The Green and Red of Mayo, a 1992 song by The Saw Doctors has taken over as the anthem of Mayo.
Oh the Green and Red of Mayo
I can see it still
Its soft and craggy boglands
Its tall majestic hills
Where the ocean kisses Ireland
And the waves carress its shore
Oh the feelin’ it came over me
To stay forever more
Forever more
From its rollin’ coastal waters
I can see Croagh Patrick’s peak
Where one Sunday every Summer
The pilgrims climb the reek
Where Saint Patrick in it’s solitude
Looked down across Clew Bay
And with the ringin’ of his bell
Called the faithful there to pray
There to pray
Oh take me to Clare Island
The home of Granuaile
It’s waters harbour fishes
From the herring to the whale
And now I must depart it
And reality is plain
May the time not pass so slowly
‘Fore I set sail again
Set sail again
Oh the Green and Red of Mayo
I can see it still
Its soft and craggy boglands
Its tall majestic hills
Where the ocean kisses Ireland
And the waves carress its shore
Oh the feelin’ it came over me
To stay forever more
Forever more
Stay forever more
It replaced Moonlight in Mayo: Written by American composers Jack Mahoney (lyrics) and Percy Wenrich (music) in 1914. A sentimental emigrant ballad of longing for a sweetheart under Mayo’s moonlight.
It was just a year ago today I left old Erin’s Isle
My heart was throbbin in the soft light of my colleen’s smile
In all my dreams I seem to hearher sweet voice soft and low
I know she’s waiting where we said goodbye in old Mayo
CHORUS
For two irish eyes are shining
And an Irish heart is pining
And when I kissed her and caressed her
In the gloaming long ago
Loving Irish arms will press me
And true Irish love caress me
And sweet Irish lips will bless me
When it’s Moonlight in Mayo
Her Irish eyes like beacons shine all in the darkest night
I know the sweet love beams below will always fill the world with light
The roses of her cheeks will lend enchantment to the sea
And when shamrocks wear the dew I’ll wed my sweet colleen
Anthem of the county
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
Songs from the county
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
County Mayo:
Ireland’s county Mayo offers dramatic scenery and ancient heritage, with the Cliffs of Moher’s rugged beauty and Croagh Patrick’s pilgrimage trail providing stunning vistas. The town of Westport features Georgian architecture and access to Clew Bay’s islands, while the Ceide Fields showcase a prehistoric farming landscape. Other attractions include the celebrity beaches of Achill Island. Mayo is Ireland’s third largest county by size (5,398 square km) and 18th largest by population (137,970). Population peaked at 388,887 in 1841 and reached its lowest point, 109,525 in 1971. In terms of hospitality, Mayo is Ireland’s tenth most visited tourist county with around 218,000 international visitors per year.
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