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    Shamrock, Rose and Thistle: Gallery

    Shamrock, Rose and Thistle: Folk Singing in North Derry is a classic collection-study made by Hugh Shields of seventy-four traditional songs in English, several in multiple versions, which he recorded in the field from 1961 to 1975 in Magilligan, north Co Derry. It was first published in Belfast in 1981.

    Presented here are photographs of most of his source singers – chief among them being Eddie Butcher – courtesy of Evelyn Mullen, daughter of Eddie Butcher, and of the Shields family.

    Tom Anderson / [unidentified photographer]
    John Butcher junior / [unidentified photographer]
    Jimmy Butcher / [unidentified photographer]
    John and Maria Butcher / [unidentified photographer]
    John Butcher / [unidentified photographer]
    Robert Butcher senior / [unidentified photographer]
    Eddie and Gracie Butcher / [unidentified photographer]
    Eddie Butcher, c. 1980 / William Little
    Eddie Butcher with his dog Mac, c. 1975 / Evelyn Mullen (née Butcher)
    Gracie Butcher, 1966 / Lisa Shields
    Hugh Shields, c. 1975 / [unidentified photographer]
    Bill and Tilly Quigley / [unidentifed photographer]
    Robert Butcher junior with his wife and grandson / [unidentifed photographer]
    Charlie Somers (2nd from R); and others / [unidentifed photographer]
    Maria and John Butcher / [unidentifed photographer]
    Mick O’Hara, Lizzie O’Hara and their children / [unidentifed photographer]
    John Fleming / [unidentifed photographer]
    Lizzie O’Hara / [unidentifed photographer]
    Mary Ellen McCutcheon [née Butcher] / [unidentifed photographer]
    Mary Harte / [unidentifed photographer]
    Mary Somers / [unidentifed photographer]
    Sarah Sweeney / [unidentifed photographer]
    Greta Deehan outside Deehan’s bar / [unidentifed photographer]
    Hugh Shields, 1961 / Irish press photographer
    Benevenagh mountain from Myroe, Co. Derry / Lisa Shields
    River Roe at Myroe, Co. Derry / Lisa Shields

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