Michael McGinley (born 1852 in Alt an Iarann, Gleann tSúilí, County Donegal, Ireland) was an Irish songwriter known for the songs "The Hills of Glenswilly" and "An Emigrant's Farewell", written as he travelled on the ship The Invercardill to New Zealand in 1878.
[1] Having returned to Ireland, he married Bridget McDevitt in 1901.
One of their children was Nora, a republican socialist and activist.
They first farmed a small holding at Breenagh, but later leased a pub in Strabane, County Tyrone, and then moved to Ballybofey, County Donegal.
[2] He is the older brother of Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, an Irish language writer.