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There are thirteen Kilmore carols in all, one for Christmas night ("The Darkest Midnight" ), and one for each of the twelve days of Christmas. More recently, these carols are sung on New Years Day, Christmas Day, Little Christmas (January 6th) and the Sunday that falls between Christmas and New Years.

The original thirteen carols are from a variety of sources. One, "Jerusalem, My Happy Home"(16th century) is from England. Some were composed by Bishop Luke Wadding during the 17th Century.Those which have proved to be the greatest source of pride are by a local returned missionary, William Deveraux, (16th century). His descendants continued to sing these carols up to recent times.