Happy St. Patrick’s day! For the music lovers among our readership I offer below some of my own personal favorite pieces of Irish music – if you have some to recommend don’t forget to leave a comment.
Celtic Woman – A New Journey – Dulaman
The Auld Triangle – Luke Kelly
Song for Ireland: Dick Gaughan
The Chieftains & Alison Krauss – Molly Ban
Rocky Road to Dublin – Julie Fowlis and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
Noel McLoughlin – Step It Out Mary
The Dubliners – Captains and the Kings
Marianne Green & Andy Irvine – Dear Irish Boy
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill in New Zealand
Christy Moore – Back home in Derry
A Mayer
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I am mainly a classical music listener, however my favourite Irish pieces are Three Drunken Maidens by Planxty – the wild fiddle playing in that one is quite stirring. Also Benbulben of Sligo appeals to the nationalist’s sentiments.
Brigadier
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The Republic of Ireland flag has NOTHING to do with St. Patrick’s day.
St. Patrick’s day is the national day of the whole of Ireland and is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland. The St. Patrick’s Cross, the historical and legitimate flag of Ireland, would have been a more appropriate flag to use.
Max Musson
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I believe you are right Brigadier. Please excuse our error, which we will try not to repeat.
frederickdixon
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Hear, hear!
Steven
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I agree. The Irish Tricolour is an inappropriate flag to use as its the symbol of a sovereign state which covers only 26 counties of the island whereas the St Patrick’s Cross (or St Patrick’s Saltire) is a neutral symbol for ALL Irish people whether they live in the Republic and consider themselves to be Irish only or if they live in the six counties of NI and believe themselves to have both an Irish AND British identity.
It is good to see that the British Democratic Party didn’t make this mistake.
Brigadier
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Londonderry on the Foyle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpXq0AyvABI
The Boys of Belfast
WesternmostWhite
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Does this mean Irish people can comment on the site now?
Max Musson
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Irish people have always been welcome on this site.
WesternmostWhite
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Thank you Max, but I did leave 2 innocuous comments, supportive of our peoples, one on “The Hobbit” and one on “Mein Kampf” and no sign of them? With 2 emails asking if they might be posted.
Not quite sure what happened there.
Max Musson
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No, I can’t explain that either. I sometimes edit or censor comments made by viewers if they are inappropriate, but I have no recollection of doing that with comments made under your username. Please feel free to leave further comments should you wish as no-one here has a grudge against you or the Irish.