of Irish Biography, 3rd Edition. Dublin: Gill and MacMillan. p. 235. ISBN 0-7171-2945-4. 
2. ^ 1911 census returns

• KELLY OF KILLANE (ScotsIndependent)

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Name	Maccall, Patrick Joseph
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Date of birth	6 March 1861
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Date of death	8 March 1919
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