Irish Folk, Anyone?

[SinnerInTheHands]

Anyone else in the singles forum like Irish folk? I can't get enough of it.

If you want, post examples of your favorite songs. Here are some of mine:

The Bothy Band:

1. The Green Groves of Erin

2. Music in the Glen

3. The Strayaway Child

The Dubliners:

1. Rocky Road to Dublin

2. Óró Sé Do Bheatha Abhaile

3. Whiskey in the Jar

I'd love to hear some other opinions.

 

[MehGuy]

I'm partly Irish and I hate Irish music.

I'm a self-hating Irishman.

 

[SinnerInTheHands]

I'm a self-hating Irishman.

"What defines an Irishman? His faith, his place of birth? What of the Irish-Americans? Are they Irish? Who is more Irish, a Catholic Irishman such as James Joyce who is trying to escape from his Catholicism and from his Irishness, or a Protestant Irishman like Oscar Wilde who is eventually becoming Catholic? Who is more Irish . . . someone like C.S. Lewis, an Ulster Protestant, who is walking towards it, even though he never ultimately crosses the threshold?"

Joseph Pearce, 'The Celtic Enigma', St. Austin Review 2009​

 

[Goodbook]

Isnt it his love of potatoes?
Or limericks?

 

[Goodbook]

Gerald O'Hara..

 

[Goodbook]

The cranberries...

 

[Goodbook]

Irish biddy Judy Garland...here playing little Nelly Kelly. Also with the gift of the gab..

 

[Travelers.Soul]

 

[SinnerInTheHands]

@dreaminofireland

You reminded me of some more of my favorites.

Dulaman [Clannad]

The Donegal Set [The Chieftains]

Preab San Ól [The Dubliners]

A Nation Once Again [The Dubliners]

 

[Goodbook]

The irish make the best english teachers.

 

[Goodbook]

 

[Hawthorne]

Most of the Irish music I listen to is on the ethereal side of the spectrum like Meav, Enya, Clannad, and Anuna.

Most of the traditional-leaning Irish folk would be The Kilkennys, Ronan Hardiman, and Loreena McKennitt (I don't know if she'd be called Irish folk).

I listen to a lot of folk, but not much of it is Irish... Annwn (Germany), The Moon and the Nightspirit (Hungary), Rapalje (Netherlands), Celtic Ladies (United States/Canada/England), Laura Wright (England), Anais Mitchell (United States), Faun (Germany), Empyrium (Germany), Andy M. Stewart (Scotland), Corvus Corax (Germany), Craig Duncan (United States), in addition to a few rogue Bulgarian, Finnish, and Estonian albums.

 

[Travelers.Soul]

 

[Cearbhall]

I thought you meant Irish people. Haha.

I like both.

 

[TheGirlOnFire]

I don't know wether am aloud to put republication songs up or not.

I was named after a county and my grandfather was Irish and I can trace my other side back to Ireland too

 

[Rhamiel]

you guys have already posted so many of the songs I love

here are a few more
one about fighting English
and one about getting drunk (and on cider now less, a personal favorite)
two fine Irish traditions

 

[Rhamiel]

I don't know wether am aloud to put republication songs up or not.

I was named after a county and my grandfather was Irish and I can trace my other side back to Ireland too

I ran across more then a few of those songs in which language was an issue lol

 

[TheGirlOnFire]

One of my fave songs EVER

 

[TheGirlOnFire]

 

[TheGirlOnFire]