Browse Items (17 total)

Thousand Leagues From Carlow Town 2.jpg
Location: Carlow town
A poem about an emigrant girl, fallen on hard times in New York

Visit to the Singers Club 1, M. Byrne.jpg
Location: Carlow town
Mikey visited the Singers' Club in Carlow and wrote this afterwards

Barrow Swim B. Lawrence.jpg
Location: Carlow town
The writer records people and the event of a charity Christmas swim.

The Battle of Carlow, Bill Nolan.jpg
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.

Bobby Miller's Great Fifteen.jpg
Location: Carlow town
Tribute to the great Eire Og team of the early 1990s

Carlow Castle, T. Reilly.jpg
Location: Carlow town
The poet records his reflections on the castle.

The Carlow Dolmen, B. Harding - Copy.jpg
Location: Carlow county
Brendan reflects on the mysterious history of the Dolmen, and its affect on him.

Carlow Razor Blade.jpg
Location: Carlow town
A fun song, but with a political undertone. There was a blade factory located in Graiguecullen, Carlow .

Carlow Town 2, Makem.WAV
Tommy Makem wrote this in the late 1960's; he used travel to Carpenter's bar in Carlow to help raise funds for the victims of the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland.
Thanks to the Makem Centre for accessing the melody

Congo1.jpg
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
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