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Grá Faoi Bhláth
Author: Aine Durkin
Singer: Lisa Butler
Theme: Love across three generations. Written for the Pan Celtic competition by Aine Durkin and sung by Lisa Butler.
Grá Faoi Bhláth - Love Blossoms
Grá Faoi Bhláth
Nuair a chonaic mise thusa, scaipna scamaill romham …
Grá Faoi Bhláth - Love Blossoms
Grá Faoi Bhláth
Nuair a chonaic mise thusa, scaipna scamaill romham …
Song For Scout
Author: D. Barron
Singer : Eric Butler
Air: Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
You ask me why some people try to be better than the rest
When underneath the fancy clothes we’re all the same undressed;
Big house or farm or costly car, that’s what we call success:
True values lost, and at what cost, in the rat race of…
When underneath the fancy clothes we’re all the same undressed;
Big house or farm or costly car, that’s what we call success:
True values lost, and at what cost, in the rat race of…
Kevin Barry
Author: L. McGowan
Theme: Patriotism, hero, One of a number of songs and poems in honour of Kevin Barry. This version was written by L. McGowan while interned in 1921
Goodbye, Ye Hills
Theme: Pride in place, recitation by M.C. Nolan
A Friend on High
Author: M.C. Nolan
Theme: Religious poem from the early 20th century, written by M.C.N., Michael Conlaith Nolan, of Borris.
The Carlow Farmer's Ball
Author: John Hayden
Theme: Fun, with a glimpse of life in the past. Song for fun written by John Hayden telling of the Carlow Farmer's Ball.
Air: MacNamara's Ball
Air: MacNamara's Ball
By the Barrow's Banks
Author: W. O'Neill
Theme: Pride in place. Written by W. O'Neill, describing the Carlow scenery, particularly by the banks of the Barrow
The Croppy Boy
Location: Carlow south
A famous traditional hero-song written about the 1798 Rebellion. Cornwall was a magistrate based in Myshall.
A famous traditional hero-song written about the 1798 Rebellion. Cornwall was a magistrate based in Myshall.