The following are often-sungIrish folkballads and folk songs. The songs are arranged by theme under the categories "Politics and soldiering" and "Non-political" and are not necessarily contemporary to the events to which they relate.

Songs may fit into more than one category, but where possible, are grouped uniquely to where is most appropriate.

• "Arthur McBride" – an anti-recruiting song fromDonegal, probably originating during the 17th century.^[1]
• "The Recruiting Sergeant" – song (to the tune of "The Peeler and the Goat") from the time of World War 1, popular among theIrish Volunteers of that period, written bySéamus O'Farrell in 1915, recorded byThe Pogues.^[2][3]
• "Mrs. McGrath" – popular among the Irish Volunteers, 1916^[1]
• "The Saxon Shilling" – written by K. T. Buggy, 1840s^[4][5]
• "Sergeant William Bailey" – written byPeadar Kearney, recorded byDominic Behan^[2][5] andMaeve Mulvany Moore
• "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" – very old anti-war song^[1]
• "Who Is Ireland's Enemy?" - written byBrian O'Higgins in response to the First World War, this poem was one of the more visceral of the anti-recruitment literary response.^{[citation needed]}

• "Alasdair MacColla" – song dating from the 1640s about warriorAlasdair MacColla. Still performed byCapercaillie^[6] andClannad.
• "Follow me up to Carlow" – aboutFiach MacHugh O'Byrne and theSecond Desmond Rebellion againstElizabeth I of England, written in the 19th century byP.J. McCall^[7]
• "The Woods of Trugh" – concerning Eoin Roe O'Neill
• "Seán Ó Duibhir a'Ghleanna" (transl. Sean O'Dwyer of the Glen) – an Irish-language song dealing with the aftermath of theBattle of Aughrim in 1691, Roud Index no. 16907. Translated byGeorge Sigerson.^[8]
• "Jackets Green" – written by poetMichael Scanlon aboutPatrick Sarsfield and theFlight of the Wild Geese^[9]
• "The Battle of Benburb" – recalling theBattle of Benburb fought on 5 June 1646 and concerning the exploits ofOwen Roe O'Neill and his commanders. The song is most notably sung byTommy Makem.
• "The Sash" – recallingthe Boyne and other battles
• "On the green grassy slopes of the Boyne" – about theBattle of the Boyne
• "Carraigdhoun" (also "Carraig Donn", "The Lament of the Irish Maiden") – song about the 1690s Wild Geese written by Denny Lane (1818–95) in the 1840s.^[10] Recorded byMary O'Hara, the McPeake family (1960s) and Kathleen Behan (mother ofBrendan, 1978) to the same melody as "The Mountains of Mourne."
• "The Green Flag" – written by Young Irelander,Michael Joseph Barry about theIrish Confederate Wars.^{[citation needed]}

• "Clare's Dragoons"^[11] – written by Thomas Davis about one of the divisions of the Irish Brigades.
• "Mo Ghile Mear" – written by Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill, it is a lament by the Gaelic goddess Éire forBonnie Prince Charlie, who was then in exile.
• "Gaol of Clonmel" (also known as the "Jail of Cluain Meala" (sung by Luke Kelly) and the "Convict of Clonmel") – translation byJeremiah Joseph Callanan of the Irish-language "Príosún Chluain Meala", a song from the time of theWhiteboys^[12]

Songs relating to theIrish Rebellion of 1798 (though not necessarily contemporary):

• "Bagenal Harvey's Farewell (Bagenal Harvey's Lament)" – song about rebel leaderBagenal Harvey^[13]
• "Ballyshannon Lane" – about a battle between rebels andHessians in 1798 in Wexford, written by Michael O'Brien, about 1896^[14]
• "Billy Byrne of Ballymanus" – about one of the leaders of the rebellion^[15]
• "Boolavogue" – song aboutFather John Murphy, one of the leaders of the Wexford rebels, written byP.J. McCall (1861–1919) for the centenary anniversary in 1898^[5]
• "Boys of '98" – modern song written by New York band Shillelagh Law
• "The Boys of Wexford" – written byP.J. McCall^[16]
• "By Memory Inspired" – a tributary role-call of many of the rebel heroes who died in the rebellion, anonymous, recorded by Frank Harte^[17]
• "Come All You Warriors (Father Murphy) – song written close to the time of the rebellion upon which later songs such asBoolavogue were based.^[16]
• "The Croppy Boy" – There are at least two songs by this name: "It was early, early in the spring..." and "Good men and true in this house...". They are concerned with the period following the suppression of the rebellion and how the climate of repression saw relatives and close family deny any links to condemned rebels for fear of being deemed guilty by association.^[15]
• "Croppies Lie Down" – a Unionist or Orangeman's perspective on the rebels triumphant defeat^[18]
• "Dunlavin Green" – a local ballad written in response to theMassacre of Dunlavin Green of 24 May 1798^[7]
• "General Munroe", "Henry Munroe", "General Munroe's Lamentation" and "Henry Joy" – all songs about the United Irish leaderHenry Joy McCracken.^[18]
• "The Heroes of '98" – patriotic song by Bruce Scott.
• "Irish Soldier Laddie" – modern song about the events of 1798, written byPaddy McGuigan of theBarleycorn
• "Jimmy Murphy" – song of music hall origin with distinctly unusual chorus
• "Kelly of Killanne" – ballad by P.J. McCall (1861–1919), recounting the exploits ofJohn Kelly, one of the most popular leader of the Wexford rebels.^[9]
• "The Liberty Tree" – anonymous United Irishmen ballad in praise of theFrench Revolution^[5]
• "The Man from God Knows Where" – poem byFlorence Wilson (set to music by Tom Hickland ofFive Hand Reel) aboutThomas Russell, leader of the United Irishmen in Ulster, executed in Downpatrick in 1803^[18]
• "The Memory of the Dead" – ballad recalling the rebellion's heroes byJohn Kells Ingram^[5]
• "The Minstrel Boy" – in remembrance of a number of friends ofThomas Moore who lost their lives in the rebellion^[19]
• "The Rambler from Clare"^[18]
• "Races of Castlebar", epic of French rider in the streets of Castlebar^{[citation needed]}
• "The Rising of the Moon" – written byJohn Keegan Casey in the 1860s, this ballad invokes the hope and optimism surrounding the outbreak of the Irish rebellion of 1798.^[15]
• "Roddy McCorley" – ballad byEthna Carbery lamenting the execution of the youngCounty AntrimPresbyterian rebel,Roddy McCorley.^[15]
• "TheSean-Bhean Bhocht" – the "poor old woman",i.e. Ireland, is about to be liberated in tandem with the French; also known as "The French are on the Sea"[15]
• "Sliabh na mBan" – an Irish-language song composed by Michéal O Longáin of Carrignavar and translated bySeamus Ennis, about the massacre in July 1798 of a party of Tipperary insurgents at Carrigmoclear on the slopes ofSlievenamon^[18][20]
• "Tone's Grave" – lament forWolfe Tone, United Irish leader, the ballad is more commonly known as "Bodenstown Churchyard". Written byThomas Davis, one of the leaders ofYoung Ireland movement.^[9]
• "The Wake of William Orr"^[18]
• "The Wearing of the Green" – song about repression after the rebellion^[9]
• "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" – a young man's remorse at leaving his lady love to join the United Irishmen is cut short when she is killed by an English bullet (Roud Index 2994). Written byRobert Dwyer Joyce (1836–1883).^[21][22]

