Mother’s Day falls on May 11th, the second Sunday of May in the US and Canada. In Ireland and the UK, it’s celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent, which was March 30th this year. May 1st is also May Day/International Worker’s Day and also Bealtaine–the start of Summer in the Celtic calendar. Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Celtic Music celebrating mothers, and giving a nod to Bealtaine.
The artists this week: Emer Mayock; Cathie Ryan; Burning Bridget Cleary; Méabh Music; Tradify; dBize; John And Maggie Carty; The Alt; Lorcán Mac Mathúna, Raphael De Cock, James Mahon; Ranarim; Dervish; Na Rósaí; Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin; and Michael Mcgoldrick.
Our FairPlé score this week: 64
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | Mother’s Delight, The Tacit Reel | Emer Mayock | Merry Bits of Timber |
| 3 | A Mháithrín, A’leigfeá ‘Un An Aonaigh Mé¿ (Mother, Will You Let Me Go To) | Cathie Ryan | The Music Of What Happens |
| 4 | Mother’s Day-Up in the Garret-30th Anniversary | Burning Bridget Cleary | Pressed for Time |
| 5 | A Stór mo Chroí | Méabh Music | Mise le Meas (Yours sincerely) |
| 6 | Neilis Slide, Neilis Polka, Your Mothers Little Pet & Bill Sullivans | Tradify | Take Flight |
| 7 | Scottish-Mothers Delight-Humours of Wesport | dBize | Storm Party |
| 8 | The Old Timer-Grandmother She (Barndances) | John And Maggie Carty | Settle Out Of Court |
| 9 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 10 | What Put the Blood | The Alt | The Alt |
| 11 | Sven in the Rosegarden | Lorcán Mac Mathúna, Raphael De Cock, James Mahon | NORTHERN LIGHTS Dubh agus Geal |
| 12 | Maj vare välkommen | Ranarim | Morgonstjärna |
| 13 | The Bealtine Set | Dervish | Traveling Show |
| 14 | The Highlandman Who Kissed His Granny-MacArthur Road-The Chicago Reel | Na Rósaí | Na Rósaí |
| 15 | Amhrán Na Bealtaine | Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin | A Stór Is A Stóirín |
| 16 | Peter Brown’s-Mamma’s Pet-Sailor On The Rock | Michael Mcgoldrick | Morning Rory |