On Raglan Road
On Raglan Road ( originally published as 'Dark Haired Miriam Ran Away' ) was a poem written by Patrick Kavanagh in 1946 about his unrequited love for Hilda Moriarty. The poem was made famous in song by Luke Kelly of the Dubliners who merged the poem to the traditional tune 'Fainne Gael an Lae' (The
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