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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.
The High Kings is an Irish folk group formed in Dublin in 2008. The band consists of Finbarr Clancy , Brian Dunphy , Darren Holden , and Paul O'Brien. [ 1 ] As of 2023, the group had released five studio albums, four live albums, two live DVDs, and one greatest hits album.
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.
The High Kings, featuring Bobby Clancy's son Finbarr, released a version in February 2011. Thin Lizzy's 1972 single (bonus track on Vagabonds of the Western World [1991 edition]) stayed at the top of the Irish charts for 17 weeks, and the British release stayed in the top 30 for 12 weeks, peaking at No. 6, in 1973. [20]
On Raglan Road" was adapted from a poem by Patrick Kavanagh and is the story of "a man ensnared by a beautiful revenant whom he had mistaken for 'a creature made of clay'." [4] In 1994, Billy Connolly recorded a live cover of the song "Irish Heartbeat" during his World Tour of Scotland. The performance was used as the closing theme to the BBC ...
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
The Humour Is on Me Now is an album by Ronnie Drew, released in 1999.. This album was produced by Mike Hanrahan in 1999 and features a number of traditional musicians, including John Sheahan.
"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]