You’d think it would be easy picking an hour of Irish music for a Saint Patrick’s Day show, but it’s harder than you’d imagine. We know lots of folks expect the lively pub songs, but our idea for a St. Patricks’s show was to play solid Irish music to get your heart and body in the spirit. Katie Marie and Joe spent the prior week choosing artists and tracks we felt that fit the theme perfectly, but we wound up with so much good music that we had to shuffle our entire schedule to spread this show over two weeks. We still have so many tracks left over!
The artists this week: Lúnasa; Dolores Keane; Stéphanie Makem & Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn; Solas; Ériu; Téada; Réalta; Lily Gems & Eileen O’ Driscoll; The Friel Sisters; Emer Mayock; Louise Mulcahy; Mick O’Brien; M McGoldrick, J McCusker, J Doyle; and Altan.
This week’s FairPlé score: 50
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | The Floating Crowbar-McGlinchey’s-The Almost Reel | Lúnasa | Otherworld |
| 3 | Mouth Music | Dolores Keane | Dolores Keane |
| 4 | Lough Erne Shore | Stéphanie Makem & Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn | Ceol Is Píob |
| 5 | Maire Mhilis Bhrea | Solas | Another Day |
| 6 | Steampaí | Ériu | Maidin Fhómhair |
| 7 | Reels: Dinny O’Brien’s-The Sweetheart Reel-Paddy Kenny’s | Téada | Ainneoin Na Stoirme / In Spite Of The Storm |
| 8 | Ormond Sound-Jacksons-Lucy Campbells | Réalta | Thing of the Earth |
| 9 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 10 | Come by the Hills | Lily Gems & Eileen O’ Driscoll | Early Reflections |
| 11 | Con Cassidys-Neil Gows-Down the Glen-ONeills-As I Roved Out (Highlands-Marches-Song) | The Friel Sisters | Northern Sky |
| 12 | The Maids of Selma, Paddy Fahey’s | Emer Mayock | Merry Bits of Timber |
| 13 | Hornpipes: O’Callaghan’s Low-Mrs Crotty’s | Louise Mulcahy | Tuning The Road |
| 14 | May Morning Dew-Sporting Nell (Air, Reel) | Mick O’Brien | May Morning Dew |
| 15 | Bedlam Boys | M McGoldrick, J McCusker, J Doyle | Live |
| 16 | The Yellow Tinker-Lady Montgomery [Live] | Altan | Best Plus Live |