John O'Reilly was my true love's name, he lived near the town called Glen

Man disapproves of his daughter's love for a fisherman and plans to kill him. The mother warns her daughter and gives her one thousand pounds to send her lover to America to buy land. Her lover leaves then returns to take her back with him, but their ship is lost and their bodies are found floating to shore. Pinned to the girl is a note blaming her father for the tragedy.Laws, ABBB, M8 ("Riley's Farewell"); Mercer: Greenleaf, p. 182 ("O'Reilly the Fisherman"; "Riley the Fisherman"; "Riley's Farewell"); Karpeles (1934), p. 66; Karpeles (1971), p. 163; Leach, p. 58 (Lehr, Riley); Peacock, (1954), p. 127; Peacock (1965), p. 698