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The High Kings is an Irish folk group formed in Dublin in 2008. The band consists of Finbarr Clancy , Brian Dunphy , Darren Holden , and Paul O'Brien. [ 1 ] As of 2023, the group had released five studio albums, four live albums, two live DVDs, and one greatest hits album.
The High Kings album Friends for Life was released in 2013, and the opening track was a Holden original called "Oh Maggie", which became the most-played and downloaded song from the album in Ireland, the UK and particularly Germany. [citation needed] The album reached number 5 in the Irish Top 40, Number 3 on Billboard ' s World Albums chart.
Brian Dunphy (born 17 June 1974, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish folk singer and son of the showband singer Sean Dunphy, [1] who represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967. As a performer and member of the Irish folk band The High Kings , Brian Dunphy has toured the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
This list covers songs which were one-hit wonders in Ireland by Irish artists only and achieved only one top 40 hit. [1] [2] Most of the one hit wonders in the UK and the United States were also one hit wonders in Ireland.
The song was first recorded by the Dublin City Ramblers, [1] who released it as a single in 1977. It has since been recorded by dozens of artists such as The Dubliners, the Irish Tenors, Paddy Reilly, The High Kings, Flogging Molly, Nathan Carter, Damien Dempsey and Kodaline. It was a number 1 hit in the Irish charts for Danny Doyle in January ...
2013: The High Kings – Friends for Life; 2015: Damien Leith featuring Sharon Shannon – Songs from Ireland; 2015: Old Goats – A Rattling Pint; 2017: Ritchie Remo, a Northern Ireland singer as "Galway Girls" as a mashup of this song and identically titled Ed Sheeran song "Galway Girl". 2020: Rocky Sullivan, Psy.D. – Hash It Out
Rocky Road to Dublin" is a 19th-century Irish song written by Irish poet D. K. Gavan about a man's experiences as he travels to Liverpool, England, from his home in Tuam, Ireland. Originally popularized by Harry Clifton , it has since been performed extensively and become a standard of Irish folk music.
Brobdingnagian Bards on their album The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs (2006). Bakerloo on the compilation Here's To The Irish, Vol. 2. The High Kings on their album The High Kings (2008). Seamus Kennedy on his album By Popular Demand. Ronnie Drew, former lead singer of The Dubliners, on his solo album The Humour Is on Me Now (1999).