• "An Spailpín Fánach" (transl. The Wandering Labourer), relating to the time of the Irish Brigades in France. The air is "The Girl I Left Behind". Translated byGeorge Sigerson as "The Roving Worker"^[18]
• "A Nation Once Again" – 19th-century Irish nationalist anthem byThomas Davis
• "Avenging and Bright" – patriotic song byThomas Moore^[19]
• "Down by the Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men)" – song byPeadar Kearney about the 19th-centuryFenians
• "The Bold Fenian Men" – song about the Fenians by poetMichael Scanlon, recorded bythe Wolfe Tones
• "The Felons of Our Land" – written by Arthur Forrester of County Monaghan
• "The Fields of Athenry" – 1970s song byPete St. John about theGreat Irish Famine^[1]
• "God Save Ireland"- Irish nationalist anthem, written byT. D. Sullivan in 1867 about theManchester Martyrs
• "The Lament for Owen Roe" – Song by Thomas Davis, based on an older tune byTurlough O'Carolan, lamenting the death ofOwen Roe O'Neill in 1649
• "Let Erin Remember" – written by Thomas Moore.^[19]
• "The Manchester Martyrs" – also called "The Smashing of the Van", song about theManchester Martyrs^[16]
• "McCafferty" – a broadside ballad relating the true story of an Irish soldier who shot dead two of his British officers
• "The Harp that Once Through Tara's Halls" – anthem ofCounty Meath – one ofMoore's Melodies^[19]
• "Patrick Sheehan (The Glen of Aherlow)" – byCharles Kickham, based on the true story of an Irish soldier wounded in the Crimean War.^[9]
• "She Is Far From The Land" – written by Thomas Moore.^[19]
• Skibbereen (also called "Dear Old Skibbereen", "Revenge for Skibbereen" or "Remember Skibbereen") – a 19th-century song by Patrick Carpenter recalling theIrish Famine of 1845–1847.^[23]
• "The West's Awake" – written by Thomas Davis.
• "O'Donnell Abu" – written in 1843 by Michael Joseph MacCann (1824–1883), aboutRory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell
• "Ye Men of Sweet Liberties Hall" – written by DublinerZozimus (Michael Moran, 1794–1846)^[24]

• "The Bonny Bunch of Roses"^[18]
• "Bonny Light Horseman" – collected bySam Henry and others, recorded byFrank Harte,Planxty,Dolores Keane & John Faulkner^[25]
• "Eighteenth of June" – recorded by Frank Harte
• "Grand Conversation on Napoleon"^[26]
• "Granuaile" – recorded by Frank Harte^[26]
• "The Green Linnet"^[26]
• "Isle of Saint Helena"^[26]
• "Lonely Waterloo" – recorded by Frank Harte,Daithi Sproule^[27]
• "Napoleon Bonaparte"^[18]
• "Napoleon's Dream"^[26]
• "Napoleon's Farewell to Paris" – recorded by Frank Harte^[26]
• "Napoleon's Lamentation"^[26]
• "The Plains of Waterloo" – several songs by this name,^[18] including "As I rode out one bright summer's morning...", "On the fourteenth day of June, me boys...".
• "The Royal Eagle"^[26]
• "Wounded Hussar"^[28]
• "Welcome Napoleon to Erin" – recorded by Frank Harte^[26]

• "The Connaght Rangers" – by Charles Martin.^[29] Not to be confused with the song of the same name by Brian Warfield which refers to the mutiny of the First Battalion of the regiment in response to the Irish war of independence.
• "Gallipoli"^[30]
• "Salonika" – there were two Cork songs with this title about the Irish serving in the British Army in the First World War, one for and one against.Jimmy Crowley collected the verses in his version from Mrs Ronayne of County Cork.^[31][32][33]

• "Erin Go Bragh" – written in 1920 byPeadar Kearney, recorded byThe Dubliners^[2]
• "Arbour Hill" – about the burial place of 1916 leaders
• "Foggy Dew" – about theEaster Rising of 1916, written by Canon Charles O'Neill about 1922.
• "Dying Rebel" – about the finding of a dyingIrish rebel fromCounty Cork in Dublin during the 1916Easter Rising^[34] It was recorded in 1961 by Patricia Blake and byTommy Drennan and the Monarchs in 1966.^[35]
• "James Connolly" – written byPatrick Galvin aboutJames Connolly, labour leader^[7]
• "Grace" – written by Frank and Seán O'Meara in 1985, named afterGrace Gifford, wife of 1916 leaderJoseph Plunkett^[36]
• "Dublin City 1913" – the struggle from 1913 to 1916, written byDonagh MacDonagh^[24]
• "Oró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile" – originally ajacobite tune, it later received new verses and was popularised by nationalist poetPadraic Pearse^[1]
• "The Lonely Banna Strand"

