 Óró sé do bheatha abhaile

Like many folk songs, the origins of this song are obscure, but several different uses of the tune and chorus can be identified.In 1884 Mr. Francis Hogan of Brenormore, near Carrick-on-Suir, then “well over seventy years of age”, reported that “this song used to be played at the ‘Hauling Home,’ or the bringing home of a wife”.