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Mickey voices the nostalgia of the emigrant who dreams of returning home to the native place and to friends.

A picture of the harsh life of a mountain farmer

You may sing about Killarney and the homes of Donegal
But one place is so dear to me, it’s the very best of all.
The place that I return to no matter where I roam,
It’s that little spot in Carlow, It’s my Ballinabranna Home.

When young…

Mickey writes of an emigrant's sorrow at leaving his native place, his family and his loved one.

Mickey gives an account of his encounter with the law after a long session in various hostelries, together with sound advice as a result of the experience!

‘Twas a Saturday in October in 1983
Just another Saturday or so it seemed to be;
But…

The poem sings the history and praises the beauty of the valleys of Barrow and Nore.

Jeremiah Joseph Callanan was employed for a time as a teacher in the classical Day and Boarding School of G.A. Lynch at Everton House, Graiguecullen. The poem lauds the resilience of the simple heather plant and praises the beauty of the locality.

Location: Carlow west
Seamus remembers life as a collier and some sights of Rossmore, before having to emigrate when the works closed

There’s many a place in Ireland of fame and great renown
And there’s one of them so dear to me quite near…

Location: Carlow county, Carlow west
The poem tells of the sadness of the exile

Location: Carlow west
The events and characters at a house dance, after the threshing