Spancil Hill - the personal tragedy behind the classic Irish song
It’s often the case that great songs are written by people at a time when they are experiencing great personal tragedy in their lives.
The classic Irish ballad, Spancil Hill, is a perfect example of this. It was a written by a young man called Michal Considine at a time when he knew he didn’t have long to live. He wanted the song to be a memorial to him and a celebration of the people he had loved in his life.
Michal Considine who was born around 1850 near Spancil Hill, which lies
