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The following are often-sung Irish folk ballads 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.
"The Galway Shawl" is a traditional Irish folk song, concerning a rural courtship in the West of Ireland. The first known version was collected by Sam Henry from Bridget Kealey in Dungiven in 1936. [ 1 ]
Óró, sé do bheatha abhaile or Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile ([ˈoːɾˠoː ʃeː d̪ˠə ˈvʲahə ˈwalʲə]) is a traditional Irish song that came to be known as a rebel song in the early twentieth century.
The Glen of Aherlow (also known as Patrick Sheehan) is a traditional Irish song which originated as a ballad written by Irish republican Charles Joseph Kickham (1828–1882). It was first printed in The Kilkenny Journal , Kilkenny , on 7 October 1857, the writer using the pseudonym “Darby Ryan, Junior.” [ 1 ]
"Éamonn an Chnoic" ("Ned of the Hill") is a popular Sean nos song in traditional Irish music.It is a slow, mournful ballad with a somber theme and no chorus.. The song is attributed to Éamonn Ó Riain (Edmund O'Ryan [1]) (d. c. 1724), an early 18th-century County Tipperary folk hero, composer of Irish bardic poetry, and rapparee; an outlawed Jacobite from the Gaelic nobility of Ireland who ...
Gaelic folk music or Gaelic traditional music is the folk music of Goidelic-speaking communities in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man, often including lyrics in those languages. Characteristic forms of Gaelic music include sean-nós and puirt à beul singing, piobaireachd , jigs , reels , and strathspeys .
The Newry Highwayman" is a traditional Irish folk song about a highwayman's life, deeds, and death. It is also found in Ireland, the United States and Canada with titles such as "Rambling Boy" and "Rude and Rambling Man". The earliest known version is from 1788, likely printed by John Brown, in a chapbook entitled "The irish robbers's [sic ...
The history of the text is rather complicated. Versions were taken down at different times in Ireland by collectors like George Petrie and P. W. Joyce.The song has also been collected in Scotland and even in England; the singer Frank Purslow collected a version (The Winter's Gone and Past) in Dorset. [2]