St. Patrick's Day Playlists!

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I’m preparing mine now, while quaffing a nice glass of Jameson Crested Ten Whiskey. I include Irish, Scots and Irish and Scots influenced songs and artists in mine. Thus far I’ve got:

  1. Susan McKeown - Caledonia (from the album Sweet Liberty)

  2. The Chieftains with Van Morrison - Tá mo chleamhnas dianta (from the album Éist: in their own language)

  3. The Chieftains - Mná na hEireann - (from the album The Chieftains 4)

  4. The Sick and Indigent Song Club - Rose (from the album The Inistioge folly)

  5. The Sick and Indigent Song Club - Far Away From Home (from the album The Inistioge folly)

  6. Damien Dempsey - Shots (Album)

  7. Damien Dempsey - Seize The Day (Album)

  8. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Album)

  9. Shane MacGowan & The Popes - The Snake With Eyes o’ Garnet (from the album The Snake)

  10. Packie Dolan & The Melody Boys - A Drink In The Morning

  11. Packie Dolan & The Melody Boys - Molly Durkin

  12. Sharon Shannon & Friends - The Wishing Well

  13. The Chieftains with Van Morrison - Shenandoah

  14. The Corries - Bonnie Dundee (from the album The Very Best Of The Corries)

  15. The Chieftains with Sinead O’Connor - The Foggy Dew (from the album The Long Black Veil)

  16. The Dubliners - Free The People

  17. Paul Robeson - Kevin Barry

  18. The Dubliners - Lord Of The Dance

  19. The Masterless Men - My Own Dear Galway Bay

  20. The Chieftains & Van Morrison - Star Of The County Down

  21. Paddy Reilly - Fields Of Athenry

  22. The Dubliners - Song For Ireland

  23. Ronnie Drew - On Raglan Road

  24. Luke Kelly - On Raglan Road

  25. John McCormack - When You And I Were Young, Maggie

  26. John McCormack - The Sally Gardens

  27. John McCormack - Ireland, Mother Ireland

  28. John McCormack - Machushla

  29. Blood Or Whiskey - Never Be Me

  30. The Boys Of The Lough - Farewell And Remember

  31. The Boys of The Lough - To Welcome Paddy Home

  32. Duke Special - Portrait

  33. Glen Miller - The Derry Air

  34. Paul Brady - The Island

  35. Luke Kelly - For What Died The Songs of Roisín (poem)

  36. Patrick Street - My Son In Amerikay

  37. Planxty - The Blacksmith

  38. Reeltime - Buachaill On Eirne

  39. Shane MacGowan & The Popes - Roddy McCorley

  40. Shane MacGowan & The Popes - The Rising Of The Moon

  41. Runrig - Dusig Mo Run

  42. The Men Of No Property - Rubber Bullets

  43. John McCormack - The Garden Where The Praties Grow

  44. John McCormack - The Kerry Dances

  45. The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem - The Croppy Boy

  46. The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem - The Minstrel Boy

  47. The Dubliners - Spanish Lady

  48. The Wolfetones - Come Out Ye Black And Tans

  49. Altan - The Curlew

  50. The Irish Descendants - Shamrock City

  51. Great Big Sea - Lukey’s Boat

  52. John McCormack - When You and I were Seventeen.

  53. The Chieftains - Lily Bolero/The White Cockade

  54. The Dubliners - Free The People

  55. Andy Irvine & Paul Brady - Arthur McBride

  56. Andy Irvine & Paul Brady - Martinmas Time & The Little Stack Of Wheat

  57. Andy Irvine & Paul Brady - Mary And The Soldier

  58. The Pogues - A Pair Of Brown Eyes

  59. The Pogues - I’m a man you don’t meet every day.

  60. The Pogues - Sally Maclennane

  61. Alasdair Roberts - Join Our Lusty Chorus

  62. The Tulla Ceili Band - The Battle Of Aughrim

  63. Alasdair Roberts - River Rhine

  64. Alasdair Roberts - The Banks Of The Roses

  65. Christy Moore - Lisdoonvarna

  66. Frank Harte & Donal Lunny - The Wind That Shakes The Barley

  67. Frank Harte & Donal Lunny - General Munroe

  68. Kila - An Tiomanaí

  69. The Dubliners - The Auld Triangle

  70. The Dubliners - The Merry Ploughboy

  71. Irish Brigade - Little Armalite

  72. Mozaik - My Heart’s Tonight In Ireland

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An Gadaí, great list! I’m going to have to check these out! (I’m really sorry I missed the NE Ohio Dopefest when you were here at Christmas.) Any recording I’ve ever heard of The Sally Gardens makes me cry. I love the King’s Singers version.

