The Dawning of the Day
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The Dawning of the Day
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"The Dawning of the Day" is the name of two old Irish airs. "Fáinne Geal an Lae", an air composed by the harpist Thomas Connellan in the 17th century.
An Irish-language song with this name was published by Edward Walsh (1805-1850) in 1847 in Irish Popular Songs and later translated into English as "The Dawning of the Day". It has become well known as the melody to which Patrick Kavanagh's "On Raglan Road" is sung. It is often played as a march and is one of the first tunes that a student of Iris
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The name of two old Irish airs
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