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@Iink_08 ай бұрын
See I always thought of the song Fairytale of New York, Probably bc of the Music IN SAYING THAT THO the song isn’t historical, Although it is a good song that I hope will go down In History
@scottmccluremcclure39165 ай бұрын
RIP Shane McGowan
@The_Joker_5 ай бұрын
You’re an inspiration Dave 👌🇮🇪☘️
@recordshopuk12022 ай бұрын
Song of Dawn and Kathleen Largey need a mention sometime.
@mattiasfaldt17252 ай бұрын
i can understand your free state perspective what is the most importen irish songs is diffrent to northen part of ireland . songs like Provos lulluby or Blackwatch . The list can make long songs from the the northen Ireland perspectiv.
@globeparasite93818 ай бұрын
Kinky boots Kinky boots extended version Kinky boots orchestral version
@kevindowling1577 ай бұрын
It’s really not that popular or common to hear here. I like it don’t get me wrong but its significance isn’t really remarkable
@MadDogRyan7 ай бұрын
@crappypoopyfr
@heyheyhophop6 ай бұрын
wait, there is an extended version? anyone got the link?
@Rebellescum5 ай бұрын
@@heyheyhophopthere’s also the Ibiza chill out version
@heyheyhophop5 ай бұрын
@@Rebellescum oh gawd, have to unsee now
@janewrin18306 ай бұрын
Fields of Athenry - tells of a terrible injustice. Sung it all my life.
@RowdyBrian176 ай бұрын
I'm surprised I had to scroll so far to find this
@canadiancossack33165 ай бұрын
Also a great choice
@janewrin18305 ай бұрын
@@RowdyBrian17 I think it could be a generational thing.
@Timberdoodle1973 ай бұрын
Injustice 😂
@rambo18723 ай бұрын
Low lieeeee
@Exsultxn410 ай бұрын
3. Amhrán an bhFiann 2. Óro sé do Beatha bhaile 1. Come out ye Black and Tans
@sarahholden88148 ай бұрын
Dude come out ya black and tans is such a great song
@Exsultxn48 ай бұрын
@@sarahholden8814 i know right!
@snoqueen3138 ай бұрын
I had Foggy Dew with Come Out Ye Balck & Tans as a 4th
@GuyFromFloridaFL8 ай бұрын
@@sarahholden8814fr
@Weir4368 ай бұрын
Come out ye Black and Tans is a stolen orange tune😂
@alancrust6 ай бұрын
In Mexico we love the song "Saint Patrick's Battalion". Thanks irish brothers in arms, we lost, no comparison to give a fight, but still, gracias !
@The_Hartofect_3 ай бұрын
Don’t loose hope in Mexico St. Juan Diego bless this country and the people. May they return to blessed Our Lady Guadapule. God bless you all!
@saoirseclarnimhuiris79103 ай бұрын
🇨🇮 💚💚🇲🇽👍🙂
@robertmcdonald834227 күн бұрын
I like "The Soldiers Song". Also what about "The Wind that shakes the Barley"?
@CaptStraightEdge Жыл бұрын
It's tight but The Foggy Dew should be on there
@MojangOfficial7835 ай бұрын
Finnigan’s wake is the most historically significant🗿
@nonamegrey13315 ай бұрын
Black and Tans is pretty cool too
@jamiefarrelly76903 ай бұрын
@@MojangOfficial783 why, because of Joyce? Doesn't really come close to the historical importance of Skibereen, an dórd feinne, grace, amhrainn na bhfiann, fields of athenry, the valley of knockanure, etc. Doesn't even make the top 15 of historical importances really, unless there's something about it that I'm missing?
@lisajimenez5684Ай бұрын
Foggy dew
@user-xh4fr9et2cАй бұрын
The craic was ninety
@plymouth49128 күн бұрын
"Go On Home, British Soldiers," should get an honorable mention.
@yourmumsbelt2638 Жыл бұрын
I played Oro Se do Bhetha bhaile as an ensemble with two trombones (I'm the first trombone), a trumpet , tuba, and snare drum and got ones at ensemble contest. I'm now in love with Irish folk music.
