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The song (also sometimes known as Down the Glen) has been performed and recorded by many Irish traditional groups, including The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, The Dubliners, The Chieftains, Shane MacGowan and The Wolfe Tones among others. The verse that begins "Oh the night fell black and the rifles' crack" is almost always omitted in ...
"The Tumble Down Shack in Athlone" – one of several "Irish" songs written by Monte Carlo and recorded by John McCormack [96] "Lock Hospital" (also known as "St. James Hospital" and "The Unfortunate Rake"), Irish version of a song also found in Britain and the USA (where it developed into "The Dying Cowboy" and "St. James Infirmary)" [97]
The Glen of Aherlow (also known as Patrick Sheehan) is a traditional Irish song which originated as a ballad written by Irish republican Charles Joseph Kickham (1828–1882). It was first printed in The Kilkenny Journal , Kilkenny , on 7 October 1857, the writer using the pseudonym “Darby Ryan, Junior.” [ 1 ]
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this collection of traditional and contemporary Irish songs. Find all the classics including "Danny Boy" and "Molly Malone." The 30 best Irish songs to sing at the ...
Jackets Green is an Irish ballad by Michael Scanlan (1833–1917) concerning an Irish woman and her beloved, an Irish soldier fighting in the Jacobite army of Patrick Sarsfield [1] during the Williamite War of the late 17th century. [2] Like some other "patriotic" Irish ballads, it includes romantic rather than historically accurate descriptions.
This is a list of songs about County Tipperary, Ireland. “Any Tipperary town” -written by Pat Ely, recorded by many artists including Daniel O'Donnell. “Brennan on the Moor” - 19th Century ballad. "Cill Chais" - a lament related to the family at Kilcash Castle. [1] "The Bansha Peeler" [1]
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling is a Decca Records album by Bing Crosby of songs with an Irish theme. It was issued as a 10” LP as catalog No.DL 5403. [1] Some of the songs had earlier been issued as a 3-disc 45rpm set (9-89). [2] A later 12” LP version with the same title was issued in 1956 as DL8262 with a different selection of songs. [3]
[2] [4] His Ballyvourney collection featured as numbers 23–25 of the Journal of the Folk Song Society, 1920–21. [3] This collection consists of almost a hundred songs, with original texts, prose translations and annotations, constituting incomparably the finest collection published in our time of Irish songs noted from oral tradition.