SONGS & POEMS

Lannan's Farewell to Nenagh

Reprinted Nenagh Guardian 20/12/1980

The Maid of Nenagh Town

WILLIAM JONES - Reprinted Nenagh Guardian 1985

The Cormack Brothers

Lamentations on the execution of the Cormack Brothers

Mary at Nenagh

Found snippet

Bunkimaltha Vale

Unknown O'Brien (Duchas.ie)

The Sporting Silvermines

Mort D'arcy, Kiltyrome - (Duchas.ie)

The Maid of Barnodomeeny

Fragment of a poem by Ned Benton of Coonmore, Kilcommon. (Duchas.ie)

Bennetts Flowery Vale

Reprinted Nenagh Guardian 20/12/1980

War Song of North Tipp Light Infantry

Nenagh Names

The Nenagh Names

Old Nenagh Residents

Another version of the Sgt, Kiely poem updated by R. Palmer  - 12/10/1937

The Camerons Farewell

Mrs O'Connor, Meentulla (Duchas.ie)

Old Nenagh Recollections

This poem was written by a Staff Sergeant Francis Kennedy, Leinsters & RASC, who was born in Abbey Lane Nenagh and died in Blackrock in March 1921. His remains were brought back to Nenagh for interment in Ardcroney Churchyard.

The Pump in Graces St

First published in Nenagh News 1910

Templederry my Home

Tyone Abbey

Written by John Augustus O'Shea in 1832

The Shamrock Hurling Team

16/06/1917 - NENAGH GUARDIAN

Duharra Hills so Green

Mick Grace (Duchas.ie)

Mary Murphy, Lackamore (Duchas.ie)

The Old Abbey Bell

26/04/1941 - Michael Gleeson - Solicitor

POULSHESHEREIGH

Another poem by Sergeant Kiely in which he recounts the tale of Andy Butler who despite entreaties by his wife not to, he insisted on ploughing his field at Poulsheshereigh on Ladies Day on 15th of August. The burning question of course is why would you plough a field in August?

On the opening of the Nenagh Commercial Club

Sgt. J Kiely - reprinted 03/08/1920 NG

O'Brien of Arra

Thomas Osborne Davis

MAC

The Haircut Poem - NG 23/01/1926

Ode to a Gundog

Dermot Gleeson

Miserly Nenagh Man

Music