Identity area
Reference code
NWA-18777/1/2/11
Title
Songs from Co. Dublin
Date(s)
- 1978-1985 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
139 pages
Context area
Name of creator
(1913-1997)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Handwritten, typescript, and newspaper clippings of songs from Co. Dublin, mostly lyric sheets, but also a few with tonic sol-fa and one handwritten staff notation. Many transcribed by Nellie Walsh herself, but others clearly sent to her. Some attached to letters addressed to Walsh. One of the lyric sheets handwritten by Walsh has an Offaly song on the back. Another handful of songs from Dan McEntee.