The Coda singing group, which consists of seven local singers, performed the "Mingulay Boat Song", at Matt Molloy's Yard Bar in Westport, in August 2016. The sea shanty pays homage to the island ...

Sea shanties were work songs, sung by merchant seamen as they ... whose employees and ships were called Wellermen. Its lyrics describe a supply ship bringing "sugar and tea and rum" to the whaling ...