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Reilly released his version of "The Fields of Athenry" as a single in 1983; it was the most successful version of this song, remaining in the Irish charts for 72 weeks. [2] He achieved number 1 in Ireland with the Liam Reilly (no relation) written song "Flight of Earls" in 1988. [3]
"The Fields of Athenry" is a song written in 1979 by Pete St. John in the style of an Irish folk ballad. Set during the Great Famine of the 1840s, the lyrics feature a fictional man from near Athenry in County Galway, who stole food for his starving family and has been sentenced to transportation to the Australian penal colony at Botany Bay.
He wrote "The Fields of Athenry" in 1979, and it has been recorded by several artists, charting in the Irish Singles Chart on a number of occasions. [6] A recording by Paddy Reilly , which was released in 1982, remained in the Irish charts for 72 weeks.
In addition to "Tessie", the EP includes "Fields of Athenry", "Nut Rocker" (an instrumental rock version of the Boston Bruins theme song), "The Burden" as performed live on WBCN, "Tessie (Old Timey Baseball Version)" in which the song is accompanied primarily by a ballpark organ, as well as a music video for "Tessie."
With the Farrar family's permission, the band released the song as a single. All of the proceeds went to the family. The band also performed an acoustic version of the song "Fields of Athenry" at his funeral; the recording was included as the B-side for the single. "Tessie" is a reworking of a Boston Red Sox rally song.
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"Fields of Athenry" was also released as a single. The album was released with a DVD, which contained live videos for "Rocky Road to Dublin" and "Boys on the Docks", a music video for "Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight", and a trailer for their then upcoming untitled full-length DVD, which became On the Road With the Dropkick Murphys and was released ...
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