It’s time to get your hands dirty, because it’s Labor Day! It not only ushers in the last gasp of summer, but the date also commemorates the common workers laboring to bring home a living wage. These songs and tunes celebrate those who work with their hands, whether they crew a ship, build roads, till the ground, or toil in the bowels of the earth, and the struggles they faced to earn dignity and a better life.
The artists this week: Molly’s Revenge With Moira Smiley; Kathleen Keane; Frank Harte & Donal Lunny; Goitse; Padraig Rynne; Mick Moloney; Great Big Sea; Paddy O’Brien; Karan Casey; Kevin Burke; Arcady; The Bonny Men; Ed Miller; and Liz Carroll & John Doyle.
The FairPlé score this week: 29
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | Mickey Dam | Molly’s Revenge With Moira Smiley | The Western Shore |
| 3 | The Coalminer-Speed the Plough-The Rainy Day | Kathleen Keane | Kathleen Keane |
| 4 | Hot Ashfelt | Frank Harte-Donal Lunny | There’s Gangs of Them Digging |
| 5 | Green Fields of Canada | Goitse | Rosc |
| 6 | The sweat house-Jackson’s | Padraig Rynne | Begin with the end in mind |
| 7 | Paddy On The Railway | Mick Moloney | Far From The Shamrock Shore |
| 8 | A Boat Like Gideon Brown | Great Big Sea | Sea Of No Cares |
| 9 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 10 | The Miller of Draughin-The Humours of Castlefin | Paddy O’Brien | Masters of the Celtic Accordion: The Big Squeeze |
| 11 | The Four Loom Weaver | Karan Casey | Distant Shore |
| 12 | We Work The Black Seam | Kevin Burke | In Tandem |
| 13 | The Rocks Of Bawn | Arcady | Many Happy Returns |
| 14 | Tunnel Tigers | The Bonny Men | The Broken Pledge |
| 15 | Crooked Jack | Ed Miller | Generations of Change |
| 16 | A Pound a Week Rise | Liz Carroll & John Doyle | Double Play |