It sounds like a surreal scene from Father Ted or a bad taste joke from David McSavage's RTÉ sketch show The Savage Eye.

Despite its upbeat and jangly exterior, the song is thematically grim, recalling the 19th century Irish potato famine and a portion of the population fleeing to Wales. In a press release ...

From Cork, after a day of heavy driving, it was time to stop at the town of Listowel. A bustling market-town of 4,000, ...