@davyholden Жыл бұрын
Haha amazing. Love that!
@silvergirl2847 Жыл бұрын
My favorite we all learned it in school .would love to hear your version 😊
@jabber67 Жыл бұрын
🍀
@yourmumsbelt2638 Жыл бұрын
@@silvergirl2847 I wish I would've recorded it I've now lost that score because of some chaos in the last weeks of school (our band director got fired)
@triodehexode9 ай бұрын
Tomorrow belongs to me? That's a Nazi favourite perhaps the IRA bigwigs sang it on the U boat during WW2.
@jamesogle54157 ай бұрын
My lovely horse? Anyone else?
@joegreen27505 ай бұрын
Fanfintastic an absolute masterbloodypiece, I have enquired where I can purchase the sheet music for this rose of songs in a bouquet of mediocre weeds.
@Hibernica16415 ай бұрын
Thank you! Finally, someone speaks the truth!
@RadioNul4 ай бұрын
Is it never of the air
@PORRRIDGE_GUN3 ай бұрын
F*ck Your Subaru, I've Got A Horse Outside by the Rubber Bandits
@TheGWR0-4-03 ай бұрын
True
@a3srevenge6837 ай бұрын
My man looks like he hasn’t slept the past millennia 💀
@randoiguess3 ай бұрын
Nah, that's just how people from Kilkenny look.
@Nick-ic8vn2 ай бұрын
Or been to a decent barber
@CelticNorseGaelJewishDescentАй бұрын
He be a weepy-eyed lad!
@MooSaidChicken20 күн бұрын
Nah he's just irish. I look the same, plenty of Scots-Irish DNA from usa 😂
@piping915314 күн бұрын
Looks Irish indeed
@mattpardy28266 ай бұрын
1. Come out ye Black and Tans 2. The Foggy Dew 3. Horse outside
@SweetSirenia27 күн бұрын
Thank you for including the national anthem, even though you listed it third
@antoniovlassa58862 ай бұрын
You can tell how important #1 was because of how much time was dedicated to it
@FootballPsychoPS3T23 күн бұрын
It's the national anthem of Ireland
@antoniovlassa588623 күн бұрын
@@FootballPsychoPS3T yes, you too found my joke funny, right?
@FootballPsychoPS3T18 күн бұрын
@@antoniovlassa5886 I did. I left the comment for anyone reading who didn't know!
@kunduzhospitalhater5 ай бұрын
I think my list goes something like this: 1. Rising of the moon and variations. 2. Garryowen. 3. And any song made by the Wolfe Tones or Irish Brigade.
@felipetierno9515 Жыл бұрын
1 - The rising of the moon 2 - Oró se da beatha bhaile 3- Four green fields
@YellowFressia Жыл бұрын
Love your choices @davyholden, the other two listed here are so special too. I think these are often forgotten.
@YellowFressia Жыл бұрын
Great choices! 👍
@davyholden Жыл бұрын
Great choices!
@joshmaxwell79686 ай бұрын
Kid on a mountain
@IvanPlayyz6 ай бұрын
@@davyholdenwhat about zombie by the Cranberries, it is one of the most known Irish songs and explains a tragedy caused by the Irish Republican Army
@blackbarnz11 ай бұрын
In America "Dear Old Donegal" is the quintessential immigrant tune. It's not specifically about Irish history. It's about being successful in America, but being homesick for Ireland & dreaming of going back home to Ireland to share their success w/ loved ones. My grandfather loved this song. I would listen to it w/ him, but the entire time I didn't realize what it was about & that he must have been homesick himself. Broke my heart when I finally realized what the song was about, but by then he was gone.
@stiofanofirghil19167 ай бұрын
Dún na nGall, or my old Irish home as I know it as because I'm now living in Scotland..
