WATCH: Offaly man's version of 'Raglan Road' marks Luke Kelly's 35th anniversary

Offaly singer Simon Casey has shared his own version of Raglan Road to honour the memory of Luke Kelly on the 35th anniversary of his death in 1984.

Casey shared the clip of himself singing the famously adapted Patrick Kavanagh poem alongside fellow country music star Michael English on keyboard.

The clip has already amassed 165,000 views on Facebook.

Raglan Road first appeared as a poem in the Irish Press in the 1940s but was set to music after a chance meeting of Patrick Kavanagh and Luke Kelly in a Dublin pub.

Kelly, along with the Dubliner, released the song in 1971 and it remains a staple of the Irish folk scene.

Simon's version comes on the day two statues of Luke Kelly are unveiled in Dublin on South King Street and Sheriff Street, where Luke Kelly grew up.