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Ballinskelligs Bay is on the Ring of Kerry. As we passed through, we were impressed by the beauty of the beach - pure white sand, clear water and clean fresh air. And in the middle of the beach sat a cow. Some form of Irish adjistment? The characters of Paddy O'Loghlen and Percy Doyle are my grandfather and great uncle from each side of my family. They never met.

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Ballinskelligs Bay

When the frothel of the Guinness had diminished in the glass
and the trauma of the morning was a faint remembrance
Patrick John O'Loghlen and Michael MacGuinn
had settled down to talk
about their disappointment.

Said Paddy O'Loghlen to Micky MacGuinn
"I've bin doin' some tinking"

Well their cow had come in last at the Lisdoonvarna fair
and big money had been won but it wasn't theirs.
"Walking bag of bones" said the judges report
how to own the fatted calf this would take some more thought.
Said Paddy O'Loghlen to Micky MacGuinn
"We'll be doin' some walkin' "

So they took themselves to the long main street
and they pondered as they wandered along
when right before their eyes shone the neon sign
"Percy Doyle - Your Man for Land".
He could offer them agistment if they paid up front
and the cow went on the truck today
he had two hundred acres of virgin soil lots of water and clean fresh air.

Done !

* * * *

Well twelve months soon passed and the fair was near
and the cow would need to be returned
they had high expectations of their coming prize
wads of punts and more to burn.

So they got themselves a truck from their neighbour Dan
and they set off on a Thursday morn
they were following the map Percy Doyle had said
would lead them to the Promised Land.

So they passed Ennis, Limerick and Castlemaine,
Feaklecally and then Derreen
and there was the cow thin and gaunt and down
on two hundred acres of white beach sand!

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from In the Home of my Ancestors, released September 17, 1997
Gavin O'Loghlen : Acoustic 6 & 12 string guitars, electric guitar, drums, bass, percussion, keyboards, highland pipes, small pipes, whistle, lead vocals

Stephanie Graeber : Violin

Jack Brennan : Northumbrian pipes, uillean pipes

Jacqui Yeo : Vocals

Malachy O'Reilly : Voice

Music & words written by Gavin O'Loghlen

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Gavin O'Loghlen Australia

Cotters Bequest is a seven piece progressive Celtic band playing 28 instruments including Highland, Uilleann, Northumbrian and Scottish smallpipes, Irish whistles, violin, cello and accordion wrapped in layers of acoustic and electric guitars, vintage keyboards and rich vocal harmonies.

In the style of "a Celtic King Crimson..a Pink Floyd with bagpipes.. with a sprinkling of Peter Gabriel."
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