The Greatest Irish Song of All Time
Irish music tells the story of a people — of love and loss, exile and homecoming, faith and rebellion, joy and sorrow. Help us settle (or maybe stir up!) the debate by voting for what you believe is The Greatest Irish Song of All Time. Choose from our list below — or add your own if your favorite isn’t listed. Voting continues throughout March, and we will share the result with all in April.
Which song is “The Greatest Irish Song of All Time”?
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A Rainy Night in Soho
Beautiful Day
Black is the Colour
Black Velvet Band
Carrickfergus
City of Chicago
Danny Boy
Dirty Old Town
Dreams
Fairytale of New York
Fields of Athenry
Follow Me Up to Carlow
Four Green Fields
Galway Bay
Galway Girl
Grace
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
I Useta Lover
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Las Vegas (in the Hills of Donegal)
Linger
Lisdoonvarna
Mo Ghile Mear
Molly Malone
N17
On Raglan Road
Only Our Rivers Run Free
Óró Sé do Bheatha ‘Bhaile
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Red Is the Rose
Ride On
Róisín Dubh
Scorn Not His Simplicity
Seven Drunken Nights
She Moves Through the Fair
Skibbereen
Song for Ireland
Spancil Hill
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Auld Triangle
The Boys Are Back in Town
The Boys of Barr na Sráide
The Boys of the Old Brigade
The Broad Majestic Shannon
The Cliffs of Dooneen
The Dutchman
The Fields of Gold
The Foggy Dew
The Green and Red of Mayo
The Green Fields of France
The Green Glens of Antrim
The Homes of Donegal
The Irish Rover
The Mountains of Mourne
The Parting Glass
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
The Rare Old Times
The Rocky Road to Dublin
The Star of the County Down
The Town I Loved So Well
The Wild Rover
Where the Streets Have No Name
Whiskey in the Jar
With or Without You
Zombie
Other (please specify)
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