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The most famous song about Tipperary was first written about Connemara
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How Percy French turned one overheard sigh into "The Emigrant's Letter"
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Why the Limerick drinking song Garryowen will never be played for the Cheyenne
The murderous highwayman behind Ireland's beloved "Whiskey in the Jar"
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