This page is an index of the famous Irish music lyrics available on From-Ireland.net, an introduction to Irish music, and also includes links to biographies of some of Ireland’s most celebrated songwriters.
Connaught Music
- The Claddagh Ring (Galway)
- Galway Bay (Galway)
- The Galway Races (Galway)
- Nice Little Jane From Ballinasloe (Galway)
- The Oul’ Plaid Shawl (Galway)
- The Maid of Ballyhaunis (Mayo)
- Mailí San Seóirse by Donal O’Sullivan (Sligo)
- Molly St. George (Sligo)
Leinster Music
- The Airy Bachelor (Carlow)
- The Carlow Maid (Carlow)
- Follow Me Up to Carlow by Patrick Joseph McCall (Carlow)
- Down by the Liffeyside or Anna Liffey (Dublin)
- Erin Go Bragh (A Row in the Town) (Dublin)
- The Ferryman (Dublin)
- The Humours of Donnybrook Fair (Dublin)
- Molly Malone (Dublin)
- Petticoat Lane (Dublin)
- Rocky Road to Dublin (Dublin)
- Twenty Men From Dublin Town by Arthur Griffith (Dublin)
- Donnelly and Cooper (Kildare)
- The Kilkenny Boy (Kilkenny)
- Ninety Eight by Dr. John Thomas Campion (Kilkenny)
- The Sack of Baltimore by Thomas Osborne Davis (Kilkenny)
- Sweet Kilkenny Town (Kilkenny)
- The Turfman From Ardee (Louth)
- Darling Old Stick (Meath)
- The Fox Hunt (Offaly)
- Pat of Mullingar (Westmeath)
- Boolavogue (Wexford)
- The Croppy Boy (Wexford)
- The Fishermen of Wexford (Wexford)
- The Star of Glengary (Wexford)
- Down by the Tanyard Side (Wickow)
- The Galtee Mountain Boy by Christy Moore (Wickow)
- Michael Dwyer (Version I) (Wickow)
- Michael Dwyer (Version II) (Wickow)
Munster Music
- The Vales of Traderee (Clare)
- The Trip to Gougane (Cork)
- Mary of Tralee (Kerry)
- The Rose of Tralee by William Mulchinock (Kerry)
- Oh, Limerick is Beautiful (Limerick)
- The Limerick Rake (Limerick)
- A Cup of Tea (Tipperary)
- Lanigan’s Ball (Tipperary)
- My Good Looking Man (Tipperary)
- Tim Finigan’s Wake (Tipperary)
- The Tipperary Christening (Tipperary)
- The Widow McCarthy by Samuel Lover (Tipperary)
- The Old Man of Kilcockan (Waterford)
- Seanduine Chill Chocáin (Waterford)
Ulster Music
- Carrickfergus (Antrim)
- Henry Joy McCracken (Version I) (Antrim)
- Henry Joy McCracken (Version II) (Antrim)
- I’ll Tell Me Ma or Belle of Belfast City (Antrim)
- The Bard of Armagh (Armagh)
- The Boys From the County Armagh (Armagh)
- The Cliffs of Dooneen (Cavan)
- Here’s a Health to Sweet Erin by D. Ryan (Cavan)
- Lamentation of Hugh Reynolds (Cavan)
- Dear Old Donegal by Steve Graham (Donegal)
- Inishowen by Charles Gavan Duffy (Donegal)
- On the Bromielaw Quay (Donegal)
- The Star of Donegal (Donegal)
- The Star of the County Down (Down)
- The Enniskillen Dragoons (Version I) by Tommy Makem (Fermanagh)
- The Enniskillen Dragoons (Version II) by Tommy Makem (Fermanagh)
- The Enniskillen Dragoons (Version III) by Tommy Makem (Fermanagh)
- Danny Boy or Londonderry Air (Derry (Londonderry))
- Kitty of Coleraine (Derry (Londonderry))
- The Sweet Girls of Derry by J. E. Carpenter (Derry (Londonderry))
- Paddy at the Theatre (Monaghan)
- Castle of Dromore or October Winds (Version I) (Tyrone)
- Castle of Dromore or October Winds (Version II) (Tyrone)
Emigration
- Bonny Irish Boy
- The Irish Emigrant by the Countess of Giford
- On the Bromielaw Quay
- Rocky Road to Dublin
- The Star of Donegal
- Teddy O’Neil (O’Neill)
Humour
- A Cup O’ Tay (A Cup Of Tea)
- The Fox Hunt
- Lanigan’s Ball
- My Good Looking Man
- Nell Flaherty’s Drake
- Pat of Mullingar
- Pat Pat and the Pig
- Tim Finigan’s Wake
- The Tipperary Christening
- The Widow McCarthy by Samuel Lover
Ireland
Love
- All Around My Hat
- Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
- The Blackbird and the Thrush
- The Claddagh Ring
- The Dawning of the Day
- The Demon Lover
- Down by the Liffeyside or Anna Liffey
- Henry Joy McCracken (Version I)
- Henry Joy McCracken (Version II)
- I Know My Love
- The Irish Sailor
- Kerry Dance
- Kitty Tyrell by Samuel Lover
- The Love Sick Maid
- The Low Backed Car
- The Man of the North Countrie
- Mailí San Seóirse by Donal O’Sullivan
- Mary Le More
- Molly St. George
- Moorlough Mary
- Nice Little Jane From Ballinasloe
- Norah Magee
- On Raglan Road or the Dawning of the Day
- The Oul’ Plaid Shawl
- She Moved Through the Fair
- The Spinning Wheel by John Francis Waller
- The Star of Glengary
- The Star of the County Down
- The Sweet Girls of Derry by J. E. Carpenter
- Sweet Kilkenny Town
Shillelagh
St. Patrick
- Beautiful Shamrock of Old Ireland
- The Dear Little Shamrock or the Green Little Shamrock of Ireland
- The Shamrock and Laurel
- Shamrock on Patrick’s Day
- The Shamrock Shore
- St. Patrick’s Day by J. F. Walker
- St. Patrick’s Martyrs
- St. Patrick Was a Gentleman
Thomas Osborne Davis
- The Banks of the Lee
- Clare’s Dragoons
- Cymris Rule and Cymris Rulers
- The Dungannon Convention, 1782
- The Geraldines
- Lament for the Death of Eoghan Ruadh O’Neill
- My Grave
- My Land
- A Nation Once Again
- Nationality
- Native Swords
- Oh! the Marriage
- Orange and Green Will Carry the Day
- The Penal Days
- A Rally for Ireland, May 1689
- The Rivers
- The Sack of Baltimore
- Song of the Volunteer’s of 1782
- Tone’s Grave