"The Quigley's in hundreds there you could find" - at the wedding of Edward Canny
The Wedding of Edward Canny Published on page 19 of the 13 March 1925 issue of the Southern Cross newspaper in South Australia was a poem, which was originally printed 50 years previously. The tune can only be guessed at, but the words give a sense of the gaiety and family connections of those celebrating the wedding of Edward Canny. The entry begins with the following statement - "We have been requested to reprint the following poem, which will be of interest to many of the old settlers in the district and their descendants." No details are given as to who requested the reprint, or where the copy was obtained. The writer states that "the music and words are by Billy and Edward Carne." I wonder if "Carne" is actually Canny. Edward was actually Edmund Canny, born in County Clare, Ireland in about 1842, the son of William Canny and Bridget Quigley. Edmund married Margaret Dundon on 23 July 1873 at the Catholic Presbytery in Kapunda. Marg