List of Irish Ballads - Non-political - Places, Emigration and Travel

Places, Emigration and Travel

• "Annaghdown" - Recorded by Sinead Stone & Gerard Farrelly. Composed by Dick Farrelly.
• "Are Ye Right There Michael" - comic 19th century song about a slow train on a West Clare Railway that left the composer late for a concert (Composer: Percy French)
• "Ballymilligan" - by Percy French
• "The Auld Triangle" - by writer Brendan Behan, about his time in Mountjoy Prison
• "The Bard Of Armagh" - a 19th-century Dublin broadside ballad, traditionally associated with Bishop Donnelly (1649–1716); recorded by John McCormack, Margaret Barry and the Clancy Brothers.
• "Back Home in Derry - by Bobby Sands
• "Beautiful Bundoran" - performed by Sinéad O'Connor in the film The Butcher Boy
• "Biddy Mulligan the Pride of the Coombe" - about a Dublin woman, see also 'Daffodil Mulligan' about her daughter.
• "Bridget Donoghue" - written in the 19th century by Johnny Patterson
• "The Boys from the County Armagh" - written by Thomas P. Keenan, made famous by Bridie Gallagher
• "Carraigfergus" - a translation of an Irish-language song from Munster, referring to Carrickfergus
• "Cliffs of Dooneen - popularized by Planxty
• "Come Back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff" - by Percy French
• "Cottage by the Lee" - words and music by Irish songwriter, Dick Farrelly.
• "The Creggan White Hare" - song set in Creggan, County Tyrone, from a poem by John Graham, Roud Index no. 9633.
• "The Cruise of the Calabar" - by Arthur Griffith
• "The Curragh of Kildare" - old song mentioning the Curragh, collected by Petrie, Joyce and others, popularized by The Johnstons and Christy Moore.
• "Days in Old Donegal"
• "Down by the Liffeyside (Fish and Chips)" - written by Peadar Kearney
• "Dublin City in 1962" - written by musician and footballer Dermot O'Brien
• "Dublin in my Tears" - written by Dubliner Brendan Phelan and recorded by the Dublin City Ramblers
• "Dublin in the Rare Old Times" - 1980s song about Dublin before the 1960s (composer: Pete St. John)
• "The Emigrant's Letter" - written by Percy French
• "Erin Go Bragh" - about an emigrant Irishman's experience in Scotland, recorded by Dick Gaughan
• "Fairytale of New York" - about emigration (1988 song by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl. Composer: Shane MacGowan)
• Fare Thee Well, Enniskillen (The Enniskillen Dragoons) - about the regiment from Enniskillen
• "From Clare to Here" - about emigration, by Ralph McTell
• "The Flight of Earls" - song by Liam Reilly, formerly of Bagatelle, about the Irish diaspora leaving in the 1950s and 1960s to search for work; recorded by the Wolfe Tones and by the Dublin City Ramblers.
• "Galway Bay" - the name of two songs, one written by Frank Fahey of Kinvara, and one written by Dr. Arthur Colahan and popularised by Bing Crosby.
• "Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair" - a song of emigration written by Francie Mooney
• "Goodbye Johnny Dear" - song made popular by Bridie Gallagher in 1950s
• "Goodbye Mick (Leaving Tipperary)" - written by P.J. Murrihy and recorded by Ryan's Fancy
• "Gortnamona" - by Percy French (his favourite song)
• "Green Fields of Gaoth Dobhair" - recorded by Clannad in 1982
• "Green Glens of Antrim"
• "Heart of Donegal"
• "Heaven Around Galway Bay"
• "The Homes of Donegal" - written by local teacher Seán McBride (1902–1996) in 1955, first recorded by Charlie Magee (his brother-in-law) and later by Paul Brady
• "Innishmeela" - by Percy French
• "Ireland's Call" - official anthem for the Ireland national rugby union team, written by Phil Coulter
• "Isle of Innisfree" - composed by Irish songwriter Dick Farrelly, the main theme of the film The Quiet Man.
• "Limerick Is Beautiful"
• "Lovely Inishowen"
• "Lovely Derry on the Banks of the Foyle"
• "Lovely Green Gweedore"
• "Miles of Eyes - written by songwriter Jimmy MacCarthy and released as a single in 1981
• "Moonlight in Mayo"
• "Mountains of Pomeroy" - written by George Sigerson.
• "Mursheen Durkin" - a traditional song collected by Colm Ó Lochlainn
• "Slievenamon" - one of the best-known Tipperary songs, written by Charles Kickham
• "The Mountains of Mourne" - about Irish emigrants in London (Composer: Percy French)
• "My Donegal Shore" - by Daniel O'Donnell, believed to have kick started his career.
• "My Dublin Bay" - composed by May O'Higgins.
• "Thank God for America" - by the Wolfe Tones, a song about Irish emigration to North America.
• "The Banks of My Own Lovely Lee" - the Cork anthem
• "The Road to Ballybay" - by Percy French
• "Road to Creeslough"
• "The Road to Mallinmore"
• "The Rocky Road to Dublin" - a rollicking song written by Galwayman D. K. Gavan for music-hall artist Harry Clifton around 1863
• "The Shamrock Shore" - several songs by this name, Roud Index no. 1419.
• "The Shores of Amerikay" - about leaving Ireland for America
• "The Shores of Botany Bay" - about leaving Ireland for Australia
• "Song for Ireland" - anthemic song by Englishman Phil MacCullough
• "Spancill Hill" - an emigrant's dream of returning home to his native County Clare
• "The Spanish Lady" - a Dublin song, but can also refer to Galway and Belfast
• "The Stone Outside Dan Murphy's Door" - written in the 19th century by Johnny Patterson
• "The Tumble Down Shack in Athlone" - one of several "Irish" songs written by Monte Carlo and recorded by John McCormack
• "Lock Hospital" (also known as "St. James Hospital" and "The Unfortunate Rake"), Irish version of a song also found in Britain and the USA (where it developed into "The Dying Cowboy" and "St. James Infirmary)"
• "Where the River Shannon Flows"
• "The Zoological Gardens" - by Dominic Behan
• "The Banks of Sweet Viledee" - an Irish version of The Daemon Lover (Child #243), sung by Frank Browne of Ballingare, County Roscommon