• "Ashtown Road" – a song about an ambush in Dublin in which an IRA Volunteer,Martin Savage, died. Recorded by The Wolfhound (singerRay McAreavey) in 1972.^[37]
• "Amhrán na bhFiann" – or "the Soldiers Song", Irish Volunteers anthem, since 1927 thenational anthem of theIrish Free State/Republic of Ireland^[1]
• "The Ballad of Michael Collins" – poetic ballad byBrendan O'Reilly^[38]
• "The Boys of Kilmichael" – ballad about theKilmichael ambush of 1920
• "The Boys of the County Cork" – written by Tom Murphy^[2]
• "The Boys of the Old Brigade" – nostalgic ballad which shares the tune of "Wrap the Green Flag Round Me, Boys" about the "old IRA" written byPaddy McGuigan of theBarleycorn^[1]
• "The Broad Black Brimmer – written by Art McMillan from Belfast in praise of the IRA during the War of Independence 1919–21 and specifically the IRA of the Civil War and after.^[1] Recorded by the Barleycorn, the Wolfe Tones and others.
• "Come Out Ye Black and Tans" – British Army-taunting song written byDominic Behan
• "Dark Horse on the Wind" – poetic ballad byLiam Weldon
• "The Green Woods of Drumboe" – composed in 1974 by Eamonn Monaghan^[39]
• "Kevin Barry" – about young medical student and Irish revolutionaryKevin Barry controversially executed during theIrish War of Independence^[7]
• "The Merry Ploughboy" – written by Jeremiah Lynch to tune of "The Jolly Ploughboy"^[2]
• "Only Our Rivers Run Free" – written byMickey MacConnell^[1]
• "Pat of Mullingar" – song about an Irish Rebel fromMullingar
• "The Big Fellah", song about the life of Michael Collins, written by Larry Kirwan, in 1994 Album, "Home of the Brave" by Celtic Rock Group Black 47.
• "The Rifles of the IRA" – song disparaging theBlack and Tans and praising the IRA
• "Seán Treacy" – ballad aboutSeán Treacy, leader of theThird Tipperary Brigade, IRA, who was killed in Dublin in 1920^[40]
• "Some Say the Divil is Dead" – satirical song about the British Army
• "The Station of Knocklong" – song about the rescue ofSeán Hogan by his colleagues from theThird Tipperary Brigade with the assistance of the East Limerick Brigade, from a guarded train in May 1919.^[41]
• "The Lonely Woods of Upton" - ballad about theUpton train ambush, a number one in theIrish Singles Chart for Seán Dunphy in 1969.^[42]
• "The Valley of Knockanure – the name of several songs, one byBryan MacMahon, about an incident in 1921^[1]
• "The Woodlands of Loughglinn" – about the shooting of two local IRA men by the Black-and-Tans atLoughglinn, written by Mary-Anne Regan from Kilgariff,Castlerea, recorded byBrendan Shine and others^{[citation needed]}

• "Take It Down from the Mast" – anti-Treaty song written by James Ryan in 1923, and later re-written by Dominick Behan, about theIrish Civil War, to the tune ofRed River Valley^[43][44]
• "Soldiers of '22" - written byBrian O'Higgins commemorating the Republican soldiers during theIrish Civil War
• "Galtee Mountain Boy" – the original three verses were composed by Patsy Halloran, with a fourth verse later added by Christy Moore. The song has been recorded by many artists including Christy Moore, The Wolftones, and Paddy Reilly. The song tells the story of young volunteer who joined a flying column during the war of independence and was later captured and sentenced to die by Free Staters in the Civil War.^[45]
• "Drumboe Martyrs" (or "Drumboe Castle") – written about aCivil War incident by Michael McGinley (1853–1940) of Ballybofey.^[15][39]
• "The Old Alarm Clock" – song by Phil Kelly about theSabotage Campaign (IRA) of 1939, to the tune of "The Garden Where the Praties Grow".^[2]
• "England's Gallows Tree" - written byBrian O'Higgins aboutPeter Barnes and James McCormack who were hanged in 1940 during the IRAS-Plan
• "The Patriot Game" – written byDominic Behan aboutFergal O'Hanlon killed in action during the IRAborder campaign of 1956–62.^[1][2]
• "Sean South of Garryowen" – aboutSeán South, killed in the same incident as O'Hanlon^[1]
• "Sean South of Limerick" – another song about Seán South, written by Dominic Behan^[46]
• "Four Green Fields" – 1967 folk song, an allegory about partition byTommy Makem^[1]

