Raglan Road is beautifully done, as is one of my favourites, Scorn Not His Simplicity. I have heard other artists sing it, but nobody sings it with as much heart, as much passion as Luke.

As for Patrick Kavanagh. It still feels like they beat that stuff into you in secondary school for the leaving cert. Not that I am complaining about it. I’ve learned that when you have no sy in it, just shut up and learn it.

I presume you’re referring to the “Luke Kelly” category here on Irish KC and like all categories it simply contains whatever posts I have marked as belonging to it.

I often forget to mark posts as being in the category they should be, and other times you will find posts that bear only a slight relevance to the category - like the Damien Dempsey post you refer to which is in the Luke Kelly category because of a reference to him. There should be 6 posts at the moment in that category, and all of them should have some reference and possibly a link to stuff about Luke Kelly.

For what it’s worth, I also think that more than anybody today - although he’s a different style of vocalist - I feel Damien bears a kind of comparison to Luke Kelly in terms of impact, ethos, and general presence.

But yes I do need many more Luke Kelly posts - and believe me, I’m working on it.