It was written in 1985 by Frank and SeГЎn OвЂ™Meara, about a woman named Grace Evelyn Gifford Plunkett. GraceДЄhhh, вЂGraceвЂ™ вЂ“ this is one of the most famous Irish songs that youвЂ™ll come across.

This, like many traditional Irish folk songs, features the tin whistle. This song is beautiful, but itвЂ™s a little haunting also. The song вЂThe Lonesome BoatmanвЂ™ debuted on a 1969 album from Finbar and Eddie Furey on an album of the same name. This is one of the lesser-known Irish folk songs thatвЂ™ll make the hair on the back of your neck stand to attention. YouвЂ™ll find a mix of old stuff, new-school bangers and a decent whack of traditional Irish folks songs below. However, IвЂ™m going to kick this guide off with what I think are the best Irish songs ever made.

what I think sounds deadly might sound absolutely cat to someone else. What sounds good is pretty subjective, i.e. Section 1: 15 of the best Irish songs ever made

What classic Irish songs have we missed?.

Some of the best Irish music from the last 30 years.

The popular traditional Irish songs playlist.

YouTube and Spotify playlists packed with great Irish songs.

Brown Eyed Girl (one of the more popular Irish love songs)

Section 3: Popular Irish songs thatвЂ™ll make you feeeeeel good.

Section 2: Mighty Irish Ballads and Irish Folk Songs.

Section 1: 15 of the best Irish songs ever made.

IвЂ™m also open to suggestions to improve the site. If anyone has more details about this song, or believes IвЂ™ve stated something in error, please let me know. The variation of the song IвЂ™m posting is the version I perform and is not exactly replicating the sources cited, but is always in the same song family. The recording В© copyright 2013 by Stephen Griffith and may be used by permission of the copyright holder. NOTICE: The tune and lyrics are in the public domain unless otherwise noted. Brunnings, Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London 1981

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With gold and silver I would support her,Д«ut IвЂ™ll sing no more now вЂ™till I get a drink.ДЇor IвЂ™m drunk today, and IвЂ™m seldom soberДЄh, but IвЂ™m sick now, my days are numbered, Today has over 500 different recordings for sale as MP3 downloads.Д«ONUS YOUTUBE VIDEO: Jim McCann with the DublinersД«ut the sea is wide and I cannot cross over In 1957 his mate Richard Harris related to OвЂ™Toole a more fullsome version with which he was familiar, and it was this Harris-OвЂ™Toole hybrid version which Peter OвЂ™Toole sung from memory to Dominic Behan. Forty years later someone thought to ask OвЂ™Toole about this, and he confirmed the story.OвЂ™TooleвЂ™s agent reported to the inquiring music scholar that the actor had first heard the song in 1946 with the English lyrics approximating the song we know. And Behan? The legend had it that it had been вЂњcollectedвЂќ by Behan from Peter OвЂ™Toole. вЂњThe Kerry BoatmanвЂќ by Dominic BehanВ on his album The Irish Rover. Two of the verses are recognizable but a number of additional English verses have been added over the years. вЂњCarrickfergusвЂќ seems to have first appeared as a ballad usually called вЂњThe Young Sick LoverвЂќ, published in 1830 but with perhaps earlier origins. The melodies for вЂњWater is WideвЂќ and вЂњCarrickfergusвЂќ probably go back to an 18th century Irish air. EARLIEST DATE: partial in 1927 (Sandburg) more fully inВ вЂњThe Kerry BoatmanвЂќ by Dominic Behan (recorded 1960) Richard Harris and Peter OвЂ™Toole in 1995вЂ™s Shine at the Top

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