‘The Rocky Road to Dublin’ is one of the more popular Irish songs among tourists visiting Ireland, as it tends to be played regularly at trad sessions that cater for tourists. There’s a shed-load of emotion in this one and the backing track is nice and catchy.

The Blowers Daughter was one of several incredible tunes on Rice’s debut album, ‘O’. It was written by Damien Rice, an Irish musician from Dublin. The Blowers Daughter is one of the most beautiful Irish songs to be released in the past two decades. It has been covered by everyone from Luke Kelly to Enya over the years. Song for Ireland was inspired by a trip the couple took to the magnificent Dingle Peninsula. ‘A Song for Ireland’ was written by Phil Colclough and his wife, June Colclough, both of whom came from England. This is one of a handful of traditional Irish songs that weren’t written by Irish people. There’s not much I can say about this one except that it’s powerful and you’ll keep coming back to it time and time again. ‘Zombie’ was written by an alternative Irish rock band named The Cranberries (one of the best Irish bands, in my opinion!) and revolves around the 1993 IRA bombing in Warrington in England and two young victims of the attack. ‘Zombie’ is one of the most popular Irish songs on YouTube, racking up a staggering 981,961,781 views at the time of writing. The version above, by Roisin O, Aoife Scott and Danny O’Reilly is a belter. This is one of many sad Irish folk songs that’ll never get old, no matter how many times you hear it. In 1916, she married her fiancé Joseph Plunkett (one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising) in Kilmainham Gaol a couple of hours prior to his execution. ‘Grace’ was an Irish artist and an active Republican. It was written in 1985 by Frank and Seán O’Meara, about a woman named Grace Evelyn Gifford Plunkett. GraceĪhhh, ‘Grace’ – this is one of the most famous Irish songs that you’ll come across. This, like many traditional Irish folk songs, features the tin whistle. This song is beautiful, but it’s a little haunting also. The song ‘The Lonesome Boatman’ debuted on a 1969 album from Finbar and Eddie Furey on an album of the same name. This is one of the lesser-known Irish folk songs that’ll make the hair on the back of your neck stand to attention. You’ll find a mix of old stuff, new-school bangers and a decent whack of traditional Irish folks songs below. However, I’m going to kick this guide off with what I think are the best Irish songs ever made. what I think sounds deadly might sound absolutely cat to someone else. What sounds good is pretty subjective, i.e. Section 1: 15 of the best Irish songs ever made What classic Irish songs have we missed?.Some of the best Irish music from the last 30 years.The popular traditional Irish songs playlist.

YouTube and Spotify playlists packed with great Irish songs.Brown Eyed Girl (one of the more popular Irish love songs) Section 3: Popular Irish songs that’ll make you feeeeeel good.Section 2: Mighty Irish Ballads and Irish Folk Songs.Section 1: 15 of the best Irish songs ever made.Interiors had been led by the album’s title track and the single “ Cosmonauts.” The band includes Schreifels as frontman and guitarist, Sergio Vega on bass and Alan Cage on drums. In 2017, they released their third studio album, Interiors, which had followed 1995’s Manic Compression. Quicksand disbanded in 1999, but reunited in 2012 and began to tour. The music video features vibrant colors and static images, moving around in a loop with psychedelic adventures and flying eyes. The lyrics reflect the push and pull of benign very connected through technology while at the same time being the most emotionally isolated group of humans to ever walk the planet and fun stuff like that.”Īn accompanying video for the track, which had been created by Japanese artist Tetsunori Tawayar and animation by Rob Fidel, was also released. “To get something vocally I started singing in an English Niel Nausea kind of vibe (Nausea are a peace/squatter punk band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan). “The music to ‘Inversion’ was very squatter punk at first,” Schreifels said in a press release. The track slinks and screams, acting as a reflection of Quicksand’s New York City post-hardcore roots. “Inversion” features grimy guitar riffs and Walter Schreifels’ haunting vocals repeating the track’s title throughout the chorus.

Song quicksand