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IrishBubbaLiberal

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Wed Feb 19, 2025, 06:51 PM Feb 19

The Pogues - Rocky Road To Dublin , starts journey from Tuam, County Galway

Song Starts from Tuam, County Galway

That’s exactly where some of famous my Irish ancestors lived.
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…..He leaves his hometown of Tuam, County Galway, on foot, and heads east, resting in Mullingar, County Westmeath, where he charms the local women with his "curious style" and swagger. He next arrives in the capital, Dublin, and decides to tour the city, but is robbed of his meagre possessions. He attempts to locate the thief ("Enquiring for the rogue&quot , but is mocked because of his accent ("Connaught brogue&quot . He hops a ship in the harbour headed for England, and is placed in the hold with the pigs, where he experiences severe sea sickness off the coast of Holyhead, Wales. He arrives in the English city of Liverpool where he is mocked by the locals because of his nationality. Losing his temper, he engages them in a fight using his blackthorn shillelagh, but is outnumbered until a group of Irishmen from Galway come to his rescue ("join in the affray&quot , the first people who have helped him on his trip.
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