Green Grow the Rushes, O (alternatively “Ho” or “Oh”) (also known as “The Twelve Prophets”, “The Carol of the Twelve Numbers”, “The Teaching Song”, “The Dilly Song”, or “The TenContinue readingGreen Grow the Rushes, O

“Forty Shades of Green” is a song about Ireland, written and first performed by American country singer Johnny Cash. Cash wrote the song in 1959 while on a trip toContinue readingForty Shades of Green

Darling Say You Love Me When I’m Old was recorded by Foster And Allen and by Catriona.  Also recorded by Sean Loughrey, John Hogan, Judy Brazil and Catriona O’Donovan

“Danny Boy” is a ballad, written by English songwriter Frederic Weatherly in 1913, and set to the traditional Irish melody of “Londonderry Air”. In 1910, in Bath, Somerset, the EnglishContinue readingDanny Boy

The ballad’s singer is told that the “pikes must be together at the rising of the moon” to engage in rebellion. The pikemen gather, but are defeated. Despite the loss,Continue readingRising of the Moon

William “Willy” Brennan (also known as John) was an Irish Highwayman caught and hanged in Cork in either 1804 or perhaps 1809 or 1812, whose story was immortalised in theContinue readingBrennan on the Moor