Spancil Hill Fair in County Clare has been running for over 300 years and will be celebrated next Tuesday 23 June 2015. There have been many versions of the well-known song associated with the fair recorded over the years, most famously by Robbie McMahon.
Michael ‘Straighty’ Flanagan from Inagh gives
a rendition of ‘Spancil Hill’ in the
Singers and Songs of County Clare section of Clare County Library’s website. Straighty uses his own air – an air which he uses for a number of his songs – suggesting that he learned the song from print rather that by ear:
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/songs/cmc/spancil_hill_msflanagan.htm
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