In Popular Culture
- Sung by the crowd in The Boxer (1997) before the hyped-up boxing match where both Catholics and Protestants are present.
- Danny Boy, rendered in jazz style, was the theme song for the long-running television show The Danny Thomas Show, also known as Make Room for Daddy, from 1953 to 1964.
- In the first series of Round the Twist, characters could hear unseen ghosts on clarinet, saxophone and violin perform part of the song in each episode. Eventually, a choral rendition by the entire cast in the series' climax brought forth the ghosts to save the show's lighthouse from being destroyed.
- In the 1988 film Gotham, J. B. White performed the song as the character "Jimbo".
- In the Season 3, Episode 11 "Named Local Hero" of Spin City, James sings this song for an audition.
- In Episode 5, Season 3 of the BBC drama Ashes to Ashes, the characters Ray Carling and Sharon Granger sing this song for a Police Talent Show.
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