List of songs about Clare

This is a list of songs AbOUT County Clare, Ireland.

• "Adventures of an Amorous Tailor" - written by Miko Guthrie.
• "The Ambush at Rineen" - about an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 22 September 1920, during the Irish War of Independence.
• "Are Ye Right There Michael?" - about the West Clare Railway, written by Percy French.
• "The Banner Dream" - written by Pat Cooksey
• "The Banner Roar" - composed after Clare won the Munster hurling championship in 1995
• "The Cattle Drive of Doolin"
• "Clahane Doimhin"
• "Crowe’s Bridge"
• "Ennistymon, The Town of the Cascades"
• "Ennistymon in the County Clare" - written by Fr. Cawley, curate in the parish at the time and a local man, Michael Clair
• "The Famous Faha Sports" - song about a local sports day, written by Miko Guthrie with extra verses added by Breandán Higgins of Lahinch. Recorded by Shaskeen and Sean O'Sé with The Turloughmore Céilí Band
• "The Five Pilots Of Kilbaha" - about the village of Kilbaha.
• "Farewell To Lissycasey" - about the village of Lissycasey.
• "From Clare to Here" - written by Ralph McTell and recorded by The Fureys
• "The Green Hills of Clare" - a traditional song
• "My Heart's Tonight In Ireland (In The Sweet County Clare)" - written and recorded by Andy Irvine
• "The Hillside of Beenvane" - written by Miko Guthrie.
• "The Iron Men from Quilty" - describing the rescue by Quilty fishermen of the crew of a stricken French ship.
• "Lisdoonvarna" - written and recorded by Christy Moore
• "Mac and Shanahan" - a West Clare song recorded by Tim Dennehy.
• "The Music And County Clare" - by P. J. Murrihy
• "My Lovely Rose of Clare" - recorded by Paddy Reilly and Foster and Allen, among others.
• "The Scarriff Martyrs" - about four young men shot by Auxiliaries on Killaloe Bridge on 16 November 1920.
• "Seán a Flop’s Dance"
• "Tadhg O hEaghráin" - written by Tadhg O hEaghráin himself in the 1950s.
• "The Trial of P. Arkins" - attributed to Mrs Nora Considine (née Murphy), Kilshanny (1903).
• "We Were There" - written by Pat Cooksey

See also

• Music of Ireland