• "The Ballad of Aidan McAnespie" – song abouta young Catholic man, shot by a British soldier while walking to aGaelic football match, atAughnacloy border checkpoint inCounty Tyrone.^[47]
• "The Ballad of Billy Reid" – song recorded by the Wolfe Tones, Shebeen, and others, about Provisional IRA memberBilly Reid (killed in May 1971).^[48]
• "The Ballad of Ed O'Brien" – song aboutEdward O'Brien who died in a bus explosion in London.
• "The Ballad of Joe McCann" – song by Brian Moore ("Whoriskey") about the assassination of theOfficial IRA activist, performed by Belfast band Men of No Property.^[49]
• "The Ballad of Joe McDonnell" – song about hunger strikerJoe Mcdonnell, written by The Wolfe Tones.
• "Ballad of Mairéad Farrell" – song bySeanchai & The Unity Squad aboutMairéad Farrell and two IRA members killed in 1988 in Gibraltar by theSAS.^[50]
• "Birmingham Six" – song about those wrongly accused of theBirmingham bombings in England in 1974.
• "Bring Them Home" - song about sistersDoloures andMarian Price, Irish republicans imprisoned for the1973 Old Bailey bombing.
• "Freedom's Sons" – written by Tommy Makem.
• "Gibraltar 3" – song by Andy O'Donnell, performed by the Fianna, in memory of theGibraltar Three.
• "Enniskillen – At The War Memorial" – song about the Enniskillen Remembrance Day bombing of 1987
• "Fightin' Men of Crossmaglen" – about South Armagh republicans
• "Give Me Your Hand" (Tabhair dom do Lámh) – words of reconciliation composed by Brian Warfield of the Wolfe Tones in 1974 to a 17th-century tune by Ruairí 'Dall' Ó Catháin
• "The Island" – by Paul Brady
• "The Lambeg Drummer"
• "My Little Armalite – early 1970s militant republican song
• "Loughall Martyrs" – song about 8 IRA men at Loughgall in 1987
• "The Men Behind the Wire" – 1970s song aboutinternment in Northern Ireland, composed byPaddy McGuigan of theBarleycorn
• "Rock on Rockall – also known as "You'll get F'All from Rockall" – a satirical song from the Wolfe Tones, about Rockall, an Irish island disputed by Britain, Denmark and Iceland.
• "Roll of Honour" – Republican song about the hunger strike of 1981 Written and performed by the Irish Brigade
• "Rubber Bullets for the Ladies" – 1970s song about theBritish Army in Northern Ireland
• "SAM Song" – song praising theProvisional IRA and their acquisition of surface to air missiles Written and performed by the Irish Brigade
• "Say Hello to the Provos" – PIRA song
• "There Were Roses" – song byTommy Sands that portrays a tragic story of two friends
• "The Town I Loved So Well" – 1980s song about the impact ofThe Troubles in Derry (Composer:Phil Coulter)
• "Up the Rebels" – also known as "Teddy's Head" due to a line in the chorus, song about the partition of Ireland.
• "The Winds Are Singing Freedom" – written by Tommy Makem
• "McElwee's Farewell" (Farewell to Bellaghy) – Song aboutThomas McElwee who participated and died in the1981 hunger strike.
• "The Man from the Daily Mail" – song composed during the troubles supporting Sinn Féin, to the air of "The Darlin' Girl from Clare"

• "The Dawning of the Day" – 19th-century song also known as "Fáinne Geal an Lae"
• "Éamonn an Chnoic" (transl. Eamon of the Hill) – about an Irish aristocrat dispossessed of his land by the English in the 17th century.
• "Donegal Danny" - about an Irish sailor who tells the tale of a fishing boat disaster in which he was the sole survivor.
• "Down by the Sally Gardens" – based on a poem byW. B. Yeats, which in turn was based on a song he heard in his childhood.
• "The Gypsy Maiden" – words and music byDick Farrelly. Recorded by Sinead Stone & Gerard Farrelly and The Bards.
• "The Hat My Father Wore" – written in the 19th century byJohnny Patterson^[51]
• "I'll Tell Me Ma" – a children's song
• "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)" – written in the 1890s by James Royce Shannon, and made famous byBing Crosby
• "A Longford Legend"
• "Mother Macree"
• "Maggie" – also known as "Nora", modern words bySeán O'Casey
• "Molly Durkin"
• "The Old Bog Road" – a poem byTeresa Brayton fromKilcock, County Kildare, set to music by Madeline King O'Farrelly fromRochfortbridge, County Westmeath.^[52]
• "Ride On" – a 1980s song most identified with singerChristy Moore; written byJimmy McCarthy^[7]
• "Castle of Dromore"^{[citation needed]}

• "Dan O'Hara" – written and recorded byDelia Murphy.^[53]
• "Hot Asphalt" – song about Irish navvies in Britain. The original version was a humorous song. It was re-written with new words in 1959 byEwan MacColl as part of hisRadio Ballads. Recorded byThe Dubliners andFrank Harte.
• "McAlpine's Fusiliers" – song of the gangs of London navvies, written byDominic Behan, made famous byThe Dubliners.^[1]
• "Molly Malone" – anthem ofDublin (dates from the 19th century).^[54]
• "Paddy on the Railway" – a compilation of verses of Irish work songs sung in England and the USA.^[1]
• "Missing You" – a popular Christy Moore song about the forgotten emigrants who worked in England during the 1980s. Written byJimmy MacCarthy.^[7]
• "The Cobbler" – Irish version of a song also called "Dick Darby", collected bySam Henry and others.^[21][25]
• "Building up and tearing England down" – Song about Irish workers in British infrastructure, written byBrendan Behan and popularised byThe Dubliners.

These songs can be grouped as:aislings, broken token songs, night visiting songs, modern songs, etc.

• "The Agricultural Irish Girl" – words and music by J F Mitchell, 1885, probably composed in America. Recorded byVal Doonican, among many others.^[15]
• "A Kiss in the Morning Early" – a song that goes back to the 19th century, recorded byMick Hanly in 1976 andNiamh Parsons in 2002.^[15]
• "A Stór mo Chroí" (transl. Darling of my Heart) – recorded by Sarah & Rita Keane (1960s, on Claddagh),Dervish,Bonnie Raitt, Nora Butler and others
• "The Banks of the Roses"^[1]
• "The Banks of the Bann" – a broadside ballad to the melody of the Irish hymn "Be Thou My Vision". The hymn ("Bí Thusa 'mo Shúile") was translated fromOld Irish into English byMary Elizabeth Byrne, inÉriu (the journal of theSchool of Irish Learning), in 1905. The English text was first versified byEleanor Hull, in 1912. The ballad is also called "The Brown Girl" and found in a number of variants.^[55]
• "The Black Velvet Band" – Irish version of a broadside ballad dating back to the early 19th century^[56]
• "The Blooming Flower of Grange" – a love song fromCounty Wexford, recorded by Paul O'Reilly in Waterford in 2007.^[57]
• "Connemara Cradle Song" – written and recorded by Delia Murphy^[53]
• "Courtin' in the Kitchen" – an old Dublin song recorded by Delia Murphy, among others^[53]
• "Come With Me Over The Mountain", also known as "O'er the Mountain" – recorded by Wexford traditional singerPaddy Berry in 2007.^[57]
• "Danny Boy" – one of the most popular Ireland-related songs, though the lyrics were written by an Englishman and only later set to an Irish tune^[58]
• "Easy and Slow" – a Dublin song of somewhat constant innuendo^[24]
• "Eileen Oge" – byPercy French, also played as a reel^[59]
• "The Ferryman" – byPete St. John, set inDublin
• "The Flower of Magherally"^[16]
• "The Forgetful Sailor" – also known as "Johnny Doyle" and "George's Quay"^[15]
• "The Galway Shawl" – collected bySam Henry inDungiven in 1936^[60]
• "The Garden Where the Praties Grow" – written in the 19th century by Johnny Patterson^[51]
• "Ceol an Ghrá", Ireland's 1972 Eurovision entry
• "The Girl from Donegal" – first recorded byBridie Gallagher and later used as her nickname
• "The Golden Jubilee" (or "Fifty Years Ago") – recorded by Connie Foley and Dorothy McManus in the 1940s and later bySean Dunphy.^[61]
• "Goodbye Johnny Dear" – written in the 19th century by Johnny Patterson^[51]
• "The Holland Handkerchief" – an Irish version ofThe Suffolk Miracle (Child #272), sung by County Leitrim singerMary McPartlan,Connie Dover and others^[62][63]
• "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" – translation of a 17th-century Irish-language poem, "Táim Sínte ar do Thuama", first recorded byPhilip King, later bySinéad O'Connor.^[64]
• "If I Were a Blackbird" – an old song recorded byDelia Murphy.^[53]
• "The Inside Car" – a dainty song of infatuation from Wexford referring to a type of horse-drawn cart called aninside car.
• "He Rolled Her to the Wall" – a riddle song recorded by bodhrán-player and singerCathie Ryan.
• "Killyburn Brae" – Irish version of "The Farmer's Curst Wife" (Child #278)^[65]
• "The Lass of Aughrim" – an Irish version ofLord Gregory (Child #76), used byJames Joyce in "The Dead"^[66]
• "The Last Rose of Summer" – written in 1805 by Thomas Moore
• "The Love Token" – an old song of true love recorded bysean nós singer MacDara Ó Conaola, among others.
• "Love's Old Sweet Song" – published in 1884 by composerJames Lynam Molloy and lyricist G. Clifton Bingham. Recorded byJohn McCormack (1927),Brendan O'Dowda,Richard Tauber and many others; sung by Molly Bloom inUlysses.
• "The Maid from Ballygow" – recorded byPaddy Berry in Waterford, 2007.^[57]
• "Mary from Dungloe", namesake for the popular festival.
• "The Mantle So Green" – also known as the Mantle of Green, a seminal broken token ballad.
• "My Lagan Love" – words byJoseph Campbell (1879–1944) to a traditional air, recorded byEileen Donaghy. Also arranged byHerbert Hughes.^[67]
• The Moorlough Shore (Roud 2742) – 19th-century song recorded by Dolores Keane, Paddy Tunney, Boys of the Lough and others.^[68]
• "My Singing Bird"
• "Siúil A Rúin" (transl. Walk, my love) – amacaronic love song, one of the most widely-sung Irish songs, recorded by dozens of artists both in Ireland and abroad.
• "The Spinning Wheel" – written in the 19th century byJohn Francis Waller and recorded byDelia Murphy.^[53]
• "Nancy Spain" – written by Barney Rush from Dublin, recorded by Christy Moore^[7]
• "The Nightingale" – Irish version of a song dating from the 17th century (Laws P13), recorded byLiam Clancy^[69]
• "Noreen Bawn" – a song, written and composed byNeil McBride fromCreeslough, Donegal that was made famous byBridie Gallagher andAnn Breen, recorded byDaniel O'Donnell.^[70]
• "On Raglan Road" –Patrick Kavanagh poem to the 19th-century melody "The Dawning of the Day"^[1]
• "The Old Plaid Shawl" – written byFrancis Arthur Fahy, recorded byWillie Brady among others.^[71]
• "The Old Rustic Bridge by the Mill" – written byThomas P. Keenan fromCastletownroche, recorded byFoster and Allen, among others^[70]
• "Peigín Leitir Móir" – an Irish-language song from Galway.^[72]
• "The Rose of Inchicore" – written by Dublin singer/songwriter Mick Fitzgerald
• "The Rose of Tralee" – a 19th-centuryCounty Kerry song credited to C. (or E.) Mordaunt Spencer with music by Charles William Glover^[9]
• "The Rose of Clare" ("Lovely Rose of Clare") – written by Chris Ball^[70]
• "The Rose of Mooncoin" – aCounty Kilkenny song, written in the 19th century by a local schoolteacher and poet named Watt Murphy^[9]
• "The Rose of Slievenamon" – Recorded by Joseph Locke. Composed by Irish songwriter Dick Farrelly.
• "She Moved Through the Fair" – a traditional tune collected inDonegal, lyrics by poetPadraic Colum^[1]
• "Single Again" – also known as I Wish I Was Single Again.
• "Star of the County Down" – written by Cathal McGarvey (1866–1927), about a young man falling in love with the county's most beautiful lass. "My Love Nell" and other songs are also sung to the same air.
• "The Star of Donegal" – an old song recorded byDelia Murphy.^[53]
• "The Star of Slane"^[15]
• "The Captain with the Whiskers" – an old song recorded byDelia Murphy.^[53]
• "Molly Bawn" – tragic story about a man who shoots his young lover^[73]
• "Thank You Ma'am, Says Dan" – an old song recorded byDelia Murphy.^[53]
• "We Dreamed our Dreams" – song of a love lost; Composer: Dick Farrelly.
• "When a Man's In Love" – by 19th-centuryCounty Antrim poet Hugh McWilliams, recorded bySeán Cannon.^[74]
• "The Whistling Gypsy" – composed by songwriter Leo Maguire in 1952 and first recorded in that year byJoe Lynch on the Glenside label, and byRose Brennan forHis Master's Voice in London, in October 1953.^[75]
• "Mayo Moon" - written byEnda Mulloy in London and performed onThe BibleCode Sundays' 2006 album "Boots or no Boots"^{[citation needed]}
• "Uncle Rat" - variation ofFrog Went a-Courting^[76]

