100 Best Irish Songs

[Ronnie]

There are Irish country songs on youtube with 8 and 10 million views.

Yes but nobody cares what people in Monaghan think.

I don't mind Monaghan people in general just the odd one

[seafoid]

There are Irish country songs on youtube with 8 and 10 million views.

Yes but nobody cares what people in Monaghan think.

It's north of the Dublin Galway railway line and highly correlated with rushes and football. Sure isn't it massive in the North?

[JoG2]

and Fontaines D.C.'s Starbuster with 142 million

They also do a great version of Sinead O'Connor's Black Boys on Mopeds

Probably the only highlight of the latest War Child album which is a tough listen (I'm very easily pleased too)

[Ronnie]

I haven't listened to the rest of it yet.   Also while we're talking about Sinead O'Connor, how is her version of The Foggy Dew with The Chieftains not in the top 100.  Like, by anybody's reckoning or even objectively.  Maybe it was just forgotten about....  As somebody said the list is just nonsense.   Although definitely worth a discussion.

[Tony Baloney]

Does anyone know how this was formulated? Some of these start with the list of songs, movies or whatever and the voter selects their favourite from the list, or did it start with a blank sheet.

[AustinPowers]

Does anyone know how this was formulated? Some of these start with the list of songs, movies or whatever and the voter selects their favourite from the list, or did it start with a blank sheet.

I remember we did the  top 3  one hit wonders on t'other thread.  When starting from scratch, You probably have a few on tip of your tongue. Then others post theirs , and it's "oh yes, forgot about that one!".

We all know a number  of  well known Irish bands, Lizzy, Cranberries, U2, Undertones, Christy Moore etc ... And  it's easier to  list your favourite of theirs. Much harder when it's an  obscure one hit wonder , so some  obviously aren't included.

Now that I think........

An emotional fish
A House

Didn't they have  reasonably big hits?

[AustinPowers]

Checked the top 20 Irish singles  since charts began, and the  two  below (shamefully) not on that top 100 list

Richie Kavanagh - Aon focal eile
Six - whole lot of loving.

[Ronnie]

I don'tt know either of those although I remember A House's Endless Art & An Emotional Gish's Celebrate.  2 classics from the early 90s / Trip to Tipp era.  Those really were the days.

[Ronnie]

Days when you wouldn't've had enough money to buy every single you liked but taped your favourites off the Dave Fanning radio show on 2FM.

[Armagh18]

Surely you can't listen to Killeagh and still be a grumpy little p***k?

[befair]

My choice
Arthur McBride - Paul Brady
Kelly The Boy From Killane - Luke Kelly & The Dubliners
Arkle - Alan Kavanagh
Green and Red of Mayo - The Saw Doctors
GAA Jersey - PHAT KiiDZ ft Goats Dont Shave 
The Creggan White Hare - Daoiri Farrell
Tooraloora - Steve Martin
Wonderful Thing - In Tua Nua
Arranmore - Goats Don't Shave
Red is the Rose - Makem and Clancy

[Ronnie]

Austin - I know this isn't your thread but surely the logical step is to move this over to your top 3 thread & limit it to non-covers & Irish born artists?   It would remove some of the nonsense & produce a more relevant chart?

[Tony Baloney]

Austin - I know this isn't your thread but surely the logical step is to move this over to your top 3 thread & limit it to non-covers & Irish born artists?   It would remove some of the nonsense & produce a more relevant chart?

A very Irish coup.

[Newbridge Exile]

I don'tt know either of those although I remember A House's Endless Art & An Emotional Gish's Celebrate.  2 classics from the early 90s / Trip to Tipp era.  Those really were the days.

Two classics all right, The Fat Lady Sing's Arclight was another clinker from that era

[Puckoon]

List is a crock of shit - but I am at least glad to see that the HotHouse Flowers made it in at #86. I'd have lost my shit otherwise