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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
The Bogs of Rathnagry
Author: W. Byrne
Location: North-east Carlow
A nostalgic piece about rural life during 'The Emergency', with some cameos of life at the time.
A nostalgic piece about rural life during 'The Emergency', with some cameos of life at the time.
Boatmen that Are Gone
Author: Kit Ennis
Singer: Tony Malone
Location: West Carlow, Barrow The title says it all: looking back at a way of life and of work that are gone, the Barrow boys are no more. The author, Kit Ennis, was a lock keeper at Tinnahinch lock (Graiguenamanagh) in the 1920s.
Beet Song 2
Author: Eddie Power
Location: South Carlow
Working the beet was hard work. Here Eddie power gives the complaints from a series of 'whingers'!
Working the beet was hard work. Here Eddie power gives the complaints from a series of 'whingers'!
Battle of the Wheat
Location: County Carlow
The farmer was also a patriot, working hard to feed the people.
The farmer was also a patriot, working hard to feed the people.
Battle of Kilcumney
Location: South Carlow
The historian can give a macro description of what happened. This micro description of a 1798 local incident of bravery and defiance is remembered and saluted
The historian can give a macro description of what happened. This micro description of a 1798 local incident of bravery and defiance is remembered and saluted
Battle of Carlow
Author: Bill Nolan, Ballon
Location: Carlow town
Poem about the massacre of the rebels in 1798, in Carlow town; more than 600 bodies were buried in the Croppies' Grave in Graiguecullen.
Poem about the massacre of the rebels in 1798, in Carlow town; more than 600 bodies were buried in the Croppies' Grave in Graiguecullen.
Teresa Malone
Author: Mikey Byrne, Muinebheag
Singer: Mick O'Connor
Second singer: Fiach Moriarty
Location: South Carlow
Mikey Byrne focuses on the heroine of the fateful day in Kilcumney, 1798, as Teresa Malone showed heroism and defiance against the yeomen.
Mikey Byrne focuses on the heroine of the fateful day in Kilcumney, 1798, as Teresa Malone showed heroism and defiance against the yeomen.
Saint Mullins Patron Day / The Hiring Fair at Tullow
Location: South Carlow, East Carlow
Each poem informs of very different activities, one of the pious actions of the Pattern / Patron and the other of the somewhat less actions associated with the Hiring day!
Each poem informs of very different activities, one of the pious actions of the Pattern / Patron and the other of the somewhat less actions associated with the Hiring day!
St. Mullins
Location: South Carlow
Description of the ceremonies that marked anniversaries of 1798 in South Carlow, and some of the motivations for the rebellion.
Description of the ceremonies that marked anniversaries of 1798 in South Carlow, and some of the motivations for the rebellion.