Source: John McFadden in O’Neill’s Music of Ireland¹

Possibly a composition of McFadden’s. Similar to Ballinasloe Fair (MOI #1285, DMI #550) also sourced from him. O’Neill’s account of McFadden from Irish Minstrels and Musicians can be found here.

1. Francis O’Neill, O’Neill’s Music of Ireland: Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Melodies. Chicago, Lyon & Healy, 1903, #1323, p.248.
   Also appears in:
   Francis O’Neill, The Dance Music of Ireland (1001 Gems). Chicago, Lyon & Healy, 1907, #584, p.107.