Michael McGinley (born 1852 in

Donegal Donegal may refer to: County Donegal, Ireland * County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster * Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland * Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ...

, Ireland) was an Irish songwriter famous for the songs "The Hills of Glenswilly" and "An Emigrant's Farewell", written as he travelled on the ship ''The Invercardill'' to New Zealand in 1878. Having returned to Ireland, he married Bridget McDevitt in 1901. One of their children was Nora, a republican socialist and activist. They first farmed a small holding at Breenagh, but later leased a pub in

Strabane Strabane ( ; ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Strabane had a population of 13,172 at the 2011 Census. It lies on the east bank of the River Foyle. It is roughly midway from Omagh, Derry and Letterkenny. The River Foyle marks ...

, County Tyrone, and then moved to Ballybofey, County Donegal. He wrote the ballad ''The woods of Drumboe'' (aka ''The Drumboe martyrs'') to memorialist the four anti-treaty republicans who were executed in Drumboe on 14 March 1923. He is the older brother of

Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich (5 October 1856 – 1 July 1942; en, P.T. MacGinley), known as Cú Uladh (''The Hound of Ulster''), was an Irish language writer during the Gaelic revival. He wrote stories based on Irish folklore, some of the firs ...

, an

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writer.

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Lyrics - The Hills of GlenswillyLyrics - An Emigrant's FarewellLyrics - The Drumboe Martyrs
1852 births Year of death missing Irish male songwriters Musicians from County Donegal Writers from County Donegal {{Ireland-writer-stub