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321kieran.bsky.social
✨BOOM! Excited to share:
🚨The Top 100 #IrishSongs of 25-
▶️GO follow this list of GEMS!
ft @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social
@saolsongs.bsky.social
@cmatbaby.bsky.social
@maykay.bsky.social
@adriancrowley.bsky.social
@themonthapril.bsky.social
☘️In Unranked Order:
open.spotify.com/playlist/4ur... #Speirgorm
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December 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
beamjockey.bsky.social
The season is upon us. ☘️☘️☘️ I'm recalling a long, not to say epic, thread I once wrote on T w i t t e r regarding #IrishSongs. And my own true musical heritage. And That Time The Three Jesters Hit The Jackpot.

I'm thinking of reviving that thread on Bluesky. Soon.

0/n
March 17, 2026 at 7:19 AM
321kieran.bsky.social
🥁And Now... (drum roll!)🥰

🏆The #NovaGuestlist Top #IrishSongs of 2025!🏆

☘️Ft @aoibhamusic.bsky.social @florenceroad.bsky.social @themonthapril.bsky.social @cmatbaby.bsky.social
Listen here: open.spotify.com/playlist/4ur... @radionova100.bsky.social #Speirgorm
colourful list of songs
December 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
321kieran.bsky.social
✨BOOM! Excited to share:
🚨The Top 100 #IrishSongs of 2025!
▶️Go Follow this playlist of GEMS!
ft: @fontainesdc.com
@niallbreslin.bsky.social
@paddyhanna.bsky.social
@affectiontorent.bsky.social
@florenceroad.bsky.social
@brenberry.bsky.social+
☘️In no Order: open.spotify.com/playlist/4ur... #speirgorm
#NovaGuestlist
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December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
khrisfirebird.bsky.social
Très très bonne même (vraiment niveau sujet musical de niche je pense qu'on est en -64 avec un Warden)

#planxty #irishsongs #bagpipes #celtictrad #celticfolk #celticmusic #irishmusic
Three vinyls discs "Planxty thé well below thé Valley" , "songs and dance from brittany, Scotland and Ireland", "Irlande, songs and dances"
November 30, 2024 at 4:30 PM
beamjockey.bsky.social
Here's a thread from 2024, reflecting on my Synthetic Irish heritage.

Follow it, and you will encounter a spreadsheet I made to analyze
"Bing Crosby's More Or Less Irish Songs."

Did Bing sing recently-composed Synthetic #IrishSongs, or old ones?
The answer may surprise you.

☘️🧵

#BingCrosby
beamjockey.bsky.social Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey @beamjockey.bsky.social · Mar 17
I’m alone with the cats and no social plans. I might just listen to Bing Crosby records the rest of the day.

My Irish heritage is quite authentic. But in recent years, I have also begun to embrace my Synthetic Irish heritage.
☘️ ☘️ ☘️
My forebears truly loved those songs about imaginary Ireland.
🇮🇪🇺🇸
March 17, 2026 at 8:10 PM
beamjockey.bsky.social
Bing Crosby, mega-star of records, radio, & films, had some Irish ancestry. But despite making hundreds of recordings, he didn't record #IrishSongs until 1940.

And those were minor: "Did Your Mother Come from Ireland?" /"Where the River Shannon Flows."

22/n
March 17, 2026 at 8:25 AM
beamjockey.bsky.social
And also top o' the morning to @ingrid-rocket.bsky.social, who got me interested in investigating #IrishSongs. And her mom. Who, long ago, sang these songs to her, as all good Irish, Irish-descended, and pseudo-Irish mothers should.

☘️

34/n
March 17, 2026 at 8:56 AM
chrisjcarter.bsky.social
youtu.be/dlFU6G-Ti0w. Night At The Pub: This version is written for flute/voice and cello. The music in the YouTube video is performed by virtual instruments using Sibelius music software. I'll have a fingerstyle guitar version available soon. #irish #irishmusic #irishsongs #ireland #stpatricksday
Night At The Pub (Duet for Flute/Voice and Cello, Irish Music)
YouTube video by Chris J. Carter
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August 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
321kieran.bsky.social
✨BOOM! Who will YOU discover?:
🚨The #NovaGuestlist Top 100 #irishsongs of 2025!🚨
▶️Go Follow this playlist of GEMS!
@poorcreaturemusic.bsky.social
@roemusic.bsky.social
@dryingweather.bsky.social
@aoibhamusic.bsky.social
@annabsavage.com
☘️In Unranked Order: open.spotify.com/playlist/4ur... #Speirgorm
#NovaGuestlist
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December 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
beamjockey.bsky.social
As St Patrick's Day recedes (but it hasn't reached the International Date Line yet!) I'll mention another of the #IrishSongs.

Songwriters sometimes collide one ethnic stereotype against another to create humor.

From 1916's Hawai'i craze, here's
"Since Maggie Dooley Learned the Hooley-Hooley:"
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Since Maggie Dooley Learned The Hooley Hooley (Song)
YouTube video by The Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra - Topic
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March 18, 2026 at 5:31 AM
thefleadhwers.bsky.social
Join us for a few tunes & songs this Wednesday at 8:30 in Killoran's, #Salthill, #Galway.
All musicians welcome to join in the craic. 👍
The Fleadhwers and friends!
🎶🇨🇵🎶🇮🇪🎶🇺🇲🎶
#IrishMusic #IrishSongs
#GalwayCity #GalwayRaces
July 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
fallcelticfestival.bsky.social
Traditional #IrishSongs enchant our crowds at the #FallCelticFestival. 🪄💫 To understand how, listen to @rteone.rte.ie's archival clip of the late @glenhansard.bsky.social singing a gorgeous a cappella version of “The Rocky Road to Dublin”. 🗣️🎶📜
📹 Link to reel & description: ⬇️
🔗 tinyurl.com/4y4eru2e
August 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
beamjockey.bsky.social
As a college lad, learning sophistication, I began to prefer more "authentic" Irish music.

