Raglan Road, voted in 2019 as Irelands most favourite folk song. It tells the autobiographical story of unrequited love. Raglan Road was first written as a poem by Patrick Kavanagh in the 1940s and made famous when put to music and recorded 30 years later, by the The Dubliners, with Luke Kelly on vocals. This episode takes a closer look at the people, places, story and meaning behind the poem that became a song. Dara Hession performs his acoustic version of Raglan Road for the podcast.