She is best known for the ballad Roddy McCorley and the Song of Ciabhán; the latter was set to music by Ivor Gurney.
His family had a very strong republican tradition and he was the great-grandson of United Irishmen leader Roddy McCorley, who was executed for his part in the 1798 rebellion.
Roddy Piper | Roddy McDowall | Roddy McCorley | Roddy Doyle | Derek Roddy | Roddy Lumsden | Rod Roddy | Roddy McLeod | Roddy Estwick | Roddy Connolly |