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In the county of Carlow two rebels were slaughtered
Two brave Irish heroes who loved Erin dear
With the guns of the British that they lent Dick Mulcahy
They were both assassinated at Carthy’s of Shean.

That beautiful mountain looks down over…

Location: North Carlow, Clonmore
John remembers the place of his youth and its history

Seamus fondly remembers the village where he grew as well as practices from a lost way of life.

A local view of the heroic sacrifice made by a local hero in his struggle to help his people in 1798.

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.

The poem is a nostalgic memory of childhood activity in land now urbanised and modernised.

Location: Carlow county
The poem celebrates the achievements of the Carlow hurling team of 1960

Location: Carlow west, River Barrow
A fun poem about fishermen, their tales and dreams.

Location: Carlow west
The events and characters at a house dance, after the threshing