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- Collection: Traditional Songs, poems, and stories
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Priesthood
Author:Val Vousden
Location: Carlow town and county The recitation, popularised by Val Vousden, tells the joy of parents at the imminent entry of a somewhat 'normal' boy into the priesthood
Carlow Dolmen
Author: Brendan Harding
Location: Carlow county
Brendan reflects on the mysterious history of the Dolmen, and its affect on him.
Brendan reflects on the mysterious history of the Dolmen, and its affect on him.
The Derreen
Location: Carlow east
The poem is about the nostalgia of the emigrant, thinking of the places and joys of their youth.
The poem is about the nostalgia of the emigrant, thinking of the places and joys of their youth.
The Dying Girl
Author: R. D. Williams
Location: Carlow
The poet studied in St. Patrick's in Carlow for a time
The poet studied in St. Patrick's in Carlow for a time
The Girl I left Behind Me
Location: Carlow County
A love song about two lovers separated by the military term of the young man.
A love song about two lovers separated by the military term of the young man.
Thomas Traynor
Singer 1: Fiach Moriarty
Singer 2: Danny Browne
Singer 3: Tony Malone
Location: Carlow County, especially Tullow
Thomas Traynor, from Tullow, was executed because of his involvement in the 1916 rebellion. Together with Kevin Barry and eight others he was initially buried in an unmarked grave in Mountjoy.
Thomas Traynor, from Tullow, was executed because of his involvement in the 1916 rebellion. Together with Kevin Barry and eight others he was initially buried in an unmarked grave in Mountjoy.
Though We're Not a Hurling County
Author: Percy McEvoy
Location: Carlow county
The poem celebrates the achievements of the Carlow hurling team of 1960
The poem celebrates the achievements of the Carlow hurling team of 1960
A Thousand Leagues From Carlow town
Author: John Locke, Callan
Location: Carlow town
A poem about an emigrant girl, fallen on hard times in New York
A poem about an emigrant girl, fallen on hard times in New York
Three Little Fishermen
Location: Carlow west, River Barrow
A fun poem about fishermen, their tales and dreams.
A fun poem about fishermen, their tales and dreams.
Threshing Dance in Doyles' of Raheendoran
Author: Luke Morrissey
Location: Carlow west
The events and characters at a house dance, after the threshing
The events and characters at a house dance, after the threshing