Joe Lynch: On the Banks of My Own Lovely Lee

Actor and singer Joe Lynch was born in born in Mallow, Co Cork, on July16, 1925, the son of an engine driver and a bookbinder. He excelled in sports at school, played the piano and tin whistle, learned Irish dancing and had a fine tenor voice. He died in Alicante, Spain, on the first of August 2001. The song, 'On the Banks of My Own Lovely Lee', is the national anthem of the 'Rebel County' of Cork, and all of it people wherever they may live. For 'Cork Boys' like me - I was born in Cork City in 1938 - the one and only 'De Banks' has a truly magical resonance. The notes with the CD say that this world famous song was written by one James Chad Shanahan about whom Google could tell me nothing...
Ireland County Cork Cork City The Rebel County popular songs Joe Lynch The Banks of My Own Lovely Lee The River Lee De Banks muisire









































