Songs to Dance, Laugh, Cry and Sing Along To
Amhrán na bhFiann (A Soldier's Song) was written by Peadar Kearney and adopted as the National Anthem of Ireland in 1926 replacing the unofficial anthem "God Save Ireland". Peadar Kearney was an uncle to the famous Irish writer Brendan Behan and also penned famous Irish songs Down by the Glenside a
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Oh, all the money e'er I had, I spent it in good company. And all the harm that ever I've done, alas it was to none but me. And all I've done for want of wit to mem'ry now I can't recall; So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all. If I had money enough to spend, and l
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Diatonic Harmonica in the Key of C: Intro: 7 6 5 6 -5 5 4 -4 5 -4 7 6 5 6 -5 5 4 -4 5 -4 4 -3 4. 5 5 -4 4 -4 5 6 6 I've been lov-ing you a long time 5 5 5 -4 4 -4 5 6 down all the years,down all the days 7 7 7 6 -5 5 -5 6 and i've cried for all
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Diatonic Harmonica in the Key of C: -6 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 -6 6 5 4 Oh, Danny-boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling 6 -6 -7 7 -6 6 5 4 5 -4 from glen to glen and down the mountainside. -3 4 -4 5 -4 5 -6 6 5 -4 4 -3 The summer's gone, and all the r
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Spancil Hill was written by Michael Considine, a Clare man who emigrated to the United States in the late 19th century. Michael intended to save enough money for his swetheart Mary MacNamara (Mack the Ranger's Daughter) to follow him to America but owing to ill health could never save enough money f
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While St. Patrick is one of the most widely-known figures in Irish history, he was not actually of Irish lineage. St. Patrick was born to wealthy British Celtic parents in the late fourth century. When he was sixteen, the young Patrick was captured by a group of Irish raiders attacking his family’
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Fairytale of New York was co-written by The Pogues lead singer Shane McGowan and banjo player Jem Finer and performed by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl on the If I Should Fall From Grace With God album. On December 18, 2000, Kirsty MacColl died in a tragic boating accident while scuba diving in Mexic
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I met my love by the gas works wall Dreamed a dream by the old canal Kissed a girl by the factory wall Dirty old town Dirty old town Clouds a drifting across the moon Cats a prowling on their beat Spring's a girl in the street at night Dirty old town Dirty old town Heard a siren from t
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I wished I had you in Carrickfergus, Only for nights in Ballygrand, I would swim over the deepest ocean, The deepest ocean to be by your side. But the sea is wide and I can't swim over And neither have I wings to fly. I wish I could find me a handy boatman To ferry me over to my love
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The Green Fields of France was written by the Scottish born Australian Eric Bogle ( who also penned And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda ) who laments the meaningless absurdity of World War 1 and subsequent wars. Bogle penned The Green Fields of France after visiting a World War 1 graveyard in Franc
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Oh, me name is Dick Darby, I'm a cobbler I served my time at ould camp Some call me an old agitator But now I'm resolved to repent Chorus: With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doe With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day With me roo-boo-boo roo-boo-boo randy And me
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The popular song has made the Mournes the best known mountains in Ireland. Distinctive and self-contained, they are tucked away in the south-east corner of Northern Ireland, with 12 shapely summits rising above 2,000 ft on the eastern side. The lyrics to the Mountains of Mourne were written by Percy
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When Irish eyes are smiling Sure tis like a morning spring. In the lilt of Irish laughter, You can hear the angels sing. When Irish hearts are happy, All the world seems bright and gay. And when Irish eyes are smiling, Sure, they steal your heart away. There's a tear in your eye, and I'm
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The Battle of Clontarf, fought on Good Friday (23 April) 1014, is one of the most famous events in Irish history. In this conflict the forces of the Munster over-king Brian Boru and his allies were pitched against the armies of north Leinster, Dublin, and viking mercenaries and allies from across th
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Wild Mountain Thyme (also known as "Will You Go Lassie, Go") is an Irish folk song, written by William McPeake, a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland and first recorded by McPeake in 1957. Wild Mountain Thyme has been recorded by the Clancy Brothers, Van Morrison, Rod Stewart, Ronan Keating and The
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And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda is a great ballad written by Eric Bogle ( who also penned The Green Fields of France ) in 1971 and performed by many artists, notably Liam Clancy, The Fureys, The Dubliners and Shane McGowan. The song tells the tale of a young Australian rambler who loses his le
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Aspirations of the 1916 Easter Rising The men and women of the 1916 Easter Rising envisaged a new Ireland as a national democracy; an Ireland which, in the words of the Proclamation, ‘guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and [which] dec
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In 1798 Ireland was shook by a mass rebellion for democratic rights and against British rule. 200 years later 1798 continues to loom over Irish politics. The bi-centenary, co-inciding with the 'Peace process', has attracted considerable discussion, with the formation of local history groups, the hol
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Wild Mountain Thyme (also known as "Will You Go Lassie, Go") is an Irish folk song, written by William McPeake, a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland and first recorded by McPeake in 1957. Wild Mountain Thyme has been recorded by the Clancy Brothers, Van Morrison, Rod Stewart, Ronan Keating and The
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And it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog All for me beer and tobacco Well I've spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin Far across the western ocean I must wander I'm sick in the head and I haven't been to bed Since first I came ashore with me plunder I've seen centipedes and s
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Red is the Rose Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows Fair is the lily of the valley Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne But my love is fairer than any. Come over the hills, my bonnie Irish lass Come over the hills to your darling You choose the rose, love, and I'll make th
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The Wild Colonial Boy is a traditional Irish folk ballad made famous by the Clancy Brothers. The song tells the tale of an Irish Rebel, Jacl Duggan, from County Kerry who left Ireland for Australia where he became a convict and a bushranger who was eventually shot and killed by the bullet of Fitzroy
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And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda is a great ballad written by Eric Bogle ( who also penned The Green Fields of France ) in 1971 and performed by many artists, notably Liam Clancy, The Fureys, The Dubliners and Shane McGowan. The song tells the tale of a young Australian rambler who loses his
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Liam Clancy (1935 - 2009) is the best known of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem folk group that took America by storm in the 1960s. Born the youngest of 11 children in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland (Sept 2nd, 1935), a young Clancy was drawn to creative endeavors such as music, poet
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Poet, songwriter, journalist, and cultural nationalist. Thomas Davis was born on 24 October 1814, in Mallow, Co. Cork. He was the son of a British army surgeon, who died before he was born, and an Irish Protestant mother, Mary Atkins In 1818, the family moved to Dublin where he was enrolled at Mr
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