Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Pete St John's modern day Irish folk ballad, became an instant classic when it appeared in 1979.
Set during the Great Famine of the 1840s, the lyrics feature a man from Athenry in County Galway, who stole food for his starving family and has been sentenced to transportation to the Australian penal colony at Botany Bay.
Heartbreakingly beautiful and a pleasure to sing for the first time to the amazing harp accompaniment of Elaine Hogan.
Pete St John's modern day Irish folk ballad, became an instant classic when it appeared in 1979.
Set during the Great Famine of the 1840s, the lyrics feature a man from Athenry in County Galway, who stole food for his starving family and has been sentenced to transportation to the Australian penal colony at Botany Bay.
Heartbreakingly beautiful and a pleasure to sing for the first time to the amazing harp accompaniment of Elaine Hogan.
