May Day refers to two holidays: The first one is the traditional start of Summer, and the other is the date of the International Workers’ Day. Katie Marie and Joe, who both held union jobs in prior careers, put together an hour of trad Celtic music focusing on the latter, honoring those whose skills, sweat, muscles, and blood gave us protections from unscrupulous management, job benefits, five day workweeks, and the eight hour workday.
The artists this week: The House Devils; John Doyle; The Bonny Men; Mary Beth Carty; Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh; The House Band; FourWinds; Eoin Duignan; Conor Lamb, Brendan Mulholland & Deirdre Galway; Guichen; and Solas.
Our FairPlé score this week: 15
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | The Mickey Dam | House Devils, The | Irish Folk Adieu to Old Ireland |
| 3 | Crooked Jack | John Doyle | Evening Comes Early |
| 4 | Tunnel Tigers | The Bonny Men | The Broken Pledge |
| 5 | Driver MacIvor-The Fashion that the Ladies Have | Mary Beth Carty | Crossing the Causeway |
| 6 | The Final Trawl | Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh | Foxglove & Fuschia |
| 7 | The Diamantina Drover | The House Band | Groundwork |
| 8 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 9 | The Ludlow Massacre | FourWinds | FourWinds |
| 10 | Leaving It All Behind-On With The Work | Eoin Duignan | Coumineol |
| 11 | May Day (reel-jig) | Conor Lamb, Brendan Mulholland & Deirdre Galway | Music in the Glen |
| 12 | ker sec’h, pt. 1 | Guichen | BroZHers |
| 13 | ker sec’h, pt. 2 | Guichen | BroZHers |
| 14 | Ker sec’h, pt. 3 (feat. Stefan Murphy) | Guichen | BroZHers |
| 15 | Tell God and the Devil | Solas | Shamrock City |