@Stardustpal257 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your memories. I think your Grandfather would be proud to know you are remembering him. 🤗 🫂🇺🇲
@GerryBolger Жыл бұрын
Dude, The Foggy Dew.... If we had to replace Amhrán na bhFiann I'd choose The Foggy Dew without question. Sinead O'Connor's version just solidifies it as the quintessential Irish song in my humble opinion.
@cathanmccann17699 ай бұрын
Personally I think the best version which strikes with passion is Lukes Kelly's
@stiofanofirghil19167 ай бұрын
For me it should be the national anthem instead mo chara..The longer version that mentions 7 tongues of flame..
@nutpeg69157 ай бұрын
the young wolfe tones foggy dew is brilliant
@BadDubII5 ай бұрын
Luke Kellys is better imo
@user-xh4fr9et2c4 ай бұрын
Yes Luke Kelly's version is great
@Mute_Nostril_Agony9 ай бұрын
You forgot Father Teds My Lovely Horse and Dana’ All Kinds Of Everything
@jeanier71853 ай бұрын
Hearing Sinead O’Connor singing number 2…what a spiritual experience!!🙏RIP Sinéad
@TheMadnessWorld11 ай бұрын
In Argentina we love the song to the Admiral Brown 🇮🇪 🇦🇷
@TheMadnessWorld9 ай бұрын
@@benchilton1391 no, is because like the Irish we face whoever comes to fuck with us no matter how big or powerful they are, we also reject imperialists
@TFinna9 ай бұрын
@@TheMadnessWorldrespect, also celts did inhabit Spain before the Roman invasion so technically speaking your Spanish ancestors could be part celtic never know! It was a while ago
@ralphmehlhorn29208 ай бұрын
1777🇮🇪🇦🇷
@ko09747 ай бұрын
Founder of your Navy
@bigploppa1547 ай бұрын
@@TFinna realistically, only real chance of that is if their ancestors are Galician. majority of Conquistadors were Castilian, Andalusian or Basque, not Galician
@randomkid7064 Жыл бұрын
I also like come out ye black and tans
@noreenhoward5857Ай бұрын
Quick fact: Soldiers Song is the national anthem of Ireland🇮🇪
@chris-ryan5 ай бұрын
1. The fields of athernry 2. Come out ye black n tans 3. The boys are back In town - thin lizzy 😂 4. MANIC 2000 Mark McCabe 😂😂
@steveperez35012 ай бұрын
Lol
@colinmackenzie62772 ай бұрын
😂😅😊 GO ye fookin' cheeky Yobbo!!!
@ryanbuzzard9979Ай бұрын
Cowboy song by thin lizzy is better
@anonymous-iy7ml4 ай бұрын
1. The Foggy Dew (The Young Wolfe Tones) 2. Whiskey In The Jar 3. Follow Me Up To Carlow
@GooberDapple3 ай бұрын
mmm yes perfect!
@dbsmic5709Ай бұрын
In no particular order 3. God save ireland 2. A nation once again 1. A soldiers song
@youngianАй бұрын
Dustin the Turkey overlooked again.
@Cheekysquirel10 ай бұрын
1. Foggy dew 2. Oro se do behtha bhaile 3.amhran na bhfiann
@Fuffy1928 күн бұрын
Mine drunken sailors
@GWOAT9 ай бұрын
Fields of Athenry...Spancil Hill...
@MrBagpipes9 ай бұрын
Yes and yes.
@bensigl376610 ай бұрын
How did "A Nation Once Again" not make the cut?!
@joegreen27505 ай бұрын
They're all away doin the double!
@donbaker570715 күн бұрын
Was just thinking the same
@KingdomOfItaly7939 ай бұрын
I live in Pennsylvania and I am German, Italian, and Irish which is what majority of people are here. Nice to find a channel about Ireland
@kinglionkayce4 ай бұрын
You're American.
@KingdomOfItaly7934 ай бұрын
@@kinglionkayce I’m an American citizen and born and raised here yes, I’m ethnically German, Italian, Irish
@jasonmccain954411 ай бұрын
Love the dubliners singing oro se do bheatha bhaile in the background!
