"Gartan Mother's Lullaby" is an old Irish song and poem written by Herbert Hughes and Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil, first published in Songs of Uladh [Ulster] in 1904.
[1] Hughes collected the traditional melody in Donegal the previous year and Campbell wrote the lyrics.
The song is a lullaby by a mother, from the parish of Gartan in County Donegal.
The song refers to a number of figures in Irish mythology, places in Ireland and words in the Irish language.
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