Identity area
Reference code
NWA-18777/2/5
Title
The Londonderry air
Date(s)
- 18 February 1936-1 August 1996 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
106 pages
Context area
Name of creator
(1913-1997)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Songs, newspaper clippings, and editorials about the tune 'The Londonderry air,' including a list of songs set to the air, letters from Nellie Walsh and letters responding to her request for information about the tune, several packets of sheet music in staff notation for songs composed to the air, and a collection of materials about its most famous interpretation, 'Danny boy.' Several of these are duplicates or photocopies of each other.