Favourite Irish Songs

[tonka1878]

 

[marnie]

Can't pick a favourite so I'll post a great song written by Patrick Cassidy to offer something a bit different:

Me missus wakked down the aisle to this.

 

[Vintage]

The Pogues - Young Ned of the Hill

One of my favourites
I asked a Pogues tribute band to play it 20 years ago and they had never heard of it!!

 

[Vintage]

Christ I had erased my memory of them...until now

 

[Vintage]

A great one for a pub sing song

 

[Bluesaint]

Hate to be pedantic, and I’m a huge fan of The Pogues, but that’s never an Irish song. Still brilliant though.

 

[davep]

I can imagine Tony Ferrino singng a sped up version of this.

 

[paultheblue]

Favourite Wolfe Tones song - Rock on Rockall.

Staying with Wolfe Tones
"Joe McDonnell "
The bravery of those fellas should never be forgotten

 

[bluerobert]

 

[Bluerover]

"Not a lot of people know" but this is about Manchester not Dublin

Dirty Old Town: Folk anthem's lost verse to be revealed

An unheard verse of Ewan MacColl's Dirty Old Town is to be given a one-off airing by his widow.

www.bbc.com

 

[bluerobert]

"Not a lot of people know" but this is about Manchester not Dublin

Dirty Old Town: Folk anthem's lost verse to be revealed

An unheard verse of Ewan MacColl's Dirty Old Town is to be given a one-off airing by his widow.

www.bbc.com

I always thought it was specifically about Rochdale or maybe Oldham. Is there a reason it’s about that town, isn’t McGowan from Kent and then moved to Ireland? I always presumed the other members of the band were Irish and born/raised there

 

[TrixyStevens]

 

[Bluerover]

I always thought it was specifically about Rochdale or maybe Oldham. Is there a reason it’s about that town, isn’t McGowan from Kent and then moved to Ireland? I always presumed the other members of the band were Irish and born/raised there

If you want to be specific it is probably about Salford, McColl's home.

Shane was born in Kent alright, to Irish parents but they moved to Tipperary where he lived his very early years - his Da is from Nenagh and lives there. Shane's mother was also from Co Tipp and sadly died in a car accident in 2017.

They moved back to England when he was 6 or 7.

Not sure when he moved to Dublin, possibly sometime between 'noughties' and 2015. He died in Dublin.

As for the band there was a large turnover in members over the years, but some were born in Ireland and others in UK of Irish parents.

 

[Taifi gorm]

Liked these two more recent versions.

 

[Harryflashman]

No Flogging Molly yet? For shame!

What a tune