• "Annaghdown" – recorded by Sinead Stone & Gerard Farrelly. Composed by Dick Farrelly.
• "Are Ye Right There Michael" – comic 19th-century song about a slow train on aWest Clare Railway that left the composer late for a concert (composer:Percy French)^[59]
• "As I Roved Out" – there are several different songs by this name, recorded by theClancy Brothers andPlanxty, among others^[7]
• "Ballymilligan" – byPercy French^[59]
• "The Auld Triangle" – written byDominic Behan for his brotherBrendan, and featured in Brendan's playThe Quare Fellow, recorded by The Dubliners and The Pogues
• "The Bard of Armagh" – a 19th-century Dublin broadside ballad, traditionally associated withBishop Donnelly (1649–1716); recorded by John McCormack, Margaret Barry and theClancy Brothers.^[77]
• "Back Home in Derry – byBobby Sands^[7]
• "The Banks of My Own Lovely Lee" – a Cork GAA anthem^[78][79]
• "Bantry Bay"^[78][79]
• "Beautiful Bundoran" – performed bySinéad O'Connor in the filmThe Butcher Boy
• "Beautiful City" – about Cork city^[78][79]
• "Biddy Mulligan the Pride of the Coombe" – about a Dublin woman from the Coombe, popularised by Jimmy O'Dea.
• "The Big Marquee" - song byChristy Moore which refers to Cork and a number of Cork-focused songs including "The Lonely Woods of Upton" and "The Boys of Fairhill".^[80]
• "Bridget Donoghue" – written in the 19th century byJohnny Patterson^[51]
• "The Boys from the County Armagh" – written byThomas P. Keenan, made famous byBridie Gallagher^[81]
• "The Boys of Fairhill" - a popular Cork song, original version by Con Doyle, recorded byJimmy Crowley.^[32]
• "Bunclody"- byLuke Kelly
• "Carraigfergus" – a translation of an Irish-language song from Munster, referring toCarrickfergus
• "Cliffs of Dooneen – popularised byPlanxty^[7]
• "Come Back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff" – byPercy French^[59]
• "Cottage by the Lee" – words and music by Irish songwriter, Dick Farrelly.
• "TheCreggan White Hare" – song set inCreggan, County Tyrone, from a poem by John Graham, Roud Index no. 9633.^[82]
• "The Cruise of the Calabar" – byArthur Griffith^[24]
• "The Curragh of Kildare" – old song mentioning theCurragh, collected byPetrie,Joyce and others, popularised byThe Johnstons and Christy Moore.^[83]
• "Daffodil Mulligan (Fresh Fish)" – written byHarry O'Donovan, music by Eva Brennan, about Biddy Mulligan's daughter.
• "Days in Old Donegal"
• "Down by the Liffeyside (Fish and Chips)" – written byPeadar Kearney^[24]
• "Dublin City in 1962" – written by musician and footballerDermot O'Brien
• "Dublin in my Tears" – written by DublinerBrendan Phelan and recorded by theDublin City Ramblers^[24]
• "Dublin in the Rare Old Times" – 1980s song about Dublin before the 1960s (composer:Pete St. John)^[1]
• "The Dublin Saunter (Dublin Can Be Heaven)" – byLeo Maguire, made famous byNoel Purcell^[84]
• "The Emigrant's Letter" – written byPercy French^[59]
• "The Emigrant's Story" – written by Paul Kealy, about an Irish emigrant leaving home & his loved ones in the 2010s.
• "Erin Go Bragh" – about an emigrant Irishman's experience in Scotland, recorded byDick Gaughan
• "Fairytale of New York" – about emigration (1988 song byThe Pogues andKirsty MacColl. Composer:Shane MacGowan)
• "Farewell to Carlingford - about Carlingford Lough, County Louth.
• "Fare Thee Well, Enniskillen" (The Enniskillen Dragoons) – about the regiment fromEnniskillen^[21]
• "From Clare to Here" – about emigration, byRalph McTell^[1]
• "The Flight of Earls" – song byLiam Reilly, formerly ofBagatelle, about theIrish diaspora leaving in the 1950s and 1960s to search for work; recorded by the Wolfe Tones and by the Dublin City Ramblers.
• "Galway Bay" – the name of two songs, one written byFrancis Arthur Fahy ofKinvara, and one written by Dr.Arthur Colahan and popularised byBing Crosby.^[71][85]
• "Glanworth You're Calling Me Back Home" – a song about the village ofGlanworth in County Cork, written in 2022 by Eddie Quinlan a native of Ballylegan.^[86]
• "Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair" – a song of emigration written byFrancie Mooney^[87]
• "Goodbye Johnny Dear" – song made popular byBridie Gallagher in 1950s
• "Goodbye Mick (Leaving Tipperary)" – recorded byP.J. Murrihy and byRyan's Fancy^[9]
• "Gortnamona" – byPercy French (his favourite song)^[59]
• "Green Fields of Gaoth Dobhair" – recorded byClannad in 1982
• "Green Glens of Antrim"
• "Heart of Donegal"
• "Heaven Around Galway Bay"
• "The Hills of Donegal" – written in 1900 byNeil McBride, recorded later byBridie Gallagher^[88]
• "The Homes of Donegal" – written by local teacher Seán McBride (1902–1996) in 1955, first recorded by Charlie Magee (his brother-in-law) and later byPaul Brady^[89]
• "Innishmeela" – byPercy French^[59]
• "Ireland's Call" – official anthem for theIreland national rugby union team, written byPhil Coulter
• "Isle of Innisfree" – composed by Irish songwriter Dick Farrelly, the main theme of the filmThe Quiet Man.
• "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears" – written by Brendan Graham, aboutAnnie Moore, the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island^[90]
• "Limerick Is Beautiful"^[16]
• "Lovely Inishowen"
• "Lovely Derry on the Banks of the Foyle"
• "Lovely Green Gweedore"
• "Miles of Eyes – written by songwriterJimmy MacCarthy and released as a single in 1981^[91]
• "Moonlight in Mayo"
• "Mountains of Pomeroy" – written byGeorge Sigerson.^[92]
• "Mursheen Durkin" – a traditional song collected byColm Ó Lochlainn^[1][15]
• "Skibbereen" - also known as "Dear Old Skibbereen" and "Revenge For Skibbereen"
• "Slievenamon" – one of the best-knownCounty Tipperary songs, written byCharles Kickham^[93]
• "The Mountains of Mourne" – about Irish emigrants in London (Composer:Percy French)^[59]
• "My Donegal Shore" – byDaniel O'Donnell, believed to have kick started his career.
• "My Dublin Bay" – composed by May O'Higgins.
• "The Night the Goat Broke Loose onGrand Parade" - a Cork song from the 1930s, recorded by Dick Hogan (onWonders of the World).^[94]
• "Thank God for America" – by the Wolfe Tones, a song about Irish emigration to North America.
• "The Offaly Rover" - the Offaly anthem
• "The Reason I Left Mullingar" written byPat Cooksey, arrangement byFinbar Furey
• "The Road to Ballybay" – by Percy French^[59]
• "Road to Creeslough" – about the village in Donegal. Recorded by Bridie Gallagher.
• "The Road to Mallinmore"
• "The Rocky Road to Dublin" – a rollicking song written by Galwayman D. K. Gavan for music-hall artist Harry Clifton around 1863^[9][95]
• "The Shamrock Shore" – several songs by this name, Roud Index no. 1419.^[15]
• "The Shores of Amerikay" – about leaving Ireland for America
• "The Shores of Botany Bay" – about leaving Ireland for Australia
• "Song for Ireland" – anthemic song by Englishman Phil Colclough^[1]
• "Spancill Hill" – an emigrant's dream of returning home to his native County Clare^[7]
• "The Spanish Lady" – a Dublin song, but can also refer to Galway and Belfast^[24]
• "The Stone Outside Dan Murphy's Door" – written in the 19th century by Johnny Patterson^[51]
• "The Tumble Down Shack in Athlone" – one of several "Irish" songs written byMonte Carlo and recorded byJohn McCormack^[96]
• "Lock Hospital" (also known as "St. James Hospital" and "The Unfortunate Rake"), Irish version of a song also found in Britain and the USA (where it developed into "The Dying Cowboy" and "St. James Infirmary)"^[97]
• "When I Mowed Pat Murphy's Meadow" – originally a poem by M. J. Devine whose people came from North Kerry. Recorded by the McNulty family in the US and was a hit for P. J. Murrihy in Ireland.^[98]
• "Where the River Shannon Flows"
• "The Zoological Gardens" – by Dominic Behan^[24]
• "The Banks of Sweet Viledee" – an Irish version ofThe Daemon Lover (Child #243), sung by Frank Browne of Ballingare, County Roscommon^[99]

