The song Killeagh emerged from a brief brainstorming session among the band members. The chorus reflects deep local pride and traditions, and it has achieved remarkable commercial success, spending 18 weeks in the Irish Top 10 and achieving four-times platinum status. The inspiration for the song came from a conversation about the lack of an anthem for the Killeagh GAA club, which Fitz had a strong personal connection to due to his family’s ties. Fitz made an informal promise to write a song if the team reached a local final.
Keogh, flanked by bandmates Eoin Fitz Fitzgibbon on guitar and Eoghan McGoo McGrath on banjo, reads from his phone as he lends his chesty baritone to the just-written chorus of Killeagh: They'd go rarin' and tearin' and fightin' for love / For the land they call Killeagh, and the Lord up above.
The trio wrote Killeagh in 20 minutes: It literally could not have been more of a slapped-together job, says Keogh.
Fitz says playing hurling for Killeagh GAA club for 20 years was the biggest thing in my life, the only thing really before the band took off in Ireland.
Fitz said he would write a song if the juniors got to an east Cork final in 2024. In his head, it was not going to happen.
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