Irish Folk Music

St. Patrick's Day is March 17th.

[played for St. Patrick's Day 2013]
Dick Gaughan \ Song For Ireland \ Handful of Earth \ Green Linnet
John Doyle \ Crooked Jack \ Evening Comes Early \ Shanachie
Eric Schoenberg & Richard Scholtz \ Planxty Irwin \ Late Night Conversation \ Self
Altan \ Dulaman \ Island Angel \ Green Linnet
Voice Squad \ The Parting Glass \ Good People All \ Shanachie

[played for St. Patrick's Day 2009]
Liz Carroll & John Doyle \ The Hare’s Lament/Pat Mahons’s Jig \ Double Play \ Compass
Mozaik \ The Rocky Road To Dublin / Indian Ate The Woodchuc \ Live from the Powerhouse \ Compass
Tommy Sands with Moya & Fionan \ You Will Never Grow Old \ Let The Circle Be Wide \ Appleseed
Peter and Robert Blake \ Kilkelly, Ireland \ Please Don't Ask \ self
Trillium \ Sally In The Garden etc. \ The Moody Leprechaun \ Self
Tom Lewis \ St. Patrick's Song \ 360º \ Borealis
Maura O'Connell \ Irish Blues \ Wandering Home \ Hannibal
Eric Schoenberg & Richard Scholtz \ Planxty Irwin \ Late Night Conversation \ Self
Tony McManus \ Donal Óg/The Lea Rig \ The Maker's Mark \ Compass
Antje Duvekot \ Dublin Boys \ The Near Demise Of The Highwire Dancer \ Black Wolf
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald \ From Clare To Here \ Calling On Love \ Freewheel
Moira Smiley & Voco \ Katie Cruel \ Blink \ Self
Tom Russell w/Dolores Keane & Iris DeMent \ When Irish Girls Grow Up \ The Man From God Knows Where
Tom Paxton \ Corrymeela \ Even A Gray Day \ Flying Fish
Danú \ County Down \ The Road Less Traveled \ Shanachie
William Coulter & Friends \ St. Patrick's Day - Over The Moor To Maggie \ The Crooked Road \ Gourd
Voice Squad \ The Parting Glass \ Good People All \ Shanachie

[others]
Lunasa\ Kinnitty Sessions\ Island Paddy
Tim O'Brien\ Ireland's Green Shore\ The Crossing
Mozaik\ My Heart's Tonight in Ireland\ Live from the Powerhouse
Solas\ Bird in the Tree\ Another Day
Mrs. Ackroyd Band\ There's A Hole in my Bodhran\ Yelp!
Mary Black or Dick Gaughan\ Song for Ireland
Johnsmith's   Rooks in the castle ( Traveler CD )

Paul Brady has a bunch of fine songs, including The Island, The Homes of Donnegal, Nothing But the
Same Old Story and numerous of others.

And Kilkelly Ireland has been widely recorded, including Mick Moloney, Atwater-Donnelly, Laura Burns
and Roger Rosen (on the Fast Folk double CD from Smithsonian Folkways), Colcannon, The Green Fields
of America, Robbie O'Connell and more

The band Switchback, Martin McCormack and Brian FitzGerald, have written and recorded a few Great
songs about Ireland. The first one that comes to mind first is "Bolinree", off their Bolinree Album.
Also off this CD is The Hills of Connemara. 

Old faves:
Al Petteway / Midsummer Moon / Red-Haired Boy / Guitar Solo
Altan / Harvest Storm / Dobbin's Flowery Vale / Celtic
Altan / Harvest Storm / Mo Choill / Celtic
Altan / Horse With A Heart* / Lass of Glenshee / Celtic
Altan / Island Angel / Dulamon / Celtic
Bothy Band / Best of the Bothy Band / Do You Love an Apple? / Celtic / 
Boys of the Lough / Day Dawn / Hare's Lament / Celtic / SS
Daithi Sproule / Heart Made of Glass* / Bold Belfast Shoemaker / Celtic / 
Daithi Sproule / Heart Made of Glass* / Patty's Tune / Celtic / 
Daithi Sproule / Heart Made of Glass* / September / Celtic / 
David Surette\ Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap/Speed the Plough\ David Surette
Dervish\ John Blessings\ Spirit\ Compass
[it should be noted that Dick Gaughan is a Scotsman]
Dick Gaughan / Handful of Earth / Erin Go Bragh / Celtic / 
Dick Gaughan / Handful of Earth / Song for Ireland / Celtic / 
Dick Gaughan / Outlaws & Dreamers / When I'm Gone
Dick Gaughan / Sail On / Waist Deep in the Big Muddy / 
Duck Baker / American Traditional / Pretty Girl Milking A Cow / Guitar Solo / 
El McMeen / Live / Pretty Maid Milking A Cow / 
Kellee Bradley / Season* / Bold Finian Men / 
Laura Cortese\ The Mist Covered Mountains / Hush Hush\ Hush\ JAR
Malloy Brady Peoples / Malloy Brady Peoples / Munster Buttermilk / Celtic / 
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill / Live in Seattle / Port na bPucai etc. / 
Martin Simpson / Leaves of Life / Banks of the Bann / Celtic / 
Martin Simpson / Leaves of Life / Jock O'Hazeldean / Celtic / 
Martin Simpson / Leaves of Life / Streets of Forbes / Celtic / 
Martin Simpson / When I Was on Horseback / The Shearing's Not For You etc.
McKessons\ Harry Bradshaw\ Tall Tales\ Kalos
Pat Kirtley / Irish Guitar / Pretty Milkmaid / Guitar Solo / 
Pat Kirtley / Irish Guitar / Shi Beg Shi Mhor / Guitar Solo / 
Peter & Robert Blake / Please Don't Ask / Kilkelly Ireland / Celtic / SS
Planxty / Planxty / Merrily Kissed the Quaker / Celtic / 
Randal Bays / Out of the Woods / Cause of My Sorrows / Guitar Solo
Randal Bays / Out of the Woods / Planxty Irwin/The South Wind / Guitar Solo
Randal Bays / Salmon's Leap / A Stor Mo Chrof
Robin Bullock / Green Fields* / Donna's Waltz / Celtic
Robin Bullock / Green Fields* / Luke Dylan / Celtic
Robin Bullock / Green Fields* / Pivot Brig / Celtic
Robin Kessinger / Raw Guitar / The Eighth of January / 
Schoenberg & Scholtz / Late Night Conversation / Planxty Irwin / Celtic
Voice Squad / Good People All / Parting Glass / Celtic

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