The song's narrator is attending the eponymous annual event in Galway, a city in the west of Ireland.

It focused on the debauched organist of a church the narrators attended as children.

In The Human Stain by Philip Roth, the narrator attends a rehearsal at Tanglewood at which Bronfman performs.

The narrator attends a support group for testicular cancer victims and, after fooling them into thinking that he is a fellow victim, finds an emotional release that relieves his insomnia.

Swan and the narrator attend the wedding.

Fight Club (the narrator attends a support meeting for cancer victims at the church)

In Wilmington, the narrator attends a Fourth of July party at a mansion with the rich friends of Karen.

The narrator later views her body on the cooling board at the morgue, attends her funeral, and returns to his home in a state of depression.

In Philip Roth's new novel, "American Pastoral," the narrator attends his 45th high school reunion, which lasts an afternoon.

The song's bridge then finds the narrator asserting his own faith as well while attending Old Man Wrigley's funeral.