Do They Mean Us?

La Feile Phadraig!

Last month, with a glittering €25 Golden Discs voucher at the end of the rainbow, I asked you to post your favourite song about Ireland by a non-Irish artist.

You answered in your tens

But there could only be one winner…

Galway To Graceland by Richard Thompson

Posted by ZeligIsJaded

Thanks all.

Without further ado, here is our Shamrockin’ St Patrick’s Day readers playlist. Enjoy!

Come Out Ye Black & Tans – Alan Partridge (Posted by Ghost of Yep)

The Galway Girl – Steve Earle (Cool_Hand_Lucan)

40 Shades Of Green – Johnny Cash (Paulus)

Give Ireland Back To The Irish – Paul McCartney & Wings (Scottser)

Belfast – Boney M (Bertie Theodore Alphege Blenkinsop)

Belfast – Orbital (Ben Madigan)

Mna Na hEireann – Kate Bush (Matt Pilates)

Bobby Sands – Meic Stevens (Stan)

Song For Ireland – Luke Kelly (written by Phil and June Colclough) (Posted by Joe cool)

Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier) – Randy Newman (Gringo)

Clonakilty As Charged / On The Road To Tralee – Julian Cope (Otis Blue)

Danny Boy – The Leprechaun Brothers (Vanessa)

Cheese – The Irish Rodents (Vanessa)

The Luck Of The Irish – John Lennon (Jeremy Kyle)

Abigail, Belle Of Kilronan – The Magnetic Fields (Shosho)

The Magdalene Laundries – Joni Mitchell (Matt Pilates)

How To Disappear Completely – Radiohead (Smith)

Belfast To Boston – James Taylor (Shane B)

Les Lacs Du Connemara – Michel Sardou (f_lawless)

Kocham Cie Jak Irlandie (I Love You Like Ireland) – Kobranocka (Ben Madigan)

Danny Boy – Nana Mouskouri (f_lawless)

Dublin – Prefab Sprout (dylad)

The Fields Of Athenry – The Century Steel Band (Spaghetti Hoop)

Arthur McBride – Bob Dylan (CL)

Panic – The Smiths (Matt Pilates)

Sul-E-Stomp – Astralasia (Eamonn)

Iridium – The Sidh (Kolmo)

Note: YouTube have taken down Alan Partridge singing ‘Come Out You Black And Tans’ and there’s no video link on YouTube for Bob Dylan singing Arthur McBride.

Previously: Pot O’Golden Discs

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