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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.
Sweet County Carlow
Author: M.C. Nolan
Location: South Carlow
MCN fondly remembers the place of his birth and childhood.
MCN fondly remembers the place of his birth and childhood.
Sunset on Clogrennan hills
Location: West Carlow, Rossmore
This piece grandly remembers the evening views from Clogrennan hills and Rossmore across the Barrow valley.
This piece grandly remembers the evening views from Clogrennan hills and Rossmore across the Barrow valley.
Stroll Through Carlow
Author: Luke Morrissey
Location: South County Carlow
Luke wanders in his imagination through the places of his childhood in south County Carlow
Luke wanders in his imagination through the places of his childhood in south County Carlow
Stroll Through Ballyogan Wood
Author: Luke Morrissey
Location: South Carlow
Memories of his courting days!
Memories of his courting days!
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 religious or heroic 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 religious or heroic actions associated with the Hiring day!