@MarcLeonbacher-lb2oe2 ай бұрын
I did recognize it immediately and thought almost the same like you.
@Googoogagamf6 ай бұрын
“Beer, beer, beer”. Absolute classic.
@Konzon2 ай бұрын
Bruh, he did my boy Charlie dirty.
@EpicGammingCrew18 күн бұрын
The spark should be number 1 if we keepin it 100
@OnsWereldSuiderland6 ай бұрын
Theres a old Irish song, sung by mothers during the Anglo-Boer war (1899 - 1902) where mothers sing about wanting the Boers to beat the English, and be free of tyranny, but knowing that the cost of the Boers winning would be the lives of Irish sons forced to go fight the Boers who never did anything against the Irish for the English.... As a Boer, I always believed there was a kinship between the Irish and Boers of South Africa.
@vojtechzapletal87838 ай бұрын
honorable mention: Cranberries Zombie
@daithi19666 ай бұрын
I'd put it in the top 3 myself.
@Exsultxn45 ай бұрын
Class
@HelenFire4203 ай бұрын
Based
@user-xh4fr9et2cАй бұрын
Town i loved so well
@aidankeane89713 ай бұрын
Rising of the Moon, the Clanceys version kick-started the folk revival in the 60s
@lukesherry841610 ай бұрын
And when we go on night patrol we hold each others hands
@everflxme3 ай бұрын
We are the British Army and were here to take your land 💅
@LaurenceOConnor-fg4dk8 ай бұрын
1. Do You Want Your Auld Lobby Washed Down? 2: Wanderly Wagon 3. Bingo Crazy
@thecatholicman10 ай бұрын
Our Lady of Knocn
@olaattar8166Ай бұрын
In loooove with the irish history what a great nation!!! I’m working on a youtube video about the Irish history in Arabic language to teach the Arab young generation about this great nation and the lessons we should learn from you guys in fighting israhellies and your channel inspired me a lot
@Badger69-966 ай бұрын
Sunday bloody Sunday 🎶🎵🎸
@daithi19666 ай бұрын
Zombie as well.
@cathyskywalker7710 ай бұрын
You just acquired a new subscriber here!! Absolutely love Irish music...well, everything Irish. Self-taught student of Irish history.
@xanderschwab28402 ай бұрын
-Oró, Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile -Foggy Dew -Joe Mcdonnell There are many more I would love to put but these three always stand out to me but on top of these songs I also like to listen to songs such as Irish Volunteer or the Boys That Wore The Green as they remind me of the contribution of the Irish people in America long live the Green Flag of Erin and a free Ireland
@eimead Жыл бұрын
Maniac 2000 (mark mccabe) C'est la vie (b*witched) Good lookin woman (joe dolan) Checkmate.
@joegreen27505 ай бұрын
Don't forget. You Wouldnae Shove Your Granny Af A Bus. sung by Robin O Hall. and Jimmy O McGregor. With additional material by Buffalo Bill and His High Flying Dish Clothes. Coming to a Urinal near you!
@BiornBear10 ай бұрын
I don’t know any Irish songs but I need to learn them all since I’m of Irish ancestry. I love Irish culture.
@SGTMajorMikeGodBlessAmerica10 күн бұрын
As an Irish guy, can confirm, love from Ireland!
@davidpelton11544 ай бұрын
Grace o malley is my 6x great grandma glad to know some ppl still know abt her
@cowgirlcasey14079 күн бұрын
My grand daughter, Gracie, is 4. I have told her Grace O'Malley stories at bed time her entire life. I bought a biography on her life recently. My son (Gracies father) had no idea she was a real person. He thought I'd been making all these stories up. I was stunned
@procrastination_productions9 ай бұрын
No1 is the Ryanair boarding music
@brianharrison133Ай бұрын
Zombie by the Cranberries needs to be added to this list since it bookends the rebellion period the rest of the songs came from to the end of the troubles.
