# Favorite Irish Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359 "2017-03-16T23:38:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/1 "2017-03-16T23:38:59Z")
For the holiday, name a Song by Irish artist or about Ireland or popular there. Here is mine: Danny Boy by Eva Cassidy And since I know someone will bring it up, I know the words to Danny Boy were written by an English guy. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/2 "2017-03-16T23:57:33Z")
[Come Out Ye Black and Tans - Wolftones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s2MSVaXNqQ) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/3 "2017-03-17T00:14:03Z")
A fake Irish folk ballad I recorded a couple of years ago: [She Are Green](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ooKOJecAAs) I first heard the song in a dream, where it served as music for a Clorox 2 commercial. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/4 "2017-03-17T00:29:42Z")
[Caide Sin Do’n Te Sin](https://youtu.be/1MkKgu--BSw), by Clannad ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/5 "2017-03-17T00:43:16Z")
[Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw9B49epS_M), by Bing Crosby Yes, I know. American-imitation Irish. But THIS is the song I sang to my daughter when I first held her in my arms when she was less than an hour old, and it is also the song I sang to my grandson within the first two hours of his birth. I have context. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/6 "2017-03-17T01:11:39Z")
[It’s a Long, Long Way From Clare to Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Vi_ttYRkI) This one by Dingle Spike. Not original to them, but my favorite version. Starts about 29 minutes in. Who the hell is Dingle Spike, Grandpa? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/7 "2017-03-17T01:46:43Z")
“The Minstrel Boy,” as sung by the Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem. “Rainstreet” by the Pogues. “Planxty George Barbazon,” by O’Carolan (the version I know is played by the Cheiftains) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/8 "2017-03-17T02:04:07Z")
Don’t Go For the One, Gaelic Storm [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oI-TC3-SPIw/maxresdefault.jpg "Don't Go For The One") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI-TC3-SPIw) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/9 "2017-03-17T02:24:03Z")
I’ve never heard the Clancy Brothers an Tommy Makem version of The Minstrel Boy (at least, I don’t think I have), but I was going to nominate another one of theirs, their version of the Liar Song. [I think this is it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXQ_hz3wZdo), but YouTube is acting up for me right now. At least, that’s my favorite if I’m in a rowdy mood. For something more sedate, I’m fond of “Fair Is the Rose”. The best rendition of it I’ve ever heard (by a local Montana band) doesn’t seem to be online. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/10 "2017-03-17T02:48:03Z")
[The Bricklayers Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxaCfJfw6AY) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/11 "2017-03-17T03:20:38Z")
I’m partial to [The Irish Rover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojiqyGvjbg8). ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/12 "2017-03-17T05:08:12Z")
“Down by the Salley Gardens”: words by poet William Butler Yeats, based on a folk song [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/027ZJX5XVjs/hqdefault.jpg "Down by the Sally Gardens-Maura O'Connell with Karen Matheson") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=027ZJX5XVjs) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/13 "2017-03-17T08:02:11Z")
[The Boys Are Back In Town](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGZqDzb__bw) [Stretched at your Grave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXIfTGAfBvg) and speaking of Yeats - [Stolen Child](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg-oJKYIinQ) by the Waterboys… ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/14 "2017-03-17T13:01:28Z")
[Funky Céilí](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GViXO8bZDz8) - Black 47 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/15 "2017-03-17T13:10:30Z")
[Fuck you I’m Drunk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mOWSlGrAnk) - by Flogging Molly ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/16 "2017-03-17T13:21:59Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [The Boys Are Back In Town](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGZqDzb__bw) After seeing this thread, this was the first song I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/17 "2017-03-17T13:28:41Z")
[Devils Dance Floor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPaz0p2dpEk) Flogging Molly And even though they’re from Australia - [An Irish Pub](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDTQQWSmo8s) The Rumjacks ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/18 "2017-03-17T13:30:47Z")
Gotta be the saga of Johnny McEldoo . . . [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KiIGGDeN7D0/hqdefault.jpg "The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Johnny McEldoo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiIGGDeN7D0) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/19 "2017-03-17T13:51:51Z")
[_Shamrock Shore_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMdxG5dka4s). I like [Boiled in Lead’s version](https://smile.amazon.com/Old-Lead-Boiled/dp/B000001BCC), but I couldn’t find it to share. It used to get played frequently on KXLU when ‘Old Lead’ was released, so it’s the version I identify with. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359/20 "2017-03-17T13:51:53Z")
My favorite song to come from an Irish performer would not be of the traditional variety. Off the top of my head, maybe Rory Gallagher’s Walk On Hot Coals, or Thin Lizzy’s Cowboy Song. Cowboy Song is a perfect Rock and Roll song. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-song/782359.md?page=2)