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Song for Carlow

  • 02-02-2009 08:00PM
    #1
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,560 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Seeing as "Follow me up to Carlow" is really a Wicklow song,what would you like to see as the Carlow "anthem". I know some local radio station, must have been KCLR had a competition and this was turned down

    http://www.thommooresongs.com/music-4.html

    Nice tune, but can't see it doing the terraces at Dr Cullen.

    Suggestions?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭lotdpd


    competition ran about back in 2006 to find a new carlow anthem but i doubt you will hear anybody singing it in dr cullen, great song by a great artist but afraid they dont even seen follow up up to carlow at the matches its always carla carla carla

    http://archives.tcm.ie/carlownationalist/2006/04/19/story27793.asp

    thats the link to article ref song for carlow


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭shenanigans1982


    Wouldn't it be a Richie Kavanagh tune?:pac:


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,560 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Who shall ,we shall , Myshall??

    Or Face her for Mount Leinster??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,271 ✭✭✭✭Nalz


    Seeing as "Follow me up to Carlow" is really a Wicklow song,what would you like to see as the Carlow "anthem".

    Why cas Glenmalure is in Wicklow?


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,560 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Fiach McHugh etc all Wicklow figures.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiach_MacHugh_O'Byrne


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭lotdpd


    or as some people sing

    "follow me out of carlow"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,142 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Fiach McHugh etc all Wicklow figures.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiach_MacHugh_O'Byrne

    But wasn't it all Carlow then anyhow? Wicklow was the last county to be created in Ireland as far as I know and all south "Wicklow" was Carlow right over to the coast back then.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,480 ✭✭✭wheres me jumpa


    I think the idea of having a competition negates the idea of having a song that means something to locals. Its probably too late for all of us to take a particular song and associate it with Carlow. But maybe teaching a certain song at school level will ensure the next generation have a song to sing in Dr Cullen!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭shotgun mike


    mfitzy wrote: »
    But wasn't it all Carlow then anyhow? Wicklow was the last county to be created in Ireland as far as I know and all south "Wicklow" was Carlow right over to the coast back then.


    Is that true? where would ya get more infor?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,142 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Is that true? where would ya get more infor?

    Here's some more info;
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Wicklow


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