Sliabh Luachra is identified as a region with a distinctive genre of traditional Irish music, song, dance, and poetry which it has safeguarded over the centuries. The area has produced some of Irelands greatest poets including Geoffrey Fionn Ó Dálaigh who died in 1387 and Aodhagán Ó Rathaille (1670 – 1720). Eoghán Rua Ó Súilleabháin (1748 – 1784), charismatic Gaelic poet lives on in folk memory through his many exploits along with his poetry, ‘Aislings’ and of course the solo set dance Rodneys Glory which was composed in 1783 following his exploits after being forced to join the British Navy.