From Fillthepot Curran his scotchlove machreether
From FinnegansWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search- John Philpot Curran (1750-1817): an Irish orator, politician, wit, lawyer and judge, defended several United Irishmen
- "Mother Machree": a 1910 Irish-American sentimental popular song by Rida Johnson Young (lyricist) and Chauncey Olcott and Ernest R. Ball (music). It was a John McCormack favorite.
- machree (Anglo-Irish): my heart
- mo chreatuir (Irish): my [poor] creature (literally 'my creature')
- filthy
