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.