There are over 100 songs and ballads included in this book with samples in the following catagories below.
Each song and ballad has a brief ‘Introduction’ giving details about the author or background to the song.
18th and 19th CENTURY SONGS AND BALLADS
Follow me up to Carlow
Brennan on the Moor
The Rising of the Moon
Kelly, the boy from Killane
A Nation Once Again
The Wearin’ of the Green
Early 20th Century
Dublin City 1913
Me old Howth Gun
Where oh where is our James Connolly
Down by the Glenside
GREAT WAR SONGS AND BALLADS
It’s a long way to Tipperary
Pack up your Troubles
Danny Boy
Christmas 1915 (A Silent Night)
Over There
Wild Mountain Thyme
EASTER RISING SONGS AND BALLADS
The Ballad of James Connolly
The Dying Rebel
A Row in the Town
The Foggy Dew
The Lonely Banna Strand
Who fears to speak of Easter Week
WAR OF INDEPENDENCE SONGS AND BALLADS
Ashtown Road
The Merry Ploughboy
Tipperary so far Away
The Ballad of Kevin Barry
The Boys of Kilmichael
The Man from Mullingar
CIVIL WAR SONGS AND BALLAS
The Broad Black Brimmer
Take it down from the Mast
The Ballad of Michael Collins
Soldier’s of ‘22’
The Galtee Mountain Boy The Woods of Drumboe