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 found 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: Lúnasa; Tom Delany; Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne; Pádraic Keane, Páraic Mac Donnchadha & Macdara Ó Faoláin; Dick Gaughan & Andy Irvine; Tradify; Killarney; Joe Heaney; Tony Linnane; Karan Casey & John Doyle; Muireann Ní Shé; Shantalla; Caitlin Nic Gabhann; Frank Harte & Donal Lunny; and Burning Bridget Cleary.
Our FairPlé score this week: 40
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 | Lúnasa | Cas |
| 3 | The Eavesdropper, The Morning Star, My love is in America | Tom Delany | The Lark’s Call |
| 4 | The Boys of Barr na Sráide | Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne | Live at Fylde |
| 5 | Green Fields of America-Within a Mile of Dublin | Pádraic Keane, Páraic Mac Donnchadha & Macdara Ó Faoláin | Beo |
| 6 | Thousands Are Sailing To Amerikay | Dick Gaughan & Andy Irvine | Parallel Lines |
| 7 | The Rolling Wave, Craigs Pipes | Tradify | Take Flight |
| 8 | The Maid of Coolmore | Killarney | Pull the Knife |
| 9 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 10 | A Stór Mo Chroí | Joe Heaney | Say A Song |
| 11 | The Green Fields of America-The Bloom of Youth (Reels) | Tony Linnane | Ceol na Fidle |
| 12 | Sailing Off to the Yankee Land | Karan Casey & John Doyle | Exiles Return |
| 13 | The Green Fields of Canada | Muireann Ní Shé | Éistigh Liomsa Sealad |
| 14 | John Riley | Shantalla | Seven Evenings, Seven Mornings |
| 15 | The Leeside Sessions-the Reel With the Beryl-John Naughton’s Green Field’s of America | Caitlin Nic Gabhann | Caitlín |
| 16 | Sailing Off To The Yankee Land | Frank Harte-Donal Lunny | The Hungry Voice (The Song Legacy Of Ireland’s Great Hunger |
| 17 | Pipe Set- Over the Isles to America-Miss McLeod’s | Burning Bridget Cleary | These Are the Days |