Kilkelly Ireland Song (1995)

"Kilkelly, Ireland" is a song by Steven and Peter Jones. It tells the
story of an Irish emigrant to America through a series of letters from
his father back in Kilkelly. It has five verses covering the period
between 1860 and 1892.

The Jones brothers based the song on letters from their
great-great-grandfather, Brian Hunt, to his son John, their
great-grandfather. As Brian was illiterate, the letters were actually
written by dictation to the local schoolmaster, Patrick McNamara, who
had been a friend of John's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRHQAtKbRTk