It’s a fine collection of songs and tunes to start off your St. Patrick’s Day celebration. According to legend, St Patrick was born in Roman-occupied Britain in the 5th century, was kidnapped by Irish brigands, and taken as a slave back to Ireland. He eventually escaped back to Britain, became a priest, and returned to Ireland to convert the pagan Irish to Christianity. Although celebrated with a boisterous party atmosphere across the world, the stories of St. Patrick fail to mention turning rivers or beer green, but music and song has been an Irish tradition for centuries…and that’s where you and we come in.
We celebrate St Patrick’s Day with tunes and songs from Irish musicians: The Friel Sisters; Dylan Carlos, Cein Sweeney, and John McCartin; The Bothy Band; Kathleen Keane; Len Graham; The High Seas; Boys Of The Lough; Screaming Orphans; Barry Kerr; Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry and John Blake; Patrick Street; Altan; Mick O’Brien; Déanta; and James Keane.
Our FairPlé score this week: 47
Playlist:
| # | Track | >Artist | Release |
| 1 | The Gleanntán Reel-The Sandymount Reel-The Beauty Spot-The Ravelled Hank Of Yarn-The Midnight Reel | Various Artists | Geantraí |
| 2 | Jigs- Helvic Head-I Buried My Wife & Danced On Top of Her-Frahers (feat. Gearoid Ó Maonaigh & Seamus O’Kane) | The Friel Sisters | The Friel Sisters |
| 3 | Jim Coleman’s-The Milky Way-Round the House and Mind the Dresser | Dylan Carlos, Cein Sweeney, John McCartin | Carlos Sweeney McCartin |
| 4 | The Green Groves Of Erin-The Flowers Of Red Hill | The Bothy Band | Afterhours |
| 5 | Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire-Kitty Gone A Milking-The Blackhaired Las | Kathleen Keane | Kathleen Keane |
| 6 | The Rambling Irishman | Len Graham | Over the Hills & Far Away |
| 7 | The Road To Donegal | The High Seas | The High Seas |
| 8 | The Rose Of Ardee | Boys Of The Lough | To Welcome Paddy Home |
| 9 | The Gleanntán Reel-The Sandymount Reel-The Beauty Spot-The Ravelled Hank Of Yarn-The Midnight Reel | Various Artists | Geantraí |
| 10 | Óró Sé Do Bheatha ‘Bhaile | Screaming Orphans | Belle’s Isle |
| 11 | Ships In Full Sail-the Three Sisters | Barry Kerr | The Three Sisters |
| 12 | Hornpipes: Paddy Connelly’s Stack of Barley-Nellie Your Favour | Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry and John Blake | Memories From The Holla |
| 13 | The Lighthouse-Neilie Boyle’s | Patrick Street | Cornerboys |
| 14 | Molly Na Gcuach Ni Chuilleanain | Altan | Blackwater |
| 15 | May Morning Dew-Sporting Nell (Air, Reel) | Mick O’Brien | May Morning Dew |
| 16 | Willie Taylor | Déanta | The Voice Of Celtic Women-There Was A Lady |
| 17 | The Four Courts-Tie The Bonnet-Toss The Feathers | James Keane | Live In Dublin |