March 17 is St. Patrick's Day and whatever your annual tradition is, searching for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow might be on the list. Unfortunately, while you're unlikely to discover a hidden ...

Whether you’re hosting a karaoke night in your living room for your close friends, hitting up your local bar or riding solo, it’s not St. Paddy’s Day until someone drunkenly belts “Danny Boy” at the ...

Paul McCartney released “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” as Wings’ debut single in February 1972, influenced by the Bogside Massacre—aka Bloody Sunday—that occurred a month before. The song was banned ...

There is one song you will probably hear today in St. Patrick’s Day celebrations all over the country and across the world, from the humble village pub to the most elaborate hotel soiree. It is the ...

To mark Ireland’s National Famine Commemoration Day (Sunday, May 16) watch the short documentary "Songs of the Great Hunger" followed by a panel discussion. The National Famine Museum at Strokestown ...

Written by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Jr., with music composed by Ernest Ball, “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” is a love letter to Ireland and its people. The song came out in a time when Irish ...

For the past five years, singer-songwriter Jim Sharkey has taken the 200-year-old lilt of traditional Irish folk music and placed it in a 21st-century context (with contemporary references to Facebook ...

We don't care if you're a toddler or an adult, all of these great Irish songs instantly become the worst ones to sing if you're trying to claw together the lyrics on St Patrick's Day. If your buddy ...

Check out some of our favourite Irish releases from the week below Side 4 Collective, First First is a beautifully rhythmic, ...

The first single off of Molly Vulpynes upcoming album Houndstooth and the Hum, Hook is a riotous rock number layered with anthemic bass hooks and unruly guitar chords, complete with a heated vocal ...