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This article is about the songwriter. For the Gaelic footballer and father of professional golfer Paul, see Mick McGinley.

Michael McGinley (born 1852 in Donegal, Ireland) was an Irish songwriter famous for the songs "The Hills of Glenswilly" and "An Emigrant's Farewell", written as he travelled on the ship The Invercardill to New Zealand in 1878.[1]

He is the older brother of Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, an Irish language writer.

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  1. ^ http://www.triskelle.eu/lyrics/hillsofglenswilly.php?index=080.010.040.020
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