He was assisted in putting the Wexford ballads, dealing with the 1798 Rising, to music by Arthur Warren Darley using traditional Irish airs.
(1822–1902), a publican, grocer, historian, almanac editor, and folklorist from Clonmore near Hacketstown in County Carlow and Elizabeth Newport[1] (1832–1890) from Wexford.
[2][3] He was the brother of two boys, each named Michael Joseph McCall,[4][5] and each of whom died in infancy and are buried with their parents in Prospect Cemetery, Glasnevin, Dublin.
His aunt Ellen Newport provided much of the raw material for the songs and tunes meticulously recorded by her nephew.
He contributed to the Dublin Historical Record, the Irish Monthly, The Shamrock and Old Moore's Almanac (under the pseudonym Cavellus).