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hi !!!the album of catherine merrigan "the water i...

2008-04-19T05:24:48.170-04:00

hi !!!
the album of catherine merrigan "the water is wide" is still avaiable ...
also check out catherine merrigan at www.myspace.com/catherinemerrigan

grettings, marcus

Thanks for these wonderful songs. They are perfect...

2008-03-14T16:03:30.799-04:00

Thanks for these wonderful songs. They are perfect for celebrating the wearin' of the green.

The pipes brought me back to Ireland. I too spent in Dingle and hoisted a few in a few local pubs. Great pictures as well.

Go raibh míle maith agat!

thank you. thank you. thank you. i've been having ...

2008-03-13T22:18:50.860-04:00

thank you. thank you. thank you. i've been having trouble w/ my internet connection, but i was finally able to get on long enough to download the track. wonderful...

Great Irish selection. Thanks!! Cheers!! I second ...

2008-03-13T20:05:07.831-04:00

Great Irish selection. Thanks!! Cheers!! I second the previous comment on Flogging Molly...great band

Thanks for all the comments. Cameo, I hope you've...

2008-03-11T19:20:12.749-04:00

Thanks for all the comments. Cameo, I hope you've checked back because here is the song you requested: Pogues - Sick Bed... (mp3)

Happy Paddy´s day Paul. I´ve lived in Eire for ove...

2008-03-11T18:45:05.508-04:00

Happy Paddy´s day Paul. I´ve lived in Eire for over 4 years so I know what you´re on about. Beautiful country, wonderful people and Guinness too... Cheers!

Ah, memories of the Skellig and Feargal's fierce p...

2008-03-11T14:01:45.207-04:00

Ah, memories of the Skellig and Feargal's fierce playing... Thanks!

if i ever get a digital version of Lanegan's Ball ...

2008-03-11T06:31:51.300-04:00

if i ever get a digital version of Lanegan's Ball by the Bards I know where to share it now. you exhibit an appreciation for the good stuff here ... thanks. great hearing this again

Boyhowdy mentions Irish Punk and I want to chime i...

2008-03-10T11:54:40.760-04:00

Boyhowdy mentions Irish Punk and I want to chime in also. The Dopkick Murphys ("Black Velvet Band", "Rocky Rad to Dublin", "Fields of Athenry") and Flogging Molly do great updated versions of some traditional pub songs. They are very powerful in their own way and show that great songs are great in any format.

My daughter just returned from Ireland were she heard a lot of great pub music; she will be seeing The Dropkicks on St Patricks Day in Boston to hear the other side. I'm jealous, The Dropkicks St Patrick Day concerts are legendary.

this post inspired me to pull "Rum, Sodomy, and th...

2008-03-10T08:44:20.980-04:00

this post inspired me to pull "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash." incredible album. unfortunately, the first track on my CD has a defect and won't play on any of 6 different players. is there anyone who would be kind enough to upload an mp3 of "The Sickbed of Cuchulaiin"? Thanks for any help. I'm dying to hear it...

I'm already drafting my own St. Patty's Day tribut...

2008-03-09T21:14:10.784-04:00

I'm already drafting my own St. Patty's Day tribute to the hardest-edge folk music genre I know: Celtic Punk! Happily, I'll not have to change much...but kudos for setting the bar so high.

Here's Earle's Galway Girl, from Transcendental Blues:

Steve Earle, The Galway Girl

Enjoy!

Greetings again...All I can say...is thank you so ...

2008-03-09T19:24:18.949-04:00

Greetings again...All I can say...is thank you so much for posting some of the prettiest Irish music to be heard.

It was a musical education I will not soon forget.
Props!

Thanks. I know I'm a bit early, but I wanted to h...

2008-03-09T16:26:55.764-04:00

Thanks. I know I'm a bit early, but I wanted to help everyone get in the mood. (Plus, a few American parishes are celebrating St. Patrick's day early this year because of the church calendar.)

I'll need to do a bit more research before an essential Irish albums post. Maybe next year...

I don't have that Steve Earle tune, but I would love to get a copy too. Maybe someone else has it?

Bit early for St Patrick's Day but some great tune...

2008-03-09T16:03:44.647-04:00

Bit early for St Patrick's Day but some great tunes here. Don't know the Metallica version of Whiskey In The Jar (not sure I want to!) but have been listening to the Thin Lizzy version recently with fresh ears and had forgotten the rawness and vitality they brought to the song.

If, by chance, you have a version of Steve Earle singing Galway Girl would you be kind enough to post as I can't find my copy.

Best wishes and thanks for your hard work on an always enjoyable blog.

what a post! thanks a-million. here's hoping you d...

2008-03-09T15:52:53.120-04:00

what a post! thanks a-million. here's hoping you do an "essential Irish albums" post before St. Patty's...