Binneas Collection Song: 'My own dear Finian's bay'

The following song gives an intense sense of longing for and belonging to an area. In short the very definition of ‘home’. Enforced emigration through lack of opportunity or financial necessity has been the unfortunate truth for many, both in the past and in more recent times. For some emigrants, after a number of years away, the journey home became an impossible one. The song was composed by John Foley, New Road, Reencaheragh, Portmagee. He was a near relative of the poet Diarmuid Ó Failbhe an file a chum ‘An Gheadach Dá Crú sa Ghleann’. It was first recorded in 1988 by Peter Locke, Tralee, It was donated to the Binneas project by Pat O’Leary, Ballynabloun,  The Glen, a gentleman who is a well of knowledge on the genealogy and history of the area.

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