Traditional

Carrickfergus" is an Irish folk song, named after the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The origins of the song are unclear, but it has been traced to an Irish language song, "Do bhí bean uasal" ("There Was a Noblewoman"), which is attested to the poet Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna, who died in 1745 in County Clare.



The song appears on a ballad sheet in Cork City in the mid Nineteenth Century in macaronic form.

I created this unique arrangement for Violin, Viola & Celtic Harp.