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"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]
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
Mexican embassy, Raglan Road. Raglan Road is one of Dublin's most expensive residential roads. [15] As of June 2014, the most expensive rental property in Ireland was 17 Raglan Road with a rent of €15,000 per month. [16] The road is notable for its listed early Victorian and Edwardian mansions. The embassies of Turkey, Morocco, Colombia, and ...
Inspired by the best-selling children’s book, “Go the F*** to Sleep,” this hilarious new poem encourages social distancing. Samuel L. Jackson reads sweary poem to encourage people to stay at ...
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 ...
He won the O'Shaughnessy Award for Irish Poetry, the Marten Toonder Award for Literature and poetry prizes from Italy and Romania. Deane was elected Secretary-General of the European Academy of Poetry in 1996. Shortlisted for both the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Irish Times Poetry Now Award, he won residencies in Bavaria, Monaco and Paris.
"The Dawning of the Day" has similarities with (but is not the same as) the melody used by Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh for his poem On Raglan Road. [3] According to Arthur O'Neill (1734-1818): "Thomas Conlan (Connellan) the great harper was born before my time. I heard he played very well.