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Stroll Through Ballyogan Wood
Author: Luke Morrissey
Location: South Carlow
Memories of his courting days!
Memories of his courting days!
Nelly Breen
Author: Pat Kelly
Singer : Martin Byrne
Location: Carlow north
A nice love song set in a local place and with local characters
A nice love song set in a local place and with local characters
The Girl I left Behind Me
Location: Carlow County
A love song about two lovers separated by the military term of the young man.
A love song about two lovers separated by the military term of the young man.
Wind That shakes the Barley
Location Carlow south
The poem explores the link between love and love of country
The poem explores the link between love and love of country
Mother
Author: Dave Barron
Air: May Morning Dew
MOTHER
The bright wind of Springtime brings you to my mind,
Filled with fine promise, all gentle and kind;
Fountain of hope and my bright, guiding star,
Still guiding my life choice from Heaven afar.
The soft breeze of Summer…
The bright wind of Springtime brings you to my mind,
Filled with fine promise, all gentle and kind;
Fountain of hope and my bright, guiding star,
Still guiding my life choice from Heaven afar.
The soft breeze of Summer…
The Seasons of Our Years
Author: Dave Barron
Air: Shanagolden
Singer: Mick O'connor
THE SEASONS OF OUR YEARS
Do you remember, darling, the springtime of our years,
The passion, the tensions, the laughter, and some fears?
We planted love together and tended it with care
And we faced into our seasons, uncertain what lay…
Do you remember, darling, the springtime of our years,
The passion, the tensions, the laughter, and some fears?
We planted love together and tended it with care
And we faced into our seasons, uncertain what lay…
Slaney Valley
Author: Paddy Kehoe
Although the river Slaney is more associated with Wexford, the river and its tributaries flow through east Carlow also.
This is from the collection of Seamus Murphy.
This is from the collection of Seamus Murphy.
Rose of Rahanna
Author: John O'Reilly
Singer: Nancy Shiel
Second singer: John O'Reilly
Third Singer: Fiach Moriarty
Air: Lovely Derry on the Banks of the Foyle
Nancy Sheil supplied this song, written by John O'Reilly from near Arklow, County Wicklow, about a lovestruck young man who had to leave his love to earn his fortune before returning to marry her.
The second version is sung by the author, John…
The second version is sung by the author, John…
Home I left Behind
Author: Michael Rice
Mickey writes of an emigrant's sorrow at leaving his native place, his family and his loved one.