Identity area
Reference code
NWA-18777/1/2/25
Title
Songs from Co. Offaly
Date(s)
- 1909-1989 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
178 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, photocopied printed, and newspaper clippings of songs from Co. Offaly, mostly lyric sheets but a few contain tonic sol-fa. Several written by John Nestor and composed by Bobby O'Driscoll, which are indexed by Walsh in the beginning of the folder. One song and its tonic sol-fa is written on a napkin. Mostly transcribed by Nellie Walsh herself, but others sent to her or clipped from newspapers. Some attached to letters addressed to Walsh, and several are signed by Thomas Dunne.