List of songs about Louth

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This is a list of songs about County Louth, Ireland.

* "Dear Dundalk" - Written and recorded by Dundalk-born musician Des Wilson (1943–1990).[1]
* "The Town of Dundalk" - Written by George Elliot and Michael Byron, recorded by Michael Bracken.
* "The Wee County" - Written and recorded by Annie Mc.
* "The Blackbird of Slane" - Song by T. Smith about the WW1 poet Francis Ledwidge, recorded by Seán Donnelly.[2][failed verification]
* "Football Final 1957" - By Nicholas Craven. Collected by Pat Hillen and Tom Kindlon from the singing of Jemmy Dowdall. Air: "The Mountains of Mourne"
* "Grand Old County Louth" - Written by John Nestor and Bobby O'Driscoll.
* "Victorious Roche" - Victory of Roche Emmets, 3 January 1954. Written by Jack Sands. Air: "The Soirée on Skull Hill"
* "Wren Boys Song" - A local song.[3]
* "The Soiree at Skull Hill" - written by Willie Hynes, postman, 1912.
* "The Turfman from Ardee"
* "The Woods of County Louth" - written by Hugh McKitterick and Larry Magnier - recorded by Dermot O'Brien (1977)[citation needed]
* "Farewell to Carlingford"
* "The Rose of Ardee"
* "The Hurling Match at Bavan, Omeath, 1750"
* "Election Ballad of 1826"
* "Liberty's Battle" (election song)
* "Usurpation Conquered" (election song)
* "The Mountains of Cooley" - written by Eilish Boland.
* "Come sing a song for Louth" - written by Hugh McKitterick[citation needed]

## See also[edit]

* List of Irish ballads

## Further reading[edit]

* Songs of Dundalk and its Hinterland, by Séamas MacSeán, Dundalk, 1981.[ISBN missing]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Regionals - Dundalk News - Des was one of Dundalk's most talented musicians". independent.ie.
2. ^ "The Blackbird of Slane". BBC.
3. ^ Jones, Bryan,J. (30 June 1908). "Wren Boys". Folklore. 19 (2): 234–5. JSTOR 1253848.`{{cite journal}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)