Slaney Valley

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"Slaney Valley"
Slaney Valley record label.jpg
Single by Larry Cunningham
B-side "I Was Coming Home To You"
Released1971
Recorded1971
Studio Eamonn Andrews Studios
Genre country
Length3:15
Label Release
Songwriters Paddy Kehoe & Tom Kinsella
Producer Dermot O'Brien
Larry Cunningham singles chronology
"Pride of the West"
(1971)		"Slaney Valley"
(1971)		"Four Great Irish Hits, Volume 1"
(1972)

"Slaney Valley" is a 1971 Irish country song written by Paddy Kehoe and performed by Irish singer Larry Cunningham and his band the Country Blue Boys. [1]

Contents

Lyrics

A speaker addresses his lover and asks her to come with him to the valley of the Slaney, a river in County Wexford and County Carlow, Ireland. [2]

Part of the Slaney valley Wexford Irish National Heritage Park 13 Viking Settlement River Slaney 1.jpg
Part of the Slaney valley

Song history

The song was written by Paddy Kehoe of Enniscorthy, who was the father of the hurler Padge Kehoe. [3] The melody was composed by Tom Kinsella. [4]

"Slaney Valley" was released in 1971 and reached number 1 in the Irish singles chart for the week of 1 January 1972. [5]

The song is mentioned in Orna Ross's 2005 novel Lovers' Hollow. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "New York's Andy Cooney returns to Ireland for winter tour". IrishCentral.com. November 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Slaney Valley Author: Paddy Kehoe · From Carlow Streams". fromcarlowstreams.ie.
  3. ↑ "Three tomes to tickle the fancy of many a reader..." Independent.ie. September 23, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Slaney Valley Lyrics And Chords". Irish folk songs.
  5. ↑ "Blue Boys". www.irish-showbands.com.
  6. ↑ Ross, O. (2005:95). Lovers' Hollow. Ireland: Penguin Ireland.
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