The words to the McTiernan song written by Gene McTiernan of the T DNA Group and  first preformed at the Scranton McTiernan family reunion, Aug. 1, 2015 in Moscow, Pennsylvania

Note most of  the Irish that settled in Scranton, Pennsylvania area went there to get a job working in the coal mines.

The McTiernan Song
(Sung to the tune Helpless by Neil Young)

There is a place in  northeast PA
Dream comfort memories to spare
But to tell you the truth today
We'd rather be in Drumahaire

Green Isle across the surf
Rolling hills wide and deep
Ancient bogs and burning turf
And loads and loads of bleating sheep

We are:
McTiernan McTiernan
McTiernan McTiernan

Ireland can you hear us say
From far across the sea
We remember that land today
And to you we drink wiskey

We are:
McTiernan McTiernan
McTiernan McTiernan

The black coal called them away
Many ships did part
Ancestors that below us lay
Forever in our heart

We are:
McTiernan McTiernan
McTiernan McTiernan