@DenDoig19565 ай бұрын
Bonnie Prince Charlie. My da spoke regarding him. He was an iron miner in the Northern part of Minnesota. What a tale he could tell about Bonnie Prince Charlie. He read everything.
The Wearing of the Green and the Fields of Athenry are family favourites ❤
@Hanamy77775 ай бұрын
1. A rainy night in Soho. 2. The Merry Ploughboy. 3. Dreams.
@benk93975 ай бұрын
1) One potato, two potato song 2) The leprechaun movie main theme 3)Lucky charms cereal theme ❤
@agathe.gbr. Жыл бұрын
The new name I have to google bc I don't who's this person: Grace O'Malley Thank you again!
@Dulaman107 Жыл бұрын
ah, the Queen of Pirates. lovely woman, killed her own son for falling out of a boat
@doithimaceabhard745711 ай бұрын
@@Dulaman107WELL!?!?? Did he do it again? No? ... So lesson learned I'd say.
@Dulaman10711 ай бұрын
@@doithimaceabhard7457 true. In all honesty, I do quite like her, but she did do some pretty messed up things
@doithimaceabhard745711 ай бұрын
@@Dulaman107 twas the style at the time
@trishaprett77212 ай бұрын
As we are now watching our country,being decimated,thank God for this young man.I have always loved my country,and I am devastated.I kissed the ground at Dublin airport long before the Pope did.💚I used to be so emotional seeing Ireland from the plane,through the clouds as a teenager coming home from London,that fellow passengers would shed a few tears with me.
@rackpunch40266 ай бұрын
Prince Bonnie Charlie - that's hilarious.
@sandidavis820 Жыл бұрын
Davy, those 3 are great, but Come Out Ye Black and Tans should be there too
@davyholden Жыл бұрын
Yes indeed. I wasn’t speaking of the best songs. Just the most important songs 😊 Come Out Ye Black and Tans had no historical value really. It was written about 40 years after the war of independence
@ohno2112 Жыл бұрын
Boys back in town!
@mrfrisky650110 ай бұрын
Written by a British bloke
@enolam997 ай бұрын
It was written by Philip Lynott of the Irish rock band THIN LIZZY.
@Jose_Rangel6 күн бұрын
Ngl I was half expecting a joke video with no. 1 being Ding Dong the Witch is Dead in dishonor of Thatcher. But this was actually quite interesting.
@yoshitheboi116 ай бұрын
1. Amhran Na Bhfiann 2. The Foggy Dew 3. Come out ye black and tans
@MrTony0023 ай бұрын
The new song by Kyle Gordon deserves to be on this list.
@GH0577T5 күн бұрын
oh grace just hold me in your arms and let, this moment linger.
@Son-Of-David19902 ай бұрын
Dropkick murphys: hold my keg of Guinness mate
@RobertOtoole-jo5bg13 күн бұрын
I'm a drop kick murphy fan myself. Shipping out to boston lol
@michaelwhite33743 ай бұрын
Dublin, in the rare old times, hauntingly beautiful song. The foggy Due. Zombie.
@zynosgd99823 ай бұрын
what would I tell them? "idfk, why you asking me? I'm french"
@seandoyle78443 күн бұрын
Don't forget Skibereen also by Don Stiffe. Great story to the song, tragic and sad😢, but hopeful as well. 😊
@sarahedwards219 күн бұрын
Exactly 10 years before my high school biology teacher was born.
@ManHamAslume12 күн бұрын
1. Shoulder to Shoulder 2. Whiskey in the Jar 3. The Banner Roar
@GRIM_REAPER4203 ай бұрын
PROBABLY SLEEP YOU DEFINITELY NEED IT
@GRIM_REAPER4203 ай бұрын
Sorry I wasn’t being mean but you need sleep
@thedabbinunicorn54326 ай бұрын
Absolutely Grace is such a beautiful song
@brianmurphy6243Ай бұрын
From Australia . Cane here 5 generations ago, in 1857 . Left out beloved Eire. It's for me the national anthem. The soldiers song. Closely followed by a song, anthem you have forgotten/ missed. THE FIELDS OF ATHENRY
@WookieWarriorzАй бұрын
very true mate, the fields of athenry is something special.
