On Raglan Road

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On Raglan Road is a celebrated Irish poem by Patrick Kavanagh, later adapted into a popular folk song about unrequited love and loss.

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On Raglan Road canonical 2

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instanceOf Irish folk song ⓘ
Irish poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
song ⓘ
adaptedAs song ⓘ
associatedPlace Dublin ⓘ
Raglan Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin ⓘ
author Patrick Kavanagh ⓘ
basedOnTune Fáinne Geal an Lae ⓘ
The Dawning of the Day ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
culturalSignificance considered a classic of Irish literature ⓘ
considered a standard in the Irish folk song repertoire ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1946 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Irish Press ⓘ
form ballad ⓘ
lyric poem ⓘ
genre folk music ⓘ
love song ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
hasAdaptation various recorded musical versions ⓘ
hasLine But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears ⓘ
I gave her gifts of the mind ⓘ
I saw the danger, yet I walked along the enchanted way ⓘ
Let grief be a fallen leaf at the dawning of the day ⓘ
On Raglan Road on an autumn day I met her first and knew ⓘ
That I might one day rule the land ⓘ
hasMeter traditional ballad meter ⓘ
hasSubject Irish urban life ⓘ
memory and regret ⓘ
inspiredBy Patrick Kavanagh's relationship with Hilda Moriarty ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Patrick Kavanagh ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
notablePerformer Damien Dempsey ⓘ
Luke Kelly ⓘ
Mark Knopfler ⓘ
Mary Black ⓘ
Sinead O'Connor ⓘ
linked to: Sinead O’Connor

The Dubliners ⓘ
Van Morrison ⓘ
originalTitle On Raglan Road ⓘ
partOf Irish folk music tradition ⓘ
setting Raglan Road ⓘ
subject a doomed love affair ⓘ
theme loss ⓘ
romantic disappointment ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ

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Patrick Kavanagh → notableWork → On Raglan Road ⓘ
On Raglan Road → originalTitle → On Raglan Road ⓘ