County directory
Songs by County
Explore the musical map county by county.
County Carlow
County Carlow is one of Ireland’s quieter inland counties, shaped by river valleys, small towns, old roads and a gentle Midlands character.
County Dublin
County Dublin holds the capital city, coastline, villages, suburbs, mountains, ports and many layers of Irish life.
County Kildare
County Kildare has a strong sense of land, horses, roads, old monastic memory and growing towns.
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny is full of visible heritage: medieval streets, stone buildings, craft and river life.
County Laois
County Laois is the heartland of the Ireland in Song project, with Midlands roads, fields, quiet towns and local memory.
County Longford
County Longford carries a practical inland character: roads, fields, towns, family names and steady community life.
County Louth
County Louth is small in size but strong in history and identity, with towns, coastline and borderland nearness.
County Meath
County Meath is one of Ireland’s great memory landscapes, connected with ancient sites, old kingdoms and the Boyne.
County Offaly
County Offaly sits in the centre of Ireland with canals, bogland, towns, rivers and monastic memory.
County Westmeath
County Westmeath has lakes, towns, roads, music and the feeling of the Irish Midlands opening into water and sky.
County Wexford
County Wexford has a rich south-eastern identity: harbour towns, beaches, farms, old streets and song.
County Wicklow
County Wicklow is shaped by mountains, sea, valleys, gardens, monastic places and coastal towns.
County Clare
County Clare is a western county of music, limestone, Atlantic air, small towns and strong local identity.
County Cork
County Cork is large, varied and full of voices: city, harbour, market towns, fishing places and strong local pride.
County Kerry
County Kerry is famous for landscape, but its songs should look beyond tourism to the people and places within that beauty.
County Limerick
County Limerick holds city, river, rural towns, old estates and the strong presence of the Shannon.
County Tipperary
County Tipperary has a large inland presence, shaped by mountains, rivers, market towns and farms.
County Waterford
County Waterford has city heritage, coast, mountains, river valleys, harbour memory and old craft traditions.
County Galway
County Galway stretches from city streets to Connemara, islands, Irish-language memory, mountains and bays.
County Leitrim
County Leitrim is small, green and often quiet, with lakes, rivers, hills, villages and a gentle inland-western feeling.
County Mayo
County Mayo has a strong western identity: mountains, bogland, Atlantic coast, pilgrimage memory and rivers.
County Roscommon
County Roscommon is an inland county of fields, rivers, lakes, old houses, towns and quiet historical memory.
County Sligo
County Sligo has a poetic western atmosphere, shaped by mountains, sea, rivers, lakes and old stories.
County Antrim
County Antrim holds coast, glens, city edges, old roads, harbours and the strong northern presence of Belfast.
County Armagh
County Armagh carries deep spiritual and historical memory, orchards, old roads, towns and the landscape of Ulster.
County Cavan
County Cavan is a county of lakes, drumlins, roads, market towns and borderland nearness.
County Derry / Londonderry
County Derry / Londonderry holds city walls, river memory, coast, fields and a strong northern cultural presence.
County Donegal
County Donegal has mountains, Atlantic coast, islands, Gaeltacht areas, northern light and a sense of distance.
County Down
County Down has mountains, coast, towns, old Christian memory, harbours and fertile landscapes.
County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh is shaped by lakes, islands, waterways, quiet roads and borderland character.
County Monaghan
County Monaghan is a county of drumlins, roads, borderland nearness, market towns, fields and quiet resilience.
County Tyrone
County Tyrone is a large inland Ulster county of hills, rivers, towns, roads and rural memory.
