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Bobby Miller's Great Fifteen
Author: P.J. Furey
Location: Carlow town
Tribute to the great Eire Og team of the early 1990s
Tribute to the great Eire Og team of the early 1990s
Bunclody on Fair Day
Location: Carlow east, Bunclody
The author remembers the events of a fair day in Bunclody
The author remembers the events of a fair day in Bunclody
Carlow Eleven
Author: Leo McGough
Location: Carlow county
Leo describes the strange events of an infamous application of the rules of Gaelic football, with Carlow the victims!
Leo describes the strange events of an infamous application of the rules of Gaelic football, with Carlow the victims!
Carlow Farmers' Ball
Author: J. Hayden
Location: Carlow county
A jocose account of a local event
A jocose account of a local event
Dance at Marley
Author: P.J. McCall
Location: Carlow east
A record of an important local event and a view of a way of life
A record of an important local event and a view of a way of life
Dick Jones of Croneskeagh
Location: Carlow north
A comic description of how a local man acquired a wife!
A comic description of how a local man acquired a wife!
Drowning at Doolin Bay, 1983
Recited by Lil Coleman
The recitation recounts the awful and traumatic events when four local youths, John Murphy, and brothers James, John and Eddie Doran, along with four other youths, were drowned in Doolin Bay They were attending the Lisdoonvarna Festival on july 31st…
Eddie's Rambling House
Author; J. Candy
Eddie McDonald of Clonmore is one of the key collectors of old Carlow pieces, as well as the host for one of the oldest Rambling House sessions.
Eire Og From Carlow Town
Authors: O. Hennessy, J. Murphy
Location: Carlow Town
A celebration of the great town team of the 1990s
A celebration of the great town team of the 1990s
Fate of Cahir Ruadh
Author: P.J. McCall
Location: Blackstairs
The poem narrates the story of a highwayman's attempt to kidnap a girl, her rescue by her true love and the subsequent death of the highwayman after a pursuit by the people.
The poem narrates the story of a highwayman's attempt to kidnap a girl, her rescue by her true love and the subsequent death of the highwayman after a pursuit by the people.