Most of the Ballads and songs listed above are about the Mourne area.

Most of these Ballads and Poems I have never heard of before starting to have a look at the history of the area. Most people that have ever heard of the Mountains of Mourne think of Percy French, yes indeed he was a very talented gentleman and done a lot to promote the Mournes. We do have a lot more people who wrote poems and songs about our native area. Redmond Doran, Henry Purdy (Annalong), D. Haughian are just Three from many and I think that they should also be given credit for their talents.

Most of these songs and poems are from a time well past and its thanks to the likes of named above for their skills that captured what life was like. This way we are able to read about times gone past even if it is in verse and marvel at the lifestyle of our forefathers.

One of the more surprising songs that I managed to find was one about Attical, for those of you who do not know Attical is a beautiful small village set in the Mountains of Mourne behind Knockcree, I went to school with many people from Attical and the surrounding area and never once heard about this song. I cannot remember exactly where I managed to get it from or who the composer was, I make it to be around 90-100 years old. This song when read will surprise a lot of people as Attical is not to close to the sea, I think that the song was meant as a joke but a nice sounding joke it is all these years later. The name of the song is "The Shipwreck At Attical".