Thursday Thirteen #24: Favorite Irish Songs

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Folks music of the British Isles is one of our favorite genres. We enjoy the Irish Tenors and the King’s Singers (Annie Laurie and Watching the White Wheat)as well as an old Robert Shaw Chorale recording I have of Irish folk songs. Today, for St. Patrick’s Day, I want to list some of my favorite Irish songs (I wonder how many people will do the same. πŸ™‚ ) Most are folk songs; the last one is a hymn.

1. Star of the County Down (I like the King’s Singers’ version of this much better than the Irish Tenors.)

2. The Minstrel Boy

3. Molly Malone

4. Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye

5. The Last Rose of Summer

6. Mairi’s Wedding

7. The Girl I Left Behind Me

8. Bantry Bay

9. How Are Things in Glocca Morra? (This isn’t a true folk song, but it has an Irish flavor.)

10. Red Is the Rose

11. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral

12. Wild Mountain Thyme

13. Be Thou My Vision

Updated: I put YouTube links to both the King’s Singers and the Irish Tenors in my next post)

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22 thoughts on “Thursday Thirteen #24: Favorite Irish Songs”

  3. I can never think of “too ra lura lura” without laughing since seeing Steve Martin in Housesitter. My TT is also posted.

  5. I have no idea what these songs are. If they’re not Auld Lang Syne, I wouldn’t know.

    Happy T13. Please stop by my 13 this week.

  8. #11 and 13 are my favorites on your list. I’ll have to check out a couple of the others that I’m not so familiar with.
    Happy TT! My list is sort of St. Patty’s related too. πŸ™‚

  9. Those are all wonderful. I don’t think I can possibly pick a favorite. I’d want to add Fields of Athenry though – stupendously beautiful, but makes me cry like a baby every single time.

    If you like folk music, my TT from last week was 13 of my favorite Israeli (English language) folk musicians and singer-songwriters, several of whom do Irish music. Come by and check it out. (This week’s is something else entirely.)

    http://aroundtheisland.blogspot.com/2007/03/tt-6-13-israeli-english-language-singer.html

    Happy TT.

  10. What a great list. I know many of them and I love the hymn “Be Thou My Vision”, it is a haunting melody.
    Thanks for coming by my T13.

  14. The folk music of the British Isles is one of my favorite genres too. I’ve really been enjoying Celtic Woman lately. I think, at least for me, there’s a connect with the music/culture of our ancestors. Maybe that’s why we like it so well.

    Thanks for sharing your favorites!!

  15. Cool idea! I do not know any of those songs! “When Irish Eyes are Smiling” is as good as it gets with me!

    Mine is up!

  16. I don’t know any of your songs that’s why I like this TT so much!
    Happy Patrick’s Day to you and happy TT!

  18. Great list!
    Thank you!
    Terrific Thursday Thirteen!
    Thank you for your visit.
    Have a wonderful day!
    Happy TT’ing!
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    Raggedy

  20. Great list! I haven’t heard Molly Malone in a long time. And number 13, An Irish Lullabye is a favorite. Happy Thursday!

    I’m up too.

  21. Fun list! I didn’t think about doing anything with St. Patricks Day. #13 is the only one on your list that I know.

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