Faddle Alley from LIBERTIES by Fiach Moriarty
Jack Kavanagh escapes debt collectors by running through the streets of the Liberties and into the River Poddle and underground. He passes underneath Dublin Castle and the Olympia Theatre before emerging for the wall of the River Liffey at Wellington Quay.
Tracklist
| 1. | Faddle Alley | 4:18 |
Lyrics
On the way through Faddle alley
Left on Dowker’s Lane
Slumlord dogs in cobbled valley hunt me down again
And stumbling through the empty Tenters
Through Newmarket Square
Sunday’s funeral masses gather
Rosary bead and prayer
Well they’re catching me up, they’re tracking me down
For two and six, a half a crown
There’s only one place I can’t be found
Into the Poddle and underground
Under the castle and under the boards
The merry song, the laughing hordes
It’s getting tight, I’ll have to crawl
To the light of the grate in the Liffey Wall
Way away from Faddle Alley
Far from Dowker’s Lane
Credits
License
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Fiach Moriarty's talents have seen him collaborate with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Paul Brady, Horslips, Beoga, Harry Connick Jr., Eddi Reader, Marti Pellow and more.
Fiach has released three studio albums.
His third album, ‘Liberties’, was released in Oct 2024, leading to a nomination for Best Original Track in the 2025 RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards for the song ‘I’m For Gallipoli’