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

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.

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

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

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

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: Carlow north
Recitation about the Rambling Houses tradition.

For two hundred years its stood,
Among the Wicklow hills,
The source of people's hopes,
The cure for many ills.
It was built by Fr Blanchfield,
With faith and a hundred pound,
And it is fitting that there he rests,
Inside the church he…

A picture of the harsh life of a mountain farmer

Location: Carlow County
Another song in praise of Kevin Barry, written by MCN of Borris