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