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Raglan Road street sign-showing Dublin 4 post code "On Raglan Road" is a well-known Irish song from a poem written by Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh named after Raglan Road in Ballsbridge, Dublin. [1] In the poem, the speaker recalls, while walking on a "quiet street," a love affair that he had with a much younger woman.
Patrick Kavanagh (21 October 1904 – 30 November 1967) was an Irish poet and novelist. His best-known works include the novel Tarry Flynn, and the poems "On Raglan Road" and "The Great Hunger". [1]
It has become well known as the melody to which Patrick Kavanagh's "On Raglan Road" is sung. [3] It is often played as a march and is one of the first tunes that a student of Irish music will learn. O'Connellan's "Fáinne Geal an Lae" is often confused with the later pentatonic melody to which the words "The Dawning of the Day" is set.
Cardigan and Lucan were brothers-in-law who disliked each other intensely. Lucan received an order from the army commander Lord Raglan stating: "Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance rapidly to the front, follow the enemy, and try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns. Troop horse artillery may accompany.
Raglan Road (Irish: Bóthar Raglan) [1] is a road running between Pembroke Road and Clyde Road in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland. It is the setting of Patrick Kavanagh 's poem " On Raglan Road ". History
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Raglan Road can refer to: "On Raglan Road," an Irish song based on a poem by Patrick Kavanagh; Raglan Road (street), a street in Dublin that gave the poem its name
"On Raglan Road" – Patrick Kavanagh poem to the 19th-century melody "The Dawning of the Day" [1] "The Old Plaid Shawl" – written by Francis Arthur Fahy, recorded by Willie Brady among others. [71] "The Old Rustic Bridge by the Mill" – written by Thomas P. Keenan from Castletownroche, recorded by Foster and Allen, among others [70]