Patrick Kavanagh's On Raglan Road is the stuff of legend. Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh died on November 30, 1967. Here, we remember how he and The Dubiner's frontman Luke Kelly came together to create one of Ireland's most beloved ballads, 'On Raglan Road.'
Posted By Jeff Niesel on Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 10:00 AM click to enlarge Courtesy of Marys Lane The cover art for Marys Lane s new single. Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, local rockers Marys Lane have released their latest single, Raglan Love. The song represents the follow-up to band’s 2018 effort, Wild Unknown. Lee Turner, Darius Rucker s piano player and a noted multi-instrumentalist, joins the band on the B3 Hammond organ for the raucous tune that starts slow but builds in intensity once the electric guitars kick in. “Before writing the song, I imagined what it would have been like to be a fly on the wall at the famous meeting of Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh and singer Luke Kelly at the Bailey Pub in Dublin,” says band leader Patrick Mulloy in a statement about the tune. “This is where he and the Dubliners frontman came together to create Raglan Road, one of Ireland s most beloved ballads. It has since been performed by countless artists including Van Morrison with the Chieftains, Mark Knopfler, Ed Sheeran and Sinead O Connor among others.”