• "The Blue Tar Road" – song byLiam Weldon
• "Danny Farrell" – by Pete St John
• "I'm a Rover Seldom Sober" – Irish version of "The Grey Cock" or "The Night Visit" (Child #248)^[100]
• "Last of the Travelling People" – song by thePecker Dunne
• "Man of the Road" – Recorded by The Cafe Orchestra featuring singer Sinead Stone. Composed by Dick Farrelly.
• "The Tinker's Lullaby" – song by the Pecker Dunne
• "The Little Beggarman" – sung to the melody of the "Red-Haired Boy"^[21]
• "Sullivan's John" – written by the Pecker Dunne

• "Bold Thady Quill" – a Cork song written about 1895 byJohnny Tom Gleeson (1853–1924)^[101]
• "The Bold Christy Ring" – song about Cork hurlerChristy Ring to the tune ofBold Thady Quill
• "The Contender" – song by Jimmy Macarthy about 1930s Irish boxerJack Doyle, recorded by Christy Moore
• "Donnelly and Cooper" – about a bare-knuckle boxing match at theCurragh of Kildare in 1815.^[102]
• "Donnelly and Oliver" – Irish bare-knuckle boxerDan Donnelly in 1819.^[103]
• "The Fight on the Hill"
• "The Galway Races"^[1]
• "Morrissey and the Russian Sailor" – about a bare-knuckle boxing match^[104]
• "Cuchulainn's Son'- biographic song aboutNickey Rackard the famous Wexford hurler written by Wexford author Tom Williams^[105]
• "Nickey Rackard 'The Golden Sun' – another biographic song about Nickey Rackard
• "A Song For Christy Ring" – another song about Cork hurlerChristy Ring by Brian McNamara to the air of "Dear Old Skibbereen"

