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South Carlow.
The song remembers the sad local event when a German bomb struck the Shannon house, during WW2
Two singers have two different airs to the song.

Location: North-east, Clonmore
Memories of a local man and his life.

Location: North-east, Clonmore
Eddie remembers the good acts of a holy man, still respected years after his death.

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,…

Seo leagan as Gaeilge de'n amhrán cáiliúil Follow Me Up To Carlow.

B'as Cluain Mhór in oirthear Chontae Cheatharlach d'athair P.J. McCall. Scríobh PJ go leor amhrán ó thraidisiún streachailt na hÉireann ar son na saoirse ó riail choilíneach. Tá sé seo ar cheann de na cinn is cáiliúla. Déanann an…

Location: West Carlow, Leighlin
The poem speaks with the sad nostalgia of the emigrant, thinking of past life in Leighlin.

LIFE

Farewell to the days of our youth, now long gone bye,
The red sap that pulsed through young limbs now sere and dry;
The hot pulse that throbbed in wild heart and fiery limbs,
Now chilled and faded in time as memory dims.

Lonely and…

Location: County Carlow
The poem takes us for a ramble through County Carlow places of beauty and leisure.