Here we have a little compilation of songs from various artists that tell tales of the Irish immigration to the great Second Chance, the Free world of America. ‘Songs of Irish Immigration’ was kindly uploaded here by ‘Music of Ireland‘ YouTube Channel, to whom we are eternally grateful, and contains 31 great songs from various artists including paddy Reilly, The Dubliners, Johnny McEvoy, Davey Arthur and The Fureys amongst many more. Hope you Enjoy!
Songs of Irish Immigration
Songs;
1. The Fields Of Athenry – Paddy Reilly
2. Immigrant Eyes – Granite Folk Group
3. Spancil Hill – The Dubliners Feat. Jim McCann
4. When The Boys Come Rolling Home – The Dubliners Feat. Sean Cannon
5. Flight Of The Earls – Paddy Reilly
6. Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore – The Skerry Ramblers
7. Mountains Of Mourne – Barnbrack
8. Paddy On The Railway – The Dubliners Feat. Luke Kelly
9. Ramblin’ Irishman – Paddy’s Dream
10. Shores Of Amerikay – Sean O’Se
11. Slieve Gallion Braes – Anne & Francie Brolly
12. Cliffs Of Dooneen – Sean Dynes
13. My Donegal Shore – Bernard Henry
14. Muirsheen Durkin – Johnny McEvoy
15. From Clare To Here – Brier Folk Group
16. Botany Bay – Johnny McEvoy
17. Skibbereen – The Dubliners Feat. Ronnie Drew
18. The Green Island – Paddy Reilly
19. Farewell To Carlingford – The Dubliners feat. Luke Kelly
20. Galway Bay – Brier Folk Group
21. A Mother’s Love’s A Blessing – Bernard Henry
22. Come By The Hills – Sean Dynes
23. Goodbye Johnny Dear – F. Johnston
24. Carrickfergus – The Dubliners Feat. Jim McCann
25. I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen – Hugo Duncan
26. Come Back Paddy Reilly To Ballyjamesduff – Sam Hughes
27. Isle Of Innisfree – Bernard Henry
28. McAlpine’s Fusiliers – The Dubliners Feat. Ronnie Drew
29. The Holy Ground – The Dubliners feat. Luke Kelly
30. Wild Colonial Boy – Paddy’s Dream
31. Steal Away – The Fureys & Davey Arthur
The Irish Immigration
As you may well know, the Irish have well and truly populated the world. Theres not many places left on the planet that you can go to and not meet an Irish person. But One great haven of the Irish above all is probably America. That was due to the great immigration of the 19th century from a time that is often commonly misunderstood as ‘The Potato Famine’.
In the Mid Nineteenth century, Ireland was a plantation Island that grew Corn, Wheat Barley and many other crops as well as potatoes. However, the market demand for most of these crops was deemed too high for the land owners to waste on their labour force. Potatoes were cheaper. So the Irish were left to eat Potatoes yet everything else was exported. However, in 1846, a blight destroyed the Islands Potato crop. Now this shouldn’t have caused a major problem. Just eat the crops you say? But, unfortunately, the British government and merchants were having none of that. Profit was more important. So they had crops being exported around the world while the people of Ireland starved to death.
This led to a significant proportion of the Island’s population emigrating across the broad Atlantic foam to hope in the Americas. Today there are over 70 million Irish descendants around the world. with them, they have carried the music and culture which we are happy to hear all over the world. This compilation features just a small handful of these immigration songs.
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