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Ó am na Féine ’sé béaloideas a shabháil seanchas sinsear,
I dteallaigh dearg a lasadh cultúr breá an tine;
Ghlach na comharsain is an clann teas ‘gus gean an tine,
Ghlach iad uilig an cultúr céanna, cultúr breá na hÉireann.
Ár…

Location: Carlow county
Luke remembers a local, kindly bishop

Location: Carlow west, Barrow valley
A short reflection of the Barrow and some major events, written by the 15 year old T. M. O'Donnell in 1833

Location: Carlow south
The poetess uses a classical style to laud the joys of the Barrow and Clashganny

Christmas Wishes

May the peace of ten thousand Christmases
Be with you this crazy year
With a season free from worry
And a mind that holds no fear.
May you follow every dream
And never need a star,
May the lights dispel the darkness,
So…

A newspaper clipping featuring a song about County Carlow by one P.J. Furey, in which he takes a tour around the county

Location: Carlow north, Carlow county
The story of what happened when a group of travelling people met up for a 'spraoi'

The song remembers the massacre that took place inn Carlow town in 1798. It uses the melody of the Caramagnole, from the time of the French Revolution, and event that inspired the struggle for Republicanism in Ireland.