Does over the sea in Carrickfergus mean Old Kilmeny Graveyard, supposedly with marble stones in Ballygrant, on Islay?
Does over the sea in Carrickfergus mean Old Kilmeny Graveyard, supposedly with marble stones in Ballygrant, on Islay?
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Niall O’Dowd of New York was on Radio Ulster yesterday (Sun Jan 15) claiming over the sea in “Carrickfergus” meant the
[Old Kilmeny Graveyard](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8142293,-6.1705128,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHmf-tY7cRFPmRzsxLwdFtg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192), supposedly known for marble stones in [Ballygrant](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8146071,-6.1697003,3a,75y,54.43h,97.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc_J0w8tzHbPq3epUYzn64A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192), on Islay.
**Anybody know of pictures of these stones or this graveyard?**
PS
Flaired this as History, cuz I couldn’t see Flair for Music or Culture, History was closest.
Dear Mods, does r/Ireland really have no Culture or Music ?
Edit:
All aurally recorded songs change with repetition, by the [Mondegreen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen) effect.
O’Dowd was claiming current versions of Carrickfergus were written by Dominic Behan from fragments retold by Peter O’Toole.