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8 An Raibh Tú Ar An gCarraig

There are a number of interpretations to this powerful air and 

song-text but is generally accepted to be allegorical…. The priest sings to a friend outside his jail cell to go and find his ‘Valentine’, 

or chalice with the eucharist that was hidden during a siege.