Follow Me up to Carlow
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"Follow Me Up to Carlow" is an Irish folk song celebrating the defeat of an army of 3,000 English soldiers by Fiach Mac Aodh Ó Broin (anglicised Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne) at the Battle of Glenmalure, during the Second Desmond Rebellion in 1580.
Composition
[edit]The air is reputed to have been played as a marching tune by the pipers of Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne in 1580.[1]
The words were written by Patrick Joseph McCall (1861–1919) and appear in his Songs of Erinn (1899) under the title "Marching Song of Feagh MacHugh".[2]
Characters mentioned
[edit]- Brian Mac Cahir Óg Kavanagh, Fiach's brother-in-law (as "MacCahir Óg")[3]
- Queen Elizabeth I of England ("Queen Liza")
- William FitzWilliam, Lord Deputy of Ireland
- Baron Arthur Grey
- Fiach McHugh O'Byrne
- Sir Pierce (or Piers) Fitzgerald, High Sheriff of Kildare (as "Lord Kildare")[4]
- Rory Óg O'More
Performances
[edit]It has been performed by numerous Irish folk bands, including Planxty and Wolfe Tones
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Follow Me up to Carlow", Irish Music Daily
- ^ Patrick Joseph McCall, Songs of Erinn (London and Dublin, 1899), 22-23.(external link to source)
- ^ "Follow Me Up to Carlow – story and characters". Irish Music Daily. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Follow Me Up to Carlow – story and characters". Irish Music Daily. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Sheet music Archived 7 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- "Follow Me up to Carlow" - Planxty
