The Rocks of Bawn
The Rocks of Bawn is an old Irish folk song, likely from County Galway in the early 1700s. It is listed as number 3024 in the Roud Folk Song Index. Many Irish singers have performed it. The meaning is debated, but one idea is that it talks about Irish farmers losing their land during Oliver Cromwell’s time. Some versions mention Patrick Sarsfield, a Jacobite leader in the 1600s. The exact location of the Rocks of Bawn is unclear. Frank McNally of the Irish Times tried to find them and said there could be several possible places, but the song’s age makes it impossible to know for sure.
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