"Pat O'Neil's Return to Glasgow", a song preserved in a scrapbook entitled Old Glasgow Street Songs etc, 1850 which is held at the Mitchell Library.
This song tells of a an exile, who fled to Glasgow after killing soldiers in Ireland during the troubles at the end of the 18th century.
Reference: GC 398.5 GLA
Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning
Keywords:
fights, folk songs, immigrants, Irish nationalism, Irish nationalists, Old Glasgow Street Songs etc, 1850, Pat O'Neil's Return to Glasgow, River Clyde, soldiers, street songs, United Irishmen