# St. Patrick's Day Playlists! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061 "2008-03-12T02:16:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/1 "2008-03-12T02:16:32Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/2 "2008-03-12T03:12:36Z")
**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. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/3 "2008-03-12T03:14:22Z")
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”? ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/4 "2008-03-12T03:22:31Z")
_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! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/5 "2008-03-12T03:42:43Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/6 "2008-03-12T03:48:19Z")
Carbon Leaf - “Mary Mac” [QUOTE=msmith537] Black 47 - Funky Céilí [/QUOTE] I can’t believe it took 5 posts for someone to mention Black 47. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/7 "2008-03-12T10:06:46Z")
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! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/8 "2008-03-12T13:10:25Z")
[QUOTE=Misnomer] Carbon Leaf - “Mary Mac” I can’t believe it took 5 posts for someone to mention Black 47. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Exactly what I came in here to post - Black47\*. 😃 - Who are also playing at my local Irish pub tonight… ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/9 "2008-03-12T14:45:53Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/10 "2008-03-12T17:41:42Z")
What a wonderful list! I’d add anything from [The Green Fields of America: Live in Concert](http://www.amazon.com/Green-Fields-America-Live-Concert/dp/B000005CNS/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1205343444&sr=8-1). Especially “Kilkelly.” What do you think of Powers Gold Label? I’m not much of a whiskey drinker, but like it a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/11 "2008-03-12T18:33:38Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/12 "2008-03-12T20:16:44Z")
[QUOTE=Edward The Head] I’ve asked this before but are there any Irish hard rock/metal bands out there? I don’t care for \the Pogues \ [/QUOTE] Pistols at dawn, sir! ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/13 "2008-03-12T20:18:13Z")
For my contribution to the playlist, I would add anything from Sinead O’Connor’s _The Lion and the Cobra_. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/14 "2008-03-12T21:48:23Z")
Almost anything by Gaelic Storm. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/15 "2008-03-12T22:37:37Z")
I like House of Pain. There, I said it. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/16 "2008-03-12T23:23:04Z")
It’s not traditional Irish, but if I were to do a St Paddy’s day list, it would include U2 and The Cranberries. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/17 "2008-03-12T23:58:09Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/18 "2008-03-15T20:58:58Z")
House of Pain are great. Jump Around should be the National Anthem of Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![Harry1945](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Harry1945](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harry1945)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/19 "2008-03-16T02:27:28Z")
Déanta Sileas Cherish The Ladies ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061/20 "2008-03-16T12:46:02Z")
I don’t know if it’s a cover or not, but Garth Brooks has a beautiful, sad little song called _Ireland._ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-patricks-day-playlists/441061.md?page=2)