Here are some of my favourite O'Carolan tunes which stop me in my tracks - I have to stop and listen to them every time I hear them because they speak to my soul:

Bridget Cruise 3rd Air, Luke Dillon, Mrs Judge, Mrs MacDermott Roe (The Princess Royal), Michael O'Connor 2nd Air, Captain O'Kane, Eleanor Plunkett, Carolan's Welcome, Blind Mary, Carolan's Cup, Carolan's Farewell to Music, and The Fairy Queen.

Carolan's Farewell to Music also brings to mind the Welsh song David of the White Rock, which is (supposedly) his song on his deathbed. These are the lyrics I learned at school and the tune in the Ivor Novello publication, Sing Care Away had the most beautiful harmony as well. I know there are different English translations of the lyrics but this is the version I know.

1. Bring me, said David, the harp I adore;
I long, ere death calls me, to play it once more.
Help me to reach my belov’d strings again;
On widow and children, God’s blessing remain.

2. Last night I heard a kind angel thus say,
“David fly home on the wings of thy lay”.
Harp of my youth, and thy music, adieu;
Widow and children, God’s blessing on you.