Muldoons. The solid man

• "Muldoon the Solid Man": a 1874 song, by Irish-American playwright and performer Edward Harrigan:

  Go with me and I'll treat you dacent
  I'll set you down and I'll fill the can
  As I walk the street, each friend I meet
  Says: “There goes Muldoon. He's a solid man”

• Muldoon the Solid Man: nickname of the Irish-American wrestling champion William Muldoon (1852-1933).
• Muldoon the Solid Man: nickname given to Irish-American music hall performer William J. Ashcroft, who made the song popular in Ireland, He worked with comedian and theatre owner Dan Lowrey.

• solid: well-off, respectable
• Muldoon: variants of Pat Mullen, Tom Mallon, Dan Meldon, Don Maldon