100 Best Irish Songs

[Baile Brigín 2]

Was Rory Gallagher completely ghosted?

I was thinking this, but he had no 'hits' - what is his signature song in the way Lizzy had TBABIT or Jaillbeak?

[weareros]

Was Rory Gallagher completely ghosted?

I was thinking this, but he had no 'hits' - what is his signature song in the way Lizzy had TBABIT or Jaillbeak?

Definitely Follow Me which is 24 on the RTE gold one. Anyone who watched MTV USA in the 1980s would have heard the thunderous guitar riff every Sunday. Good to see Rat Trap recognised in that poll too. Bob, not everyone's cup of tea now, then gave everyone a good laugh when the Rats knocked Travolta/Olivia Newton John off the top spot in UK and then proceeded to tear the Grease pair's photo in two on TOTP. Rebellious stuff at the time.

[weareros]

Right who's gona put the two side by side😘😁, compare and contrast.

Someone will do a thesis on this in the years to come

Stronger top 10 imo in that Rte list.

Would agree
Some difference in the treatment of Mary/4 of us in the two lists for starters

Totally agree,  look the 4 of Us and Mary is t even their best song!

Also The Waterboys are a Scottish band,  no matter what anyone says,  Mike Scott is the only constant and he's a proud Scot

Absolutely Scottish. Plenty of British rockstars have lived in Ireland, recorded here, but you wouldn't include them in Irish songs list including Donovan (Irish heritage), Ronnie Wood (Stones), Joe Elliott of Def Leopard, Francis Rossi (Quo of Irish heritage), John Lennon (Irish heritage - well he owned an island off Mayo and planned to live there), Sting (wrote songs while living in Connemara). I'm sure there's plenty more.

[seafoid]

The Gold list is better.
They probably had more data.

[JoG2]

The Gold list is better.
They probably had more data.

More of a muck savages top 100 the Gold one?

[AustinPowers]

Right who's gona put the two side by side😘😁, compare and contrast.

Someone will do a thesis on this in the years to come

Stronger top 10 imo in that Rte list.

Would agree
Some difference in the treatment of Mary/4 of us in the two lists for starters

Totally agree,  look the 4 of Us and Mary is t even their best song!

Also The Waterboys are a Scottish band,  no matter what anyone says,  Mike Scott is the only constant and he's a proud Scot

Absolutely Scottish. Plenty of British rockstars have lived in Ireland, recorded here, but you wouldn't include them in Irish songs list including Donovan (Irish heritage), Ronnie Wood (Stones), Joe Elliott of Def Leopard, Francis Rossi (Quo of Irish heritage), John Lennon (Irish heritage - well he owned an island off Mayo and planned to live there), Sting (wrote songs while living in Connemara). I'm sure there's plenty more.

Phil Lynott lived in England  until he was 7 or 8.  Just saying.

[seafoid]

Right who's gona put the two side by side😘😁, compare and contrast.

Someone will do a thesis on this in the years to come

Stronger top 10 imo in that Rte list.

Would agree
Some difference in the treatment of Mary/4 of us in the two lists for starters

Totally agree,  look the 4 of Us and Mary is t even their best song!

Also The Waterboys are a Scottish band,  no matter what anyone says,  Mike Scott is the only constant and he's a proud Scot

Absolutely Scottish. Plenty of British rockstars have lived in Ireland, recorded here, but you wouldn't include them in Irish songs list including Donovan (Irish heritage), Ronnie Wood (Stones), Joe Elliott of Def Leopard, Francis Rossi (Quo of Irish heritage), John Lennon (Irish heritage - well he owned an island off Mayo and planned to live there), Sting (wrote songs while living in Connemara). I'm sure there's plenty more.

None of them made the cultural impact the Waterboys did. They are honourary Irish people.

Def Leppard never wrote a song like the stolen child

https://youtu.be/Jg-oJKYIinQ

[dec]

No Stiff Little Fingers in either list

[Baile Brigín 2]

Right who's gona put the two side by side😘😁, compare and contrast.

Someone will do a thesis on this in the years to come

Stronger top 10 imo in that Rte list.

Would agree
Some difference in the treatment of Mary/4 of us in the two lists for starters

Totally agree,  look the 4 of Us and Mary is t even their best song!

Also The Waterboys are a Scottish band,  no matter what anyone says,  Mike Scott is the only constant and he's a proud Scot

Absolutely Scottish. Plenty of British rockstars have lived in Ireland, recorded here, but you wouldn't include them in Irish songs list including Donovan (Irish heritage), Ronnie Wood (Stones), Joe Elliott of Def Leopard, Francis Rossi (Quo of Irish heritage), John Lennon (Irish heritage - well he owned an island off Mayo and planned to live there), Sting (wrote songs while living in Connemara). I'm sure there's plenty more.

