Éire Óg - The Halcyon Years
Author : Tony Malone
Tony celebrates in verse the great Éire Óg team that losr the club All - Ireland final in controversial circumstances because of a strange refereeing decision in Croke Park.
Congo
Theme: Local Hero
Location: Carlow Town
Kevin gleeson was one of the Irish UN peacekeepers killed in the Niemba ambush in 1960. His heroism and sacrifice, as well as that of his comrades, is celebrated in this poem
A Thousand Leagues From Carlow town
Author: John Locke, Callan
Theme: Pride in place, nostalgia
Location: Carlow town
A poem about an emigrant girl, fallen on hard times in New York
Carlow Dolmen
Author: Brendan Harding
Theme: Pride in place
Location: Carlow county
Brendan reflects on the mysterious history of the Dolmen, and its affect on him.
Eire Og From Carlow Town
Authors: O. Hennessy, J. Murphy
Theme: Local Event, Sporting heroes
Location: Carlow Town
A celebration of the great town team of the 1990s
Bobby Miller's Great Fifteen
Author: P.J. Furey
Themes: Local Event, Sporting Heroes
Location: Carlow town
Tribute to the great Eire Og team of the early 1990s
The Carlow Blues
Theme: Sporting heroes
Location: Carlow town
O'Hanrahan's, often known as 'The Blues', is based in Carlow Town and have a long history of good football teams. This text is a jocose 'dig' at a robust style of play!
Battle of Carlow
Author: Bill Nolan, Ballon
Theme: Patriotic heroes
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.
Memories of Haddens'
Author: J. Candy
Theme: Local event, local character
Location: Carlow town
John remembers working in Haddens' of Carlow, and some of the people he met there.
Mary From Sweet Carlow town
Author: Danny Browne
Theme: Love
Location: Carlow Town
A love story of loyalty and a happy ending.