Article

In Search of the Original “Skewball”

Seán Ó Cadhla

Published in: Ethnomusicology Ireland 2 (2013)

Pages: 61-85 | Published Online: 2013

https://doi.org/10.64208/BSEW9357

Abstract

By closely examining contemporary records, as well as drawing relevant comparisons with a diverse range of collected versions of the ballad, I seek to establish the historical facts which lie behind the narrative recounted in the ballad “Skewball”. 

Keywords: Ballad, “Skewball”, history

Author: Seán Ó Cadhla