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Location: Carlow County
The song salutes the achievement of the county u21 footballers who lost the Leinster finalto Dublin by a narrow margin

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

Location: County Carlow
Andy Murphy of Tinryland, Carlow and leinster football fame is remembered in this poem by John Candy

Location: South Carlow, Borris
Another version of the song by Eddie Power, which was located in Graiguenamanagh in Eddie's version.

William A. Byrne, from Rathangan in Kildare, was a professor in Knockbeg College. 'The Light on the Broom' was the collection from which this poem is taken.

Location: Central Carlow
A fun account of a local event.

THE RED, YELLOW AND GREEN

A cock crows, a daffodil grows,
Another dew glazed morn;
A church bell rings, a blackbird sings,
A Carlow emigrant is born.

With footsteps of a child, I leave my home behind,
Nastled in Mount Leinster standing…

Location: County Carlow
John adopts the persona of the exile who exults in returning home to the place of his youth.

Location: West Carlow, Rossmore
This narrates the adventure of a group of local men who faced severe weather to bring provisions home.