Place directory
Songs by Place
A growing musical map of Ireland — one place, one story, one song at a time.
National collection
Irish cities, towns and meaningful local places.
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Dublin
City streets, river light, sea wind and layered Irish memory.
Limerick
Limerick is a riverside city on the River Shannon, known as the Treaty City and shaped by King John's Castle, the Treaty Stone, St Mary's Cathedral, Georgian streets, markets, museums and living local culture.
Galway
Galway is a western Irish city where the River Corrib meets Galway Bay, known for its medieval walls, Spanish Arch, St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Claddagh memory, Salthill Promenade and living street culture.
Waterford
One of Ireland’s oldest urban memories in stone, river and craft.
Drogheda
River, road and strong historical memory.
Dundalk
A grounded borderland town between coast, road and northern light.
Swords
Old roots and modern pace in a fast-growing town.
Navan
Modern town life near Ireland’s ancient landscapes.
Bray
Sea air, promenade walks and hillside views.
Ennis
A western town of streets, music and market warmth.
Kilkenny
Medieval streets, craft, colour and living heritage.
Naas
Old town memory adapting to modern movement.
Tralee
Kerry warmth, town streets and mountain distance.
Newbridge
River, roads, work, growth and Kildare life.
Balbriggan
Coast, harbour, railway and growing community life.
Portlaoise
The heart of County Laois and a natural home for the project.
Athlone
A place of crossing at the centre of Ireland.
Mullingar
Lakes, roads, music and Midlands pride.
Letterkenny
Donegal’s gathering town under northern skies.
Greystones
Sea walks, cliffs, railway and gentle coastal belonging.
Wexford
Harbour light, narrow streets, song and south-eastern warmth.
Celbridge
River, estates, old houses and growing community life.
Malahide
Harbour air, village streets, gardens and coastal grace.
Clonmel
River, mountain-shadow and old streets full of working memory.
Carrigaline
Carrigaline in County Cork is a growing riverside town shaped by family streets, local business and its links to Cork Harbour. Seen through Ireland in Song, it’s a place in motion—new homes beside old routes, schools and shops, daily work and children growing up—where community life and living memory shape modern Ireland. A song about Carrigaline should feel fresh yet rooted, honoring river and road, neighbourhood warmth and local heritage.
Maynooth
Study, prayer, old walls and young life.
Leixlip
River, road, industry and old settlement memory.
Ashbourne
A growing Meath town of roads, families and new belonging.
Mountmellick
Whitework embroidery, local craft and quiet Laois memory.
Tullamore
Canal light, working hands and steady Midlands pride.
Killarney
Famous scenery with a real town heart.
Midleton
East Cork market life, local craft and grounded community.
Mallow
River, railway, roads and North Cork identity.
Arklow
A coastal working-town of harbour, river and weather.
Castlebar
Mayo’s county town: roads, public life and western resilience.
Wicklow
Sea air, harbour memory and green hills behind the town.
Enniscorthy
River life, hill memory and Wexford resilience.
Cavan
Lakes, drumlins, roads and quiet inland roots.
Gorey
A lively Wexford town of growth, shops, roads and coastal nearness.
Tramore
Sand, waves, promenade memory and family summers.
Athy
River, canal, bridges and old routes through Kildare.
Longford
Honest inland Ireland: roads, fields, families and public life.
Portmarnock
Coast, sand, open sky and quiet seaside elegance.
Skerries
Harbour charm, islands offshore, wind and coastal pride.
Ballina
River, salmon memory, western roads and Mayo belonging.
Blackrock Castle Observatory
Blackrock Castle is a Cork castle and observatory by the River Lee, where an old harbour watch and the living curiosity of astronomy meet on the edge of Cork Harbour.
Blarney Castle
Blarney Castle is a County Cork castle and heritage site known for its medieval tower, the Blarney Stone tradition, historic gardens, old trees, Blarney House and a living local memory of stone, paths and quiet Cork landscape.
Carlow
Carlow is a River Barrow town shaped by ancient stone, castle walls, 1798 memory, cathedral and college heritage, working-town roots and modern arts life at VISUAL. The song “Carlow – The River and the Stone” follows the river through this quiet inland town, connecting Brownshill Dolmen, Carlow Castle and local memory in a warm Celtic portrait of place, history and enduring community.
Carlow Castle
A powerful medieval ruin above the meeting of the Rivers Barrow and Burren in Carlow town, where Norman architecture, royal administration and local memory of song and history meet.
Charles Fort
Charles Fort rises above Kinsale Harbour at Summer Cove, its star-shaped ramparts holding three centuries of coastal history. Built between 1677 and 1682 to defend the harbour, the fortress has witnessed siege, garrison years, Civil War fire and restoration. Today its stone walls, bastions and wide views towards Kinsale and James Fort offer a quieter experience: sea wind, water and difficult history remembered without spectacle.
Clonakilty
Clonakilty is a colourful West Cork town at the head of tidal Clonakilty Bay, where hand-painted shopfronts, narrow lanes, historic squares and working quays meet a strong culture of markets, music and welcome. Its story runs from an old woodland place-name and early market life through linen, milling and railway memory to Emmet Square, Michael Collins House and the nearby beaches around Inchydoney. For Ireland in Song, it is a town where colour, memory and tide belong together.
Cobh
Cobh is a Cork Harbour town on Great Island, known for Queenstown emigration memory, Annie Moore, Titanic's last call, Lusitania rescue and burial memory, St Colman's Cathedral and its 49-bell carillon.
Cork
Cork is a Munster city shaped by the River Lee, Shandon Bells, St Fin Barre's Cathedral, the English Market, Elizabeth Fort and a deep history of marsh, waterways, medieval streets and living market memory.
Glendalough - The Valley of Two Lakes
Glendalough is one of Ireland’s most treasured valleys, known for its two lakes, Wicklow mountain scenery and the ancient monastic settlement of St. Kevin. This song follows the quiet beauty of the valley, where water, stone, prayer and Irish memory still meet.
Glendalough Round Tower - The Monastic City
Glendalough Round Tower stands at the heart of the ancient Monastic City in County Wicklow. Surrounded by old churches, crosses, graves, mountain air and the memory of St Kevin, it remains one of Ireland’s most powerful symbols of early Christian prayer and pilgrimage.
Kinsale
Kinsale is a historic harbour town in County Cork, known for its colourful streets, marina, medieval fishing-port roots, Kinsale Harbour, Desmond Castle, St Multose Church and the forts guarding the harbour mouth.
Long Strand
Long Strand is an almost two-kilometre Atlantic beach beside Castlefreke in West Cork, where dark rounded stones, wet sand and powerful green-grey waves meet a protected ridge of dunes. Kilkeran Lake and old estate woodland lie behind the shore, while Rathbarry's historic landscape rises beyond. The song adds one personal memory: a few small stone towers left in the evening light.
M50 Motorway
The M50 Motorway is the road that carries modern Dublin around its busy edge — commuters, families, trucks, airport journeys, port traffic, rain, brake lights and the long road home. This song turns Ireland’s busiest motorway into a modern Celtic road song about movement, patience, mercy and safe return.
Shannon
Shannon is a town in County Clare on the Shannon Estuary, known for its links to Ireland’s 20th-century transport and industrial history. As a local centre for travel and commerce, it features in the region’s musical and oral heritage; songs and local memory reflect its role in connecting communities along the river and across Ireland.
Sligo
Sligo is a north-west Irish town shaped by the Garavogue River, Sligo Bay, Benbulben, Knocknarea, Sligo Abbey, Carrowmore and the living memory of Yeats country.
St Kevin of Glendalough
St Kevin of Glendalough is remembered as the sixth-century founder of the monastery in the Valley of Two Lakes, a saint whose solitude, prayer and teaching became part of County Wicklow’s living Christian heritage.
St Kevin's Way - Pilgrim Path
St Kevin's Way - Pilgrim Path is a marked pilgrim walking trail through the Wicklow hills in County Wicklow, with routes from Hollywood and Valleymount leading to Glendalough, the monastic valley associated with St Kevin.
St Colman’s Orthodox Church
A place of prayer, memory and song in the heart of Ireland.
Stradbally
Green roads, local life and the memory around St Colman’s Orthodox Church.
