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Location: Carlow South
Another telling of the heroism of Teresa Malone at the time of the Battle of Kilcumney in 1798

Location: County Carlow
The farmer was also a patriot, working hard to feed the people.

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

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.

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.

Location: South Carlow
The song records the anger and disgust of the people at the brutal treatment of a dying man, Michael Fay, by the 'Black and Tans'.

Lonely and cold in Rathanna there lies
In that old-fashioned churchyard a grave
And ‘neath the sod so deep, taking his last, long sleep
Lies a patriot lonely and brave.
For he died for his land, with his rifle in hand
And his face turned…

Location: South Carlow, Borris
Another song in memory of the Civil War victim, Miley Carroll, of Killedmond.

There is sorrow round the sallies now,
For a brave young lad is gone.
The O’Toole’s home is lonely now,
That once was bright and gay.

His mother’s heart is broke
For the loss of a darling son,
And the father he’s bent with grief,…

Location: All Carlow, especially north-east
Another of the many pieces in memory of Kevin Barry.