@geordiewishart168323 күн бұрын
Brian, you left Ireland five generations ago? Wow. What age are you?! Oh. Wait. Plastic Patty alert. I love how your flag has the Union Flag. 🇬🇧 🇦🇺
@Gallalad14 ай бұрын
What I always found wild about Amhrán an bhFiann as the national anthem is when you look up the laws establishing it they are all referring to the English version of the song (which it was originally wrote in) but for reasons I dont quite get we only use the Irish version nowadays. I'm not opposing it in Irish, just odd that we dont teach both parts. I moved to Canada where they make a big thing about it being bilingual but we dont try it or just let it be used in either language. Strange stuff.
@BakedNConfused7 сағат бұрын
• Johnny i Hardly Knew Ye • Molly Malone (The Luck of the Irish movie version)
@Bad.Pappy.Official11 күн бұрын
Riverdance x 3
@saoirseclarnimhuiris79103 ай бұрын
🎶🎶"We're on the one road, maybe the wrong road, but we're together now who cares, north men, south men, comrades all. Dublin, Belfast, Cork & Donegal! 🎵🎵 Is maith liom an ceann seo fosta go háirithe nuair a bhíonn tú ar meisce!😂🍻🇮🇹
@Taxistheft.6 ай бұрын
I’m half Irish this makes me laugh 😂
@ryanblue562710 күн бұрын
Has anyone ever told you that look rather similar to King Alfred of Wessex from The Last Kingdom? Amazing resemblance!
@Username907549 ай бұрын
No. 4: come out ye black and tans.
@tjkennedyphoto2 ай бұрын
My daughter,.named Eire, loves dancing to Oro Se Do Bheata Bhaile. Éire go brâch 🇮🇪
@colinmackenzie62772 ай бұрын
ANYTHING SUNG BY SAINT SINEAD' !!! A Powerful woman who embodied Irish values.
@kevinbarry81143 ай бұрын
Kevin Barry is a top 10. Keep up these great videos.
@bigdan94972 ай бұрын
Kyle Gordon's irish drinking song I've been listening to that since 1981
@downthebanks3 ай бұрын
Alternative Ulster by stiff little fingers is 1,2 and 3.
@24starchild9 ай бұрын
You’re a good man Davy, this is important work you’re doing.
@nunyabiznez638114 күн бұрын
My great, great grandfather was summarily executed for singing #2.
@kr47414 күн бұрын
Thanks mate 👏👏👏
@adz686 ай бұрын
Flower of Scotland - rule brittania and star spangled banner
@Valourusius18 күн бұрын
"The Starry Plough" "The Foggy Dew" "The Wearing Of The Green" "Erin's Flag" "Soldier's Of '22"
@GrainneCarney2 ай бұрын
Oro Se do Bhetha bhaile, Amhran an bhFiann, Foggy Dew. Also a special mention for Women Of Ireland by the Wolfe Tones, a terrific tribute to the C na mban
@paulparker82519 күн бұрын
Got to make room for Rhyme Island - The Spark
@thenotbrosbro6 ай бұрын
Irish pub,whisky in a jar,the wild rover
@brittsavage0076 ай бұрын
just listening to your voice takes me back to hearing my visiting Irish relatives when I was. young. Such a beautiful accent.
@maureenmalone355 күн бұрын
Fields of Athenry, the winds that Shakes the Barley
@firstlast93843 ай бұрын
Coinleach Ghlas an Fhómhair, Robin the Hooded Man, Theme from Harry’s Game, Fields of Athenry, Whiskey in the Jar (either Thin Lizzy or Dubliners)
@MusaMusa-vs8yg20 күн бұрын
500 years ago 😢I was trusting ❤2024 my family we started,,,,,,surely looking 👀 I’m they boba 🧋 this is African cush king 👑 African ❤❤