The Croppy Boy - Performed at The Croppy Boy Grave, Crooke, Passage, Co. Waterford by Tim Corrigan

As promised here is that recording of Tim Corrigan singing The Croppy Boy that I recorded at 8pm yesterday in Crooke Graveyard, Passage, Co. Waterford.
Folklore tells us that this was a spot where a ‘Croppy Boy’ was buried in 1798. We have no definitive evidence to say a ‘Croppy’ was buried here but the story exists in local folk memory and we there is no denying that thousands of United Irishmen were held prisoner in the nearby Geneva Barracks.
I filmed this last night and just edited it up there now. If you get a chance, have a listen to short chat I had with Tim, Mag and Seamus that appears after Tim sings the song.
By the way, there are loads of versions of The Croppy Boy in the folksong tradition, this is Tim's version.
Text: Michael Fortune