The Holy Ground

played and sung by Kenn Gordon and Brathair ,The Holy Ground is a local place name in the town of Cobh, County Cork, on the southern coast of Ireland. The song "The Holy Ground" (see below) is named after this area. The name is ironic, the piece of ground known as the Holy Ground was once the town's red-light district in the 19th century when the town, then known as Queenstown, was a major stopping point for ships crossing the Atlantic and had a large throughput of seafarers.[

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• Kenn Gordon
• 1916
• Brathair
• Holy Ground
• Irish
• Sea Shanty