None of them made the cultural impact the Waterboys did. They are honourary Irish people.

Def Leppard never wrote a song like the stolen child

https://youtu.be/Jg-oJKYIinQ

So are Dropkick Murphys or Bruce Springsteen then...

[weareros]

Right who's gona put the two side by side😘😁, compare and contrast.

Someone will do a thesis on this in the years to come

Stronger top 10 imo in that Rte list.

Would agree
Some difference in the treatment of Mary/4 of us in the two lists for starters

Totally agree,  look the 4 of Us and Mary is t even their best song!

Also The Waterboys are a Scottish band,  no matter what anyone says,  Mike Scott is the only constant and he's a proud Scot

Absolutely Scottish. Plenty of British rockstars have lived in Ireland, recorded here, but you wouldn't include them in Irish songs list including Donovan (Irish heritage), Ronnie Wood (Stones), Joe Elliott of Def Leopard, Francis Rossi (Quo of Irish heritage), John Lennon (Irish heritage - well he owned an island off Mayo and planned to live there), Sting (wrote songs while living in Connemara). I'm sure there's plenty more.

None of them made the cultural impact the Waterboys did. They are honourary Irish people.

Def Leppard never wrote a song like the stolen child

https://youtu.be/Jg-oJKYIinQ

Lyrics by William Butler Yeats, a haunting poem even before music put to it. Brilliant band but still don't think we can claim them. They saw Brigadoon, we saw The Quiet Man.

[seafoid]

Right who's gona put the two side by side😘😁, compare and contrast.

Someone will do a thesis on this in the years to come

Stronger top 10 imo in that Rte list.

Would agree
Some difference in the treatment of Mary/4 of us in the two lists for starters

Totally agree,  look the 4 of Us and Mary is t even their best song!

Also The Waterboys are a Scottish band,  no matter what anyone says,  Mike Scott is the only constant and he's a proud Scot

Absolutely Scottish. Plenty of British rockstars have lived in Ireland, recorded here, but you wouldn't include them in Irish songs list including Donovan (Irish heritage), Ronnie Wood (Stones), Joe Elliott of Def Leopard, Francis Rossi (Quo of Irish heritage), John Lennon (Irish heritage - well he owned an island off Mayo and planned to live there), Sting (wrote songs while living in Connemara). I'm sure there's plenty more.

None of them made the cultural impact the Waterboys did. They are honourary Irish people.

Def Leppard never wrote a song like the stolen child

https://youtu.be/Jg-oJKYIinQ

Lyrics by William Butler Yeats, a haunting poem even before music put to it. Brilliant band but still don't think we can claim them. They saw Brigadoon, we saw The Quiet Man.

I think they sounded Irish with this is the sea.
The Glastonbury song mentions Carraroe. They spent a few months in the Connemara Gaeltacht. The Voice of Yeats in the Stolen Child was a Gaeilgeoir.

[AustinPowers]

Right who's gona put the two side by side😘😁, compare and contrast.

Someone will do a thesis on this in the years to come

Stronger top 10 imo in that Rte list.

Would agree
Some difference in the treatment of Mary/4 of us in the two lists for starters

Totally agree,  look the 4 of Us and Mary is t even their best song!

Also The Waterboys are a Scottish band,  no matter what anyone says,  Mike Scott is the only constant and he's a proud Scot

Absolutely Scottish. Plenty of British rockstars have lived in Ireland, recorded here, but you wouldn't include them in Irish songs list including Donovan (Irish heritage), Ronnie Wood (Stones), Joe Elliott of Def Leopard, Francis Rossi (Quo of Irish heritage), John Lennon (Irish heritage - well he owned an island off Mayo and planned to live there), Sting (wrote songs while living in Connemara). I'm sure there's plenty more.

None of them made the cultural impact the Waterboys did. They are honourary Irish people.

Def Leppard never wrote a song like the stolen child

https://youtu.be/Jg-oJKYIinQ

Lyrics by William Butler Yeats, a haunting poem even before music put to it. Brilliant band but still don't think we can claim them. They saw Brigadoon, we saw The Quiet Man.

I think they sounded Irish with this is the sea.
The Glastonbury song mentions Carraroe. They spent a few months in the Connemara Gaeltacht. The Voice of Yeats in the Stolen Child was a Gaeilgeoir.

They recorded in Spiddal. I think the album  cover of Fisherman's Blues was taken  somewhere in Spiddal. Possibly at the recording venue.

They also have a  song  on  the Room to Roam album called 'Spring Comes to Spiddal'.

Great band.

[brokencrossbar1]

No Stiff Little Fingers in either list

This prompted me to pull the tunes out again. f**k I loved them growing up. First saw them late 80's and they were unreal. Never gonna be in a list like this as they're not mainstream enough and very Belfast centric. Therapy the same