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from Michael Hurley Compositions
Back in 2005 I was involved in a project for the Arts Department of Sligo County Council, along with singer and flute player Colm O’Donnell, to write some music based around the relatively recently written traditional song, ‘Horses and Plough’. As the song mentions Ploughmen, I was reminded of the Ploughman’s Lunch which was a meat, bread and cheese meal popular in British pubs from the 1970s, before sophistication set in. I, of course, wondered what they ate for the breakfast.