I grew up in a very Catholic Irish-American family. We’d always have Father Gallagher over for dinner on St. Patrick’s Day, and all the Clancy Brothers w/ Tommy Makem LPs would get a workout.

My mom switched from Bushmills to Jameson when she was told Bushmills was the Orange whiskey. Perhaps you can corroborate that. :wink:

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Don’t forget Dropkick Murphy’s “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” (I think you’ll find it on The Departed soundtrack) or anything by Floggin’ Molly!

Nickel Creek’s “Leaves Fall” and “Scotch & Chocolate” are great also. Do you have The Barra MacNeill’s “Sealliaibh Curaidh Eoghainn”?

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The Boys Are Back In Town by Thin Lizzy has been my St. Patrick’s standard for the past few years. OK, not traditional, but my favorite line is

“And if the boys wanna fight, you better let 'em!”

Which is how many of my St. Patrick’s parties seem to go! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Dropkick Murphys - Captain Kelly’s Kitchen
Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Malarkey Brothers - Finegans Wake (there’s also a Dropkick Murphy’s version)
The Pogue’s - Jack’s Hero’s
House of Pain - Jump Around (because why the heck not)
Black 47 - Funky Céilí
The Pogues - Whiskey in the Jar
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies

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Carbon Leaf - “Mary Mac”

I can’t believe it took 5 posts for someone to mention Black 47. :slight_smile:

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I find most of the stuff by Black '47, Flogging Molly and The Dropkick Murphys a bit jarring. I think its the accents on the singers. I do love* Drunken Lullabies* and The DMs do a nice version of The Green Fields of France.

I can’t believe I forgot The Boys are back in town and Jump Around! Duly added! :slight_smile:

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Exactly what I came in here to post - Black47*. :smiley:

  • Who are also playing at my local Irish pub tonight…
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My St Patrick’s day playlists always consist of The Rovers, The Rankin Family, Great Big Sea, The Dubliners, Leahy, Natalie McMaster, Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly with a couple Pogues songs tossed in for good measure.

Actually they aren’t exclusively St Patrick’s day playlists (if I decide I don’t want to watch tv I’m likely to put a mix like that on to play while I just relax and knit) but they always come out on that day.

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What a wonderful list! I’d add anything from The Green Fields of America: Live in Concert. Especially “Kilkelly.”

What do you think of Powers Gold Label? I’m not much of a whiskey drinker, but like it a lot.

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Now wait, you’re going to do Irish Music and leave out:
Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) by Thin Lizzy from Black Rose
Blood of Emeralds by Gary Moore from After the War
Wild Frontier by Gary Moore from Wild Frontier
I’ve asked this before but are there any Irish hard rock/metal bands out there? I don’t care for Dropkick Murphys, the Pogues, or Flogging Molly. I’m looking for something like Thin Lizzy and other guitar bands. I’ve had a hard time finding any.

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Pistols at dawn, sir!

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For my contribution to the playlist, I would add anything from Sinead O’Connor’s The Lion and the Cobra.

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Almost anything by Gaelic Storm.

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I like House of Pain. There, I said it.

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It’s not traditional Irish, but if I were to do a St Paddy’s day list, it would include U2 and The Cranberries.

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Mine is a mix of Irish, Scottish, and Breton.

Old Blind Dogs

Donal Lunny

Saw Doctors ( cant believe no one mentioned them yet!)

Kornog

Bothy Band

Moving Hearts

Horslips

Silly Wizard

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House of Pain are great. Jump Around should be the National Anthem of Ireland.

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Déanta
Sileas
Cherish The Ladies

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I don’t know if it’s a cover or not, but Garth Brooks has a beautiful, sad little song called Ireland.