Andrew Kuntz has it as KITTY TYRRELL [1] (Caitlin Triall) in the Fiddlers' Companion. O'Hampsey (1695-1807), Donnchadh Ó Hámsaigh in Gaelic, was the last of the traditional Irish harpers. Ann Heymann, who has revived the metal-stringed Celtic harp, has a profile of O'Hampsey with a list of his known tunes on the Harp Spectrum website. She says
There's a guitar version of "Caitlyn Tyrell" on YouTube that gives the melody:
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