• "Arkle" – by Dominic Behan, about the race-horseArkle^[24]
• "An Poc Ar Buile" – Irish-language song about a rebellious billy-goat, made popular by Seán Ó Sé andKevin Conneff^[21]
• "The Boys of Fairhill" – popular Cork song, original version by Con Doyle, recorded by Jimmy Crowley
• "Delaney's Donkey" – recorded by Val Doonican^[106]
• "The Finding of Moses" – written byZozimus (Michael Moran, 1794–1846), recorded byThe Dubliners^[24]
• "General Guinness" – a song about thestout from Dublin, recorded byThe Boys of the Lough
• "In the Town of Ballybay" – a "nonsense" song by Tommy Makem
• "The Irish Rover" – song about a seafaring disaster on a vessel sailing from Ireland to the new Americas. Written by J. M. Crofts.^[21][107]
• "Johnny Daddlum" – Irish version of the song known in the Roud Index as "the Crabfish"^[22]
• "Master McGrath" – about the famous greyhound,Master McGrath^[21]
• "Monto (Take Her Up To Monto)" – a song byGeorge Hodnett about the famous red-light district around Montgomery Street in Dublin.^[108]
• "Nell Flaherty's Drake" – written (in Irish) byEoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin (1748–1782), a translation of which byFrank O'Connor appeared inA Broadside, 1935. In Cork called "Ned Flaherty's Drake".^[16][21]
• "The Night the Goat Broke Loose onGrand Parade" – a Cork song from the 1930s, recorded by Dick Hogan (onWonders of the World).
• "O'Rafferty's Motor Car" – recorded by Val Doonican^[106]
• "Paddy McGinty's Goat" – recorded byVal Doonican^[106]
• "The Peeler and the Goat" – an old song recorded by Delia Murphy.^[9][53]
• "Rafferty's Racin' Mare" – written by Percy French.^[59]
• "A Sailor Courted a Farmer's Daughter" – found mainly in Northern Ireland, a version of a song also called The Constant Lovers (Roud 993, Laws O41).^[22] A parody was written by Percy French and recorded by Dominic Behan.^[15][109]
• "Shake Hands with Your Uncle Dan" – written in the 19th century byJohnny Patterson^[51]
• "Slattery's Mounted Foot" – written by Percy French.^[59]
• "Westmeath Bachelor" - byJoe Dolan

• "Miss Brown" – a murder ballad from Dublin^[24]
• "Henry My Son" – the Irish version of "Lord Randall" (Child ballad #12), also a children's song^[22][110]
• "Weela Weela Walya" – an Irish children's version of "The Cruel Mother" (Child ballad #20)^[110][111]
• "The Woman From Wexford" – the Irish version of "Eggs and Marrowbone"^[22]
• "What Put the Blood" (also known as "What Brought the Blood?") – the Irish version of "Edward" (Child ballad #13), popularised by Al O'Donnell^[22]
• "The Well Below the Valley" – the Irish version of "The Maid and the Palmer" (Child ballad #21), recorded by Planxty^[22]
• "The Maid From Cabra West" – an Irish version of an English song, sung byFrank Harte^[24]
• "The Colleen Bawn", based on a true story of a girl murdered in 1819, dealt with in a play byDion Boucicault^[112]
• "The Twangman" – written byZozimus (Michael Moran, 1794–1846)^[24]

• "Crúiscín Lán" (anglicized "Cruiskeen Lawn") - a song about a man who love to drink. The title translated to "a full jug".
• "Dicey Riley" – a Dublin song about a woman who enjoys her little drop, with verses by Dominic Behan^[109] andTom Munnelly^[24]
• "The Hills of Connemara" – a song about making poitín inConnemara
• "I'm Not Irish" - a song about enjoying Irish music in a pub, byGarry Farren
• "The Juice of the Barley"^[1]
• "The Jug of Punch" – collected bySam Henry and others^[9][25]
• "Keg of Brandy" – byRobbie O'Connell
• "The Moonshiner" – a traditional song made popular byDelia Murphy^[53]
• "Nancy's Whiskey" - also called "The Langford Weaver", about the danger of alcoholism^[113]
• "The Parting Glass" – a farewell song^[21]
• "The Rare Auld Mountain Dew" – drinking song dedicated topoitín (illegally distilled whiskey) by Edward Harrigan and Dave Braham, 1882^[114]
• "Seven Drunken Nights" – an Irish version of the Child balladOur Goodman^[115]
• "Whiskey in the Jar" – song about a highwayman betrayed, still very popular^[116]
• "Whiskey You're The Devil" – a drinking song made popular by theClancy Brothers
• "The Wild Rover"^[21]

• "The Boys of Mullaghbawn"^[15]
• "Cloghamon Mill"
• "The Colleen Rue" – translated from an Irish-language song "An Cailín Rua" (the red-haired girl)
• "The Cottage Maid"
• "The Cuckoo's Nest" – by John Sheils
• "The Curracloe Boat Crew" – a song from Wexford
• "Easter Snow" – anaisling set in a town in Roscommon
• "Flower of Gortade"
• "The Limerick Rake" – a popular song, from a broadside^[16]
• "Lough Erne Shore"
• "Old Arboe" – a song in praise of a spot near Lough Neagh in Co Tyrone"
• "Sheila Nee Iyer" – a parody of anaisling

• "Báidín Fheilimí" – a children's song fromCounty Donegal
• "Lanigan's Ball" – written by Galwayman D. K. Gavan for music-hall artist Harry Clifton around 1863^[16][95]
• "Johnny MacAldoo"
• "The Night Before Larry Was Stretched" – the night before a hanging, in old Dublin dialect^[15]
• "Phil the Fluther's Ball" – composed by Percy French^[59]
• "The Ragman's Ball"^[16]
• "The Ragman's Wake"
• "Tim Finigan's Wake" – also known as "Finnegan's Wake" – mid 19th-century broadside and music-hall song published in New York, attributed to John F. Poole,^[117] to an air called "The French Musician"^[16][118]
• "The Tipperary Christening"
• "Waxies' Dargle" – about the annual outing toRingsend by Dublin cobblers (waxies)^[119]

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