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Ireland is a predominantly Catholic country and Christmas plays an important role in religious aspects of Irish life, taking the place of the pre-Christian festival on the winter solstice. [4] The earliest account of the Christian celebration of Christmas in Ireland are from 1171, when the excommunicated King Henry II spent Christmas in Dublin.
The Kilmore Carols, sometimes also known as the Wexford Carols, [1] [2] is a cycle of traditional Irish Christmas carols sung each year in St. Mary's Church in the village of Kilmore, County Wexford, Ireland. [3] Numbering thirteen in total, the carols are sung during the Twelve Days of Christmas.
Michael McDonald covered it on his 2009 album This Christmas as a duet with his wife Amy Holland, using only the first three of the traditional verses. The English boys' choir Libera performed an arrangement of the carol on their 2013 album, Angels Sing: Christmas in Ireland, recorded at Armagh Cathedral.
Dec. 24—For many people, Christmas conjures up visions of Santa Claus in his red suit, reindeer dashing across the sky, snowmen in top hats, and presents under twinkling trees. Yet it's also ...
Perry Como's Christmas Concert is a 1994 live recording by Perry Como, the last before his death in 2001. Taped at the Point Theatre in Dublin before a live audience of 4,500 which included Irish President Mary Robinson , the concert was also issued on videotape and broadcast in the USA on PBS . [ 3 ]
Eminem had two Christmas number ones in the early 2000s. The X Factor (creator and judge Simon Cowell pictured) launched eight consecutive Irish Christmas number ones. Dermot Kennedy, who held Number One in 2020, was the first Irishman to score Christmas number one since Mario Rosenstock in 2005.
A Ballad Tour of Ireland [56] The Ballroom of Romance [14] Ballymagash [57] Barry Mason, Songwriter [58] Be My Guest [59] Beirt Eile [60] Bestseller [61] The Big Top [62] Billy Boyle in Magical Christmas Tour [63] Billy's Magic Christmas Box [64] The Birthday Show [65] Blas na Fraince [66] The Blue Note [67] Bóithrín na Smaointe [68 ...
Christmas FM is a seasonal radio station based in Ireland dedicated to Christmas-themed music, billed as "Ireland's Christmas Station". Airing during the Christmas season , it is a temporary licensed station, traditionally broadcasting from 28 November until 27 December since 2008.