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unusual facts about Irish folk



Karen Mal

Her recordings have featured her own songwriting, as well as material from the traditional Irish folk canon.

So Many Words...

So Many Words... is the debut album for the Serbian Irish folk/Celtic rock band Irish Stew of Sindidun, released in 2005.

The Bucks

The Bucks were a band who played music based largely on Irish folk, touring briefly and recording and releasing one album for WEA Records in 1994.


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A Pair of Brown Eyes

It featured on the band's second album, Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash, and was composed by Pogues front man Shane MacGowan, on the melody of "Wild Mountain Thyme", also known as "Will Ye Go Lassie Go," a song by Francis McPeake in a traditional Irish folk style.

A Red, Red Rose

Four modern choral arrangements include a four-part, a cappella version by David Dickau, an intimate, Irish folk music-influenced setting, also SATB a cappella, by Matthew Brown ("A Red, Red Rose," published by Santa Barbara Music), an accompanied SATB setting by James Mulholland as well as a broader version by American composer René Clausen.

An Awfully Big Adventure

In addition to the original film score composed by Richard Hartley, the Irish folk song "The Last Rose of Summer" is used as O'Hara's theme music throughout the film.

Black Mountain Side

"Black Mountain Side" was inspired by a traditional Irish folk song called "Down by Blackwaterside".

Brian Dunphy

A well known performer and band member of the Irish folk band The High Kings, Dunphy has toured the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Clare Island

The island features in a song by the Irish folk-rock band, the Saw Doctors from their 1996 album, Same Oul' Town.

Culann's Hounds

The name Culann's Hounds derives from the Irish folk story of Cuchulainn, a great Irish hero chronicled in the Tain.

Irish Folk Furniture

Irish Folk Furniture is a short film directed by Tony Donoghue which won the prize for Best Animation at the Sundance Film Festival.

Jackie Hyland

Hyland lived for 10 years in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim, Ireland as a child where she was proficient in Irish folk song and dance, appeared in several Irish magazines and newspapers and did runway work.

Ledingham

Jonathan Kelly (born Jonathan Ledingham in 1947), an Irish folk rock singer-songwriter

Love's Old Sweet Song

Love's Old Sweet Song is an Irish folk song published in 1884 by composer James Lynam Molloy and lyricist G. Clifton Bingham.

Making Friends

Fields of Athenry is an Irish folk ballad (written in 1970 by Pete St. John) which has been covered by many other bands such as Dropkick Murphys or The Dubliners.

Martha Tilston

Martha Tilston is the daughter of singer-songwriter Steve Tilston and stepdaughter of Irish folk performer Maggie Boyle.

O'Donoghue's Pub

The Pub is closely associated with Irish Traditional Music and was where the popular Irish folk group, The Dubliners, began performing in the early 1960s.

Padraic Colum

He collected Irish folk songs, including the famous She Moved Through the Fair, for which Colum wrote most of the words, with the musicologist Herbert Hughes.

Seamus Brett

He co-wrote the music for Zombie Hotel, and currently is the producer for Irish folk music band Sheoda.

The Brock McGuire Band

The Brock McGuire Band is an Irish Folk group fronted by Paul Brock and Manus McGuire.

The Nips

This line up included Macgowan and Bradley plus John Hasler (ex Madness) on standup snare drum and Scots/Irish Folk Fiddler David Rattray.

Voice of Ages

On Voice Of Ages The Chieftains team up with a number of musical stars from the worlds of indie-rock (Bon Iver, The Decemberists, The Low Anthem), country and Americana (The Civil Wars, Pistol Annies, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Punch Brothers), and Irish folk (Imelda May, Lisa Hannigan and Scottish folk Paolo Nutini).

White Summer

It is based on an old Irish folk song, "specifically derived from 'She Moved Through the Fair' in the 1963 version by Davy Graham, which he in turn credited to Padraic Colum".