It’s Memorial Day in the United States, and Katie Marie and Joe observe the day with songs and tunes that remember those who gave all in conflicts throughout the centuries. Traditional music has a long memory, and provide the record of the honor, heartbreak, and horrors of battles in wars no matter the countries involved. The show this week focuses on those left behind when their loved ones go off to war.
The artists this week: North Sea Gas; Socks In The Frying Pan; Stray Hens; Providence; Mary Black; Cé; Kerstin Blodigand & Ian Melrose; Frank Harte-Donal Lunny; Roger Landes And Chipper Thompson; Lindsay Straw; Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh; and Todd Denman.
The FairPlé score this week: 54
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | Twa Recruiting Sergeants | North Sea Gas | Lochanside |
| 3 | The King’s Shilling | Socks In The Frying Pan | Return Of The Giant Sock Monsters From Outer Space |
| 4 | The Recruited Collier | Stray Hens | The Confluence |
| 5 | Will Ye Go To Flanders | Providence | A Fig For A Kiss |
| 6 | Mo Ghile Mear | Mary Black | Binn Blasta! The Irish Traditional Music Special |
| 7 | Maverick Angels-Wing Commander Donald Mckenzie’s | Cé | Between Words |
| 8 | Paddy’s Lamentation | Nuala Kennedy | Noble Stranger |
| 9 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 10 | The Battle of Waterloo | Kerstin Blodig and Ian Melrose | Kelpie |
| 11 | Eighteenth Of June | Frank Harte-Donal Lunny | My Name Is Napoleon Bonaparte |
| 12 | The Banks Of The Nile | Roger Landes And Chipper Thompson | The Janissary Stomp |
| 13 | The Bonny Light Horseman-The Song of the Passion | Lindsay Straw | My Mind From Love Being Free |
| 14 | Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier | Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh | Foxglove & Fuschia |
| 15 | Peace March (T.Denman) | Todd Denman | Celtic Peace |