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"Ireland Must Be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There" is a popular song with the music composition by Fred Fisher and lyrics done by Joseph McCarthy and Howard Johnson, published in 1916. A version of the song recorded by Charles W. Harrison in 1916 is considered to have been a #1 hit in its day. [1] The song was also popular in Britain in 1916.
Song Artist 3 January "The Christmas No 1" Zig and Zag: 10 January 17 January "Sadeness (Part I)" Enigma: 24 January "Do The Bartman" The Simpsons: 31 January 7 February 14 February 21 February 28 February 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 March "Rhythm of My Heart" Rod Stewart: 4 April "Deep, Deep Trouble" The Simpsons 11 April 18 April 25 April 2 May
"Arthur McBride" – an anti-recruiting song from Donegal, probably originating during the 17th century. [1]"The Recruiting Sergeant" – song (to the tune of "The Peeler and the Goat") from the time of World War 1, popular among the Irish Volunteers of that period, written by Séamus O'Farrell in 1915, recorded by The Pogues.
This following is a list of one-hit wonders in Ireland, showing Irish musical acts who only managed to score one top forty hit in the Irish singles chart. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Many of the one hit wonders in the UK and the United States were also one hit wonders in Ireland , but are not listed here.
Song Artist Ref. 4 January "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid II: 11 January 18 January "Hangin' Tough" New Kids On The Block: 25 January "Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinéad O'Connor: 1 February 8 February 15 February 22 February 1 March 8 March "Love Shack" The B-52's: 15 March "Brits Mix 1990" Various Artists 22 March "That Sounds Good To Me"
Early Irish poetry and song has been translated into modern Irish and English by notable Irish poets, song collectors and musicians. [1] The 6th century hymn Rop tú mo baile by Dallán Forgaill for example, was published in 1905 in English by Mary Elizabeth Byrne, and is widely known as Be Thou My Vision.
Music of this genre has often courted controversy with some of this music effectively banned from the airwaves in the Republic of Ireland in the 1980s. More recently, Derek Warfield 's music was banned from Aer Lingus flights, after the Ulster Unionist politician Roy Beggs Jr compared his songs to the speeches of Osama bin Laden . [ 3 ]
"A Nation Once Again" is a song written in the early to mid-1840s by Thomas Osborne Davis (1814–1845). Davis was a founder of Young Ireland, an Irish movement whose aim was for Ireland to gain independence from Britain. Davis believed that songs could have a strong emotional impact on people. He wrote that "a song is worth a thousand harangues".