From Fillthepot Curran his scotchlove machreether

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  • John Philpot Curran (1750-1817): an Irish orator, politician, wit, lawyer and judge, defended several United Irishmen
  • "Mother Machree": a 1910 Irish-American sentimental popular song by Rida Johnson Young (lyricist) and Chauncey Olcott and Ernest R. Ball (music). It was a John McCormack favorite.
  • machree (Anglo-Irish): my heart
  • mo chreatuir (Irish): my [poor] creature (literally 'my creature')
  • filthy
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