Slaney Valley | |
Cover: | Slaney Valley record label.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Larry Cunningham |
B-Side: | I Was Coming Home To You |
Released: | 1971 |
Recorded: | 1971 |
Studio: | Eamonn Andrews Studios |
Genre: | country |
Length: | 3:15 |
Label: | Release |
Producer: | Dermot O'Brien |
Prev Title: | Pride of the West |
Prev Year: | 1971 |
Next Title: | Four Great Irish Hits, Volume 1 |
Next Year: | 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]
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]
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]