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"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. [7]
The Fields of Anfield Road is a football song sung by supporters of Liverpool Football Club. It proceeds to the tune of The Fields of Athenry ; composed by singer-songwriter Pete St. John in 1979. Before being adapted by Liverpool supporter Edward R Williams from Poulton, Wirral who sent in his original version to LFC.
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.
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]
Whiskey in the Jar: Essential Irish Drinking Songs and Sing Alongs (2006) – Includes "Fields of Athenry", "The Wild Rover", and "The Dirty Glass" (Blackout version) The Departed soundtrack (2006) – Includes "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" Late Night with David Letterman (2006) – Band performance of "I'm Shipping Up to Boston"
The video game MVP Baseball 2005 features the song. [ 5 ] 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 ...
Live from the Gaiety is a live album by The Dubliners.It was recorded during the Irish leg of their tour celebrating forty years on the road. The double album was recorded at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin in June 2002.