Lovely [ban]ks of Boyne - Courtship & marriage - English ballads

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(1) Lovely [ban]ks of Boyne

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https://digital.nls.uk/74893828

Description

Lovely [ban]ks of Boyne - first line reads: [I am a yo]uthful damsel I love my laddy [sic] well. O'Brien of Tipperary - first line reads: You loyal hearted Irishmen attend unto my tale. In two columns. Two ballads.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.2379

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1870 [Date printed]
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 [Date/event in text]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

Europe > Ireland > Leinster > County Dublin > Dublin borough > Dublin (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Europe > Republic of Ireland > Leinster > County Meath > Boyne (river) [Place in text]
North and Central America > United States (nation) [Place in text]

Subject / content:

Ballads
Courtships
Soldiers
Valleys (landforms)
Rivers
Abbey churches

Person / organisation:

Irish [Subject of text]

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English ballads

Description

Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Attribution and copyright:

Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

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Subject / content:	Abbey churches
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