The history of Ireland and America is intricately bound by stories of emigration and immigration. Driven by the Great Hunger in 1847, millions of Irish left their homes and sailed west in a desperate bid for a better life, and if they survived the voyage on the coffin ships, often finding themselves in unscrupulous work conditions or immediately conscripted into the US Civil War. Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of songs and tunes commemorating and celebrating the fortitude and determination of those journeys.
The artists this week: Frank Harte & Donal Lunny, Kathleen Keane, Francis McIlduff Band, Frank Quinn & Joe Maguire, Leo Rowsome, La Lugh, Déanta, Goitse, Christy Moore, Karan Casey & John Doyle, The House Devils, Caitlin Nic Gabhann, Fásta, and Gráinne Murphy.
Our FairPlé score this week is 50.
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore | Frank Harte-Donal Lunny | The Hungry Voice (The Song Legacy Of Ireland’s Great Hunger |
| 3 | Unknown-Ships Are Sailing | Kathleen Keane | Kathleen Keane |
| 4 | My Love is in America-Miss McLeod’s | Francis McIlduff Band | Theodore Street |
| 5 | Sailing Home | Frank Quinn-Joe Maguire | The Wheels Of The World Vol. 1 |
| 6 | The Irish Emigrant, Wearing of the Green, Irish Rover, Minstrel Boy | Leo Rowsome | (single, 78RPM) |
| 7 | The Emigrant’s Farewell | La Lugh | La Lugh |
| 8 | Thousands Are Sailing | Déanta | Deanta |
| 9 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 10 | Green Fields of Canada | Goitse | Rosc |
| 11 | The City Of Chicago | Christy Moore | Ride On |
| 12 | Sailing Off to the Yankee Land | Karan Casey & John Doyle | Exiles Return |
| 13 | By the Hush | House Devils, The | Irish Folk Adieu to Old Ireland |
| 14 | The Leeside Sessions-the Reel With the Beryl-John Naughton’s Green Field’s of America | Caitlin Nic Gabhann | Caitlín |
| 15 | Reel a ma tante Lydia-Le voyageur | Fásta | Un Canadien Errant |
| 16 | Sailing In,Tie The Bonnet,Kit O’Connor’s | Gráinne Murphy | Short Stories |