 His songs were sung everywhere... Munster was spellbound for generations...The present generation, to whom the Irish language is not vernacular, in reading these poems should bear in mind that they were all intended to be sung, and to airs then perfectly understood by the people, and that no adequate idea can be informed of their power over the Irish mind, unless they are heard sung by an Irish-speaking singer to whom they are familiar.An example of the first verse of one of his poems (set to the tune "John O'Dwyer of the Glen")