Piaras Ó Lorcáin - The Galtee Mountain Boy live from Kinsale

Piaras and Jack Warnock performing at "An Evening With Barry Tierney and Piaras Ó Lorcáin" at St. Catherines Cultural Centre in Kinsale in 2023.

"The Galtee Mountain Boy" is an Irish folk ballad, originally written by Patsy O'Halloran. The song is a monologue, documenting the narrator's enlistment and travels with one of Tipperary's flying columns, from Cork, through Tipperary and Wicklow, to Dublin. Although not lyrically mentioned in the song the proximity of the Galtee mountains with neighbouring Limerick in which it splits between the two gives due mention of the east & west Limerick Galtee battalions who fought jointly with Sean Hogan throughout the War of Independence, the lyrics include farewells to both Tipperary and the town of Clonmel.

Enjoy this fantastic rendition from Piaras and Jack.