1. Maestoso – allegro moderato
2. Air: Turas go Tír na nÓg (Song of the Exile)
3. The Weeping of the Three Marys (Gol na dTri Muire)
4. Rondo

To commemorate the 80th anniversary in 2007 of the Carillon Recital Series of St. Colman's Cathedral in Cobh, Ireland, the Arts Council of Ireland and the Cobh Carillon Committee commissioned this piece. It is dedicated to Adrian Gebruers, Cathedral Carillonneur.

The first movement has no particular Irish connotations; it uses the octatonic scale of alternating whole and half tones (C, D, E-flat, F, G-flat, A-flat, A, B), which take advantage of the natural overtones of the carillon bells.

The second movement is a setting of a traditional air from County Cork of an exile longing to return to Ireland. A paraphrase of the text follows:

There is loneliness in my spirit and the night feels long. My soul would like to travel with the sun from this sorrow which is in my mind, to a land which will release me from pain, a land full of friendliness. Generous hearts dwell in the heart of Ireland.

The third movement is based on the traditional Irish song of the three Marys who were present at Jesus' crucifixion: Jesus' mother, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the sister of Lazarus.

The fourth movement is a light-hearted rondo that eventually combines with a Marian hymn known as the Lourdes Hymn, the signature of the Cobh Carillon Recitals.

—John Courter