Irish Affairs

CBHagman

(17,532 posts) Mon Dec 12, 2011, 04:39 PM Dec 2011

Seasonal Music with an Irish Flavor.

Whatever holidays you celebrate (or don't) during the months of December and January, post a favorite piece of seasonal music performed by someone identifiably Irish.

Here's a piece that never fails to cheer me up: "The Boar's Head Carol" from The Bells of Dublin by the Chieftains.

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Seasonal Music with an Irish Flavor. (Original Post) CBHagman Dec 2011 OP

Good King Wenceslas by The Irish Rovers CaliforniaHiker Dec 2011 #1

Wonderful. CBHagman Dec 2011 #2

I Concur leftwingbuffalowing Dec 2013 #3

welcome to DU gopiscrap Dec 2013 #4

"The Wexford Carol." CBHagman Dec 2013 #5

CaliforniaHiker

(63 posts)

1. Good King Wenceslas by The Irish Rovers

Reply to CBHagman (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 06:57 PM

Dec 2011

Looks like they had fun making this video

CBHagman

(17,532 posts)

2. Wonderful.

Reply to CaliforniaHiker (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 06:54 PM

Dec 2011

I've always liked that carol, and the group approached it here with a very definite spirit of fun.

Thanks for putting that up!

leftwingbuffalowing

(4 posts)

3. I Concur

Reply to CBHagman (Original post)

Sun Dec 8, 2013, 04:08 PM

Dec 2013

Bells of Dublin is easily my favorite Christmas album, I was about to recommend it when I just saw the thread title.

gopiscrap

(24,778 posts)

4. welcome to DU

Reply to leftwingbuffalowing (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 11:15 AM

Dec 2013

CBHagman

(17,532 posts)

5. "The Wexford Carol."

Reply to CBHagman (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 11:14 AM

Dec 2013

Any number of people have sung and played it, and it appears on The Bells of Dublin, too. But here's an arrangement I hadn't heard:

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