"Danny Boy" is based on this traditional Irish tune popular in the 1850s
It's exactly 100 years since the famous lyrics of 'Danny Boy' were first ... of Co 
Derry around 1850 and since then several claimants have emerged ... that this is 
how Jane Ross "discovered" the ultimate Irish traditional song,... [DOC] [TLE] List of Irish ballads - Wikipedia [PAR] The following are often-sung Irish folk ballads and folksongs.