Bean Ó Fallamháin - Mrs. Fallon

Fallon Family Crest
Fallon Family Crest

The Fallons are a Roscommon family. John Fallon of Runnimead, in that county, was a Captain in the Army of King James II. There isa poem of four quatrains entitled 'Sláinte Uí Fhalloin'[Fallon's Health] beginning:
Chearbhúlán mé tháinic
Chun na h-áite seo a'déanamh spóirt
It seems likely that this song was made for the husband of the Mrs. Fallon who gave her name to the present air. Carolan calls for a drink: Go n-ólfam sláinte UíFhalloin suairc.

Song Notations

Notations are courtesy of Carolan, the Life and Times of an Irish Harper by Dónal O'Sullivan v 1 p 189 Celtic Music Edition 1983.

Replay background music: Fallon
Courtesy of Vivian and Jack Hennessey, IrishPage.com, 2004.

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