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"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.
In both of those early sources, the song is attributed to Patrick Carpenter, a poet native of Skibbereen. It was published in 1915 by Herbert Hughes who wrote that it had been collected in County Tyrone, and that it was a traditional ballad of the famine. [4] It was recorded by John Lomax from Irish immigrants in Michigan in the 1930s.
"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.
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this collection of traditional and contemporary Irish songs. Find all the classics including "Danny Boy" and "Molly Malone."
In October 2017, a song cycle 15 years in the making [9] was released, chronicling stories of the great Irish famine. A culmination of 25 books on the history of Irish workhouses and one of Ireland's darkest histories, Chronicles of the Great Irish Famine featured some of the best musicians the Irish traditional music world has to offer. [10]
Performers of popular music began appearing as early as the late 1940s; Delia Murphy popularised Irish folk songs that she recorded for HMV in 1949; Margaret Barry is also credited with bringing traditional songs to the fore; Donegal's Bridie Gallagher shot to fame in 1956 and is considered 'Ireland's first international pop star'; [29] Belfast ...
Irish traditional music sessions are mostly informal gatherings at which people play Irish traditional music. [1] The Irish language word for "session" is seisiún. This article discusses tune-playing, although "session" can also refer to a singing session or a mixed session (tunes and songs). Barry Foy's Field Guide to the Irish Music Session ...
Óró, sé do bheatha abhaile or Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile ([ˈoːɾˠoː ʃeː d̪ˠə ˈvʲahə ˈwalʲə]) is a traditional Irish song that came to be known as a rebel song in the early twentieth century. Óró is a cheer, whilst sé do bheatha 'bhaile means "you are welcome home".