Only recently, particularly swapping tweets with @ingrid-rocket.bsky.social a few St Patrick's Days ago, have I taken more interest in corny #IrishSongs my parents loved.

3/n
March 17, 2026 at 7:28 AM
martynlylemusic.bsky.social
The Fantastic Róisín Chambers (sean nós singing) & Natalie Ní Chasaide on piano - ☘️

Fáinne Geal an Lae. ("The Dawning of the Day")

Written by Harpist Thomas Connellan in the 17th century.

Video credit @Féile NASC

#Irishmusic
#irishsingers
#irishsongs
#stpatricks
March 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
beamjockey.bsky.social
I would be remiss if I failed to mention another 1916 song, also capitalizing on the vogue for the exotic people of Hawai'i:

"O'Brien Is Tryin' to Learn to Talk Hawaiian" had words by Al Dubin, music by Rennie Cormack.

#IrishSongs
Cover of sheet music, with a drawing showing a perplexed Irishman taking a lesson from a beautiful Hawaiian woman. Two other women look on in amusement. They are sitting in a tropical scene with palm trees, a bay, and a smoldering volcano in the background.
March 18, 2026 at 6:16 AM
luckydogwi.bsky.social
Here's an Irish hymn written by a local WI legend Johnsmith. Yes it has been recorded now by many Irish bands; and he's a frequent visitor to Ireland. youtu.be/yoIRa8OuGo4?... Until I next see you safe home. #ireland #irishsongs #iloveireland
Safe Home by Johnsmith
YouTube video by David Schipper
youtu.be
April 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
beamjockey.bsky.social
So I wish a Happy St Patrick's Day to Guy, Red, and Wamp, and to Bing, Barry Fitzgerald, Leo McCarey, Chauncey Olcott, J R Shannon, MacNamara, McCarthy, Hennessey Tennessey, General Grant, and especially Uncle Yulius!

You're all a credit to Ould Ireland!

#IrishSongs

33/n
March 17, 2026 at 8:55 AM
beamjockey.bsky.social
I understand his motto, and Marty Burke was a helluva singer.

But it took me many years to grasp that this denies my true musical heritage.

Because my relatives, including those born upon the Auld Sod, unreservedly loved the #IrishSongs Bing Crosby sang, whether composed in Dublin or Detroit.

☘️
March 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
beamjockey.bsky.social
Today I learned of a biopic about the great Irish, though American, performer and composer Chauncey Olcott.

It's the 1947 musical MY WILD IRISH ROSE, starring Dennis Morgan & Arlene Dahl.

Justwatch says it's not streaming anywhere. Worldcat says various libraries hold a DVD. Hmm.

#IrishSongs
Photo of a man and a woman, both elegantly dressed, seated on a bench. Behind them is a giant version of the sheet music for the song "My Wild Irish Rose." They are actors Dennis Morgan and Andrea King, playing the parts of Chauncey Olcott and Lillian Russell, who were 19th century stage performers. Still from the movie with the same name as the song.
March 18, 2026 at 5:08 AM
beamjockey.bsky.social
So I cannot think of "Christmas in Killarney"* without hearing my mother sing it.

And yeah, when "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral"** says Me Mither Sang A Song To Me, well, MY mother really did sing that song to ME.

☘️

#IrishSongs

*Composed, I think, in New York in 1950.
**Composed in Detroit in 1913.
March 17, 2026 at 7:48 PM
yetkin.bsky.social
It is amazing that, Jimmy & Scots Folk Band
Releases new album on March 7, 2025. Guess what EP dedicated to me, and Beers and Reels song written for me to bring luck, happines & health, Sláinte! Share for reach! You can presave the album! #StPatricksDay #Irishsongs

open.spotify.com/prerelease/4...
Upcoming EP · Beers and Reels
Jimmy & Scots Folk Band · Releases on Mar 7, 2025 · 5 songs
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February 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
beamjockey.bsky.social
So, as I said, I don't know how they got connected, but when it came time for #BingCrosby to record #MacNamarasBand, who got the call to be Bing's backup singers?

You guessed it. The lyricists for the "American Version."

The Jesters.

☘️☘️☘️

#IrishSongs

30/n
Record label from "McNamara's Band", Decca record 23495 A, with Bing Crosby and the Jesters with Bob Haggart and His Orchestra.
March 17, 2026 at 8:50 AM
celtfather.bsky.social
May Will Bloom has a new single available on Friday on all the streaming, video and download sites. Use our version of “I’ll Tell My Ma” with your videos

#maywillbloom
#illtellma
#irishsongs
#irishkidssong
#videomagic
March 25, 2026 at 10:16 PM
fatfreddiescat.bsky.social
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89YmkQb/
Guiseppe Conlon Tribute #ira #irishhistory #irishmusic #ireland🇮🇪 #irishsongs
TikTok video by Freedom Flames
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February 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM