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Keep checking back with us each week for "Proud to be Irish" radio show playlists & "Pick of the Week"!
| Playlist of songs on "Proud to be Irish" for Sunday, November 2nd |
| Artist | Song | CD Title |
| Celtic Woman | "Granuaile's Dance" | "A New Journey" |
| Irish Rovers | "Shores of Botany Bay" | "Come Fill up Your Glasses" |
| Deirdre Reilly | "Lady of Knock" | "A Toast to the Irish Colleens" |
| The Wolfe Tones | "The Helicopter Song" | "25th Anniversary" |
| The Irish Tenors | "Danny Boy" | "The Irish Tenors" |
| Mary McGonigle | "When New York Was Irish" | "When the Roses Bloom Again" |
| Dermot O'Brien | "Ireland's 32/Irish Washerwoman" | "Let's Have a Party!" |
| Kevin McKrell | "Bound For Boston" | "Bound For Boston" |
| Celtic Thunder | "Come by the Hills" | "Celtic Thunder" |
| The Chieftains & Elvis Costello & Anuna | "The Long Journey Home (Anthem)" | "The Wide World Over: A 40-Year Celebration" |
| Phil Coulter | "Coultergeist" | "Highland Cathedral" |
| Paddy Reilly | "Fields of Athenry" | "The Gold & Silver Days" |
| Irish Rovers | "New York Girls" | "40 Years A-Rovin'" |
| Donnybrook Fair | "Ghost of the Molly Maguires" | "Tunnel Tigers" |
| Seven Nations | "Crooked Jack" | "Big Dog" |
| Eamonn McGirr & the go-Lucky Four | "Up Went Nelson" | "Irish Capers" |
| Johnny McEvoy | "Rich Man's Garden" | "Ireland's Original" |
| The Chieftains & Van Morrison | "Shenendoah" | "The Wide World Over: A 40-Year Celebration" |
| Celtic Thunder | "Ireland's Call" | "Celtic Thunder" |
| North Sea Gas | "Liberty" | "Keltic Heritage" |
| Isla Grant | "God Please Forgive me" | "Mother" |
| Andy Cooney & Derek Warfield | "Take me Home to Mayo" | "Take me Home to Mayo" |
| St. Thomas Episcopal School Pipe Band | "The Bells of Dunblane" | "The Way Back" |
| The Chieftains & Ricky Scaggs | "Cotton-Eyed Joe" | "Another Country" |
| The Saw Doctors | "Joyce Country Ceili Band" | "Songs From Sun Street" |
| Andy Cooney | "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" | "The Galway Shawl" |
| The Wolfe Tones | "Rock on Rockall" | "25th Anniversary" |
| Hair of the Dog | "Mairi's Wedding" | "Donegal" |
| Celtic Thunder | "Heartland" | "Celtic Thunder" |
| Celtic Woman | "Orinoco Flow" | "Celtic Woman" |
| Dermot O'Brien | "Beer Barrel Polka/Roll Out the Barrel/Havanagila/Irish Molly-O" | "Let's Have a Party!" |
| Isla Grant | "Mother's Chair" | "Mother" |
| Schooner Fare | "Rattlin' Bog" | "Alive" |
| Playlist of songs on "Proud to be Irish" for Sunday, September 28th |
| Artist | Song | CD Title |
| Eamonn Dillon | "Farewell to Erin'" | "Storm the Kettle" |
| Schooner Fare | "The Rattin' Bog" | "Alive" |
| Anne Barrett & Shamrock | "The Boy From Ballymore" | "Shamrock the Album" |
| Eamonn McGirr | "Hearts on Fire" | "Different Yet the Same" |
| The New Barleycorn | "Paddy & the Barrel" | "At Flannery's" |
| The Cottars | "I Know Who is Sick" | "Made in Cape Breton" |
| The Elders | "Men of Erin" | "Alive & Live in Ireland" |
| Joe Giltrap | "The Soldier's Tree" | "The Soldier's Tree" |
| Isla Grant | "God Please Forgive me" | "Mother" |
| Stockton's Wing | "Skidoo" | "The Stockton's Wing Collection" |
| Dougie MacLean | "Caledonia" | "Celtic Tides: A Musical Odyssey" |
| Kevin Evans & Brian Doherty | "Wild Mountain Thyme" | "Galway to Graceland" |
| Val Doonican | "Paddy McGinty's Goat" | "The Very Best of Val Doonican" |
| Eamonn McGirr | "The Town I Loved so Well" | "Different Yet the Same" |
| Celtic Cross | "Those Were the Days" | "Shores of America" |
| U2 | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | "The Joshua Tree" |
| Celtic Thunder | "Come by the Hills" | "Celtic Thunder" |
| Ronan Hardiman | "Lord of the Dance" | "Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance" |
| Moira Kerr | "Loch Lomond" | "Celtic Soul" |
| Gaelic Storm | "Kiss me I'm Irish" | "Bring Yer Wellies" |
| The Irish Rovers | "The Unicorn" | "Celtic Collection: The Next Thirty Years" |
| The Irish Rovers | "Wasn't That a Party" | "Celtic Collection: The Next Thirty Years" |
| Joe Cuddy | "Medley of Irish Roses'" | "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" |
| Deirdre Reilly | "Lady of Knock" | "A Toast to the Irish Colleens" |
| Daniel O'Donnell | "My Donegal Shore" | "Irish Collection" |
| Isla Grant | "Mother's Chair" | "Mother" |
| The Chieftains & Elvis Costello & Anuna | "The Long Journey Home (Anthem)" | "The Wide World Over: A 40-Year Celebration" |
| Brendan Woods | "Leavin' London/House of Lords/Cat o' Nine Tails" | "Cashman's Diary: The Story of John Boyle O'Reilly" |
| Frank Jaklitsch | "Frankie & Johnnie" | "Seize the Day" |
| Barleycorn | "Dressed in Green & Gold" | "Green & Gold" |
| Shirae | "River" | "Tiger's Island" |
| Barleycorn | "We the People" | "Green & Gold" |
| Hair of the Dog | "Donegal" | "Donegal" |
| Paddy Reilly | "The Crack Was Ninety" | "The Essential Irish Folk Collection Volume 1" |
| Teresa Duffy | "The Boys of Wexford" | "Celtic Women" |
| The Wolfe Tones | "Come Out ye Black & Tans" | "25th Anniversary" |
| Shirae | "Dancer in the Dance" | "Tiger's Island" |
| Playlist of songs on "Proud to be Irish" for Sunday, October 5th |
| Artist | Song | CD Title |
| The Biblecode Sundays | "Plunkster" | "Ghosts of Our Past" |
| The New Barleycorn | "The Boys of Killybegs" | "At Flannery's" |
| Isla Grant | "We'll Meet Again my Friends" | "A Dream Come True" |
| The Whole Shabang | "Michael" | "Cuttin' Loose!" |
| Hair of the Dog | "MTA" | "Release the Hounds" |
| James Galway | "Theme From 'The Thorn Birds'" | "Greatest Hits" |
| The Irish Rovers | "The Unicorn" | "The Irish Rovers' Gems" |
| Celtic Thunder | "Mull of Kintyre" | "Act Two" |
| Celtic Woman | "Isle of Inisfree" | "Celtic Woman" |
| The Wolfe Tones | "Sean South of Garryowen" | "Live Alive-oh!" |
| Joe Giltrap | "Clonbrogan" | "The Mountains of Mourne" |
| Celtic Thunder | "Christmas 1915" | "Act Two" |
| Isla Grant | "Mother's Chair" | "Mother" |
| North Sea Gas | "John McLean March" | "Spirit of Scotland" |
| Paddy Reilly | "Fields of Athenry" | "The Gold & Silver Days" |
| The Noel Henry Irish Showband | "West Country Lady" | "Our Forever Friend" |
| Dermot O'Brien | "Ireland's 32/Irish Washerwoman" | "Let's Have a Party!" |
| Eamonn McGirr | "Whistling Gypsy" | "Different Yet the Same" |
| Eamonn McGirr | "The Town I Loved so Well" | "Different Yet the Same" |
| Cathie Ryan | "Slan Abhaile" | "Cathie Ryan" |
| The Fureys | "May we All Someday Meet Again" | "May we All Someday Meet Again" |
| The Bothy Band | "The Kesh Jig/Give us aDrink of Water/The Flower of the Flock/Famous Ballymote" | "1975: The First Album" |
| Danny Doyle | "Kelly, the Boy From Killane" | "Rebels! The Gold Sun of Freedom" |
| Cahal Dunne | "Scottish Medley" | "Shamrocks & Heather" |
| The Biblecode Sundays | "Better Man Than me" | "Ghosts of Our Past" |
| Emmet Spiceland | "Mary From Dungloe" | "The Golden Collection of Irish Music" |
| Dermot O'Brien | "There Has to be an End" | "Let's Have a Party!" |
| Schooner Fare | "Freeborn Man" | "For the Times" |
| North Sea Gas | "Roses o' Prince Charlie" | "Dark Island" |
| Celtic Thunder | "Ireland's Call" | "Celtic Thunder" |
| Deirdre Reilly | "Lady of Knock" | "A Toast to the Irish Colleens" |
| Tommy Makem | "Winds of Morning" | "Live at the Irish Pavilion" |
| Eamonn McGirr | "The Bravest" | "The Bravest" |
| Playlist of songs on "Proud to be Irish" for Sunday, October 12th |
| Artist | Song | CD Title |
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| The Mahones | "Mahones Medley" | "Draggin' the Days" |
| Blackthorn | "Sons of Molly" | "Here we go Again" |
| Mary O'Dowd | "Jackets Green" | "Portrait of Mary O'Dowd" |
| Andy Cooney | "The Irish Wedding Song" | "The Wedding Song Collection" |
| Roger Whittaker | "The Last Farewell" | "Roger Whittaker Live" |
| The Makem Brothers & Brian Sullivan | "Killicrankie-O" | "Outstanding in a Field" |
| The Jimmy Kelly Band | "Dance, Dance, Dance" | "Kelly Green" |
| Dermot O'Brien | "Ireland's 32/Irish Washerwoman" | "Let's Have a Party!" |
| Eamonn McGirr | "The Old Man" | "Different Yet the Same" |
| Kitty Kelly | "Shannagolden" | "Catskill Fever" |
| The Mahones | "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" | "Draggin' the Days" |
| Celtic Thunder | "Danny Boy" | "Act Two" |
| The Wolfe Tones | "Give me Your Hand" | "25th Anniversary" |
| The Schenectady Pipe Band | "Medley" | "The Way Back" |
| Hair of the Dog | "Big Strong Man" | "Collection" |
| John Breen | "The Dublin Minstrel" | "John Breen" |
| Celtic Thunder | "Ireland's Call" | "Celtic Thunder" |
| Roly Daniels | "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" | "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Volume 1" |
| Kevin McKrell | "Bound For Boston" | "Bound For Boston" |
| Isla Grant | "Rachel Anna" | "Childhood Memories" |
| The Biblecode Sundays | "Better Man Than me" | "Ghosts of Our Past" |
| Derek Warfield & Andy Cooney | "Take me Home to Mayo" | "Take me Home to Mayo" |
| Boru | "Once & For All" | "Business as Usual" |
| Paddy Reilly | "When New York Was Irish" | "The Gold & Silver Days" |
| Hair of the Dog | "The Moonshiner" | "Release the Hounds" |
| Cahal Dunne | "Scottish Soldier" | "Shamrocks & Heather" |
| Deirdre Reilly | "Lady of Knock" | "A Toast to the Irish Colleens" |
| Eamonn McGirr | "Whistling Gypsy" | "Different Yet the Same" |
| Interior Castle | "I am With You Always" | "Keeping the Faith Alive Volume 1" |
| Bobby O'Brien | "Ireland Must be Heaven" | "The Irish Songs I Love to Sing" |
| Kevin McKrell | "Eagle Bay" | "Bound For Boston" |
| The Whole Shabang | "The Shamrock & the Rose" | "Cuttin' Loose!" |
| Blackthorn | "Ratty Shoes" | "Ratty Shoes" |
| Deirdre Reilly | "Auld Lamas Fair/Barney Brannigan" | "A Toast to the Irish Colleens" |
| Boru The Saw Doctors Gloria Barleycorn | "Right Alright" "Green & Red of Mayo" "One Day at a Time" "The Keeper" | "Business as Usual" "All the Way From Tuam" "Emerald Classics Volume 1" "Green & Gold" |
| Playlist of songs on "Proud to be Irish" for Sunday, October 19th |
| Artist | Song | CD Title |
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| Barleycorn | "Reels" | "Green & Gold" |
| Dominic Kirwan | "Galway Girl" | "Echoes of Ireland" |
| Paddy Reilly | "Come Back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff" | "Come Back Paddy Reilly" |
| The Chieftains & Ricky Scaggs | "Cotton-Eyed Joe" | "Another Country" |
| The Wolfe Tones | "Boston Rose" | "25th Anniversary" |
| Celtic Thunder | "Danny Boy" | "Act Two" |
| The Foothills Trio | "Portland Town" | "In Good Company" |
| Deirdre Reilly | "Lady of Knock" | "A Toast to the Irish Colleens" |
| Garth Brooks | "Ireland" | "Fresh Horses" |
| Dermot O'Brien | "Ireland's 32/Irish Washerwoman" | "Let's Have a Party!" |
| Hair of the Dog | "Fisherman's Lady" | "Donegal" |
| Boru | "Once & For All" | "Busines as Usual" |
| Isla Grant | "Mother's Chair" | "Mother" |
| Celtic Thunder | "Caledonia" | "Act Two" |
| Gaelic Storm | "De Luain, de Mairt | "Bring Yer Wellies" |
| Gaelic Storm | "Tornado Alley" | "Bring Yer Wellies" |
| Isla Grant | "Dark, Deep Rolling Water" | "Mother" |
| Hair of the Dog | "Black Velvet Band" | "Release the Hounds" |
| Kevin McKrell | "Bound For Boston" | "Bound For Boston" |
| Kevin McKrell | "Get up Jack" | "Bound For Boston" |
| Ronan Hardiman | "Lord of the Dance" | "Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance" |
| Widget & the Widgettes | "Cliffs of Duneen" | "Widget & the Widgettes" |
| Eamonn McGirr | "The Old Man" | "Different Yet the Same" |
| Kevin Evans & Brian Doherty | "Wild Mountain Thyme" | "Galway to Graceland" |
| Isla St. Clair | "When the Pipers Play" | "When the Pipers Play" |
| Paddy Reilly | "Enniskillen Dragoons" | "Paddy Reilly's Ireland" |
| Cahal Dunne | "Medley" | "The Very Best of Cahal Dunne" |
| Eamonn McGirr | "Whistling Gypsy" | "Different Yet the Same" |
| Celtic Thunder | "Come by the Hills" | "Celtic Thunder" |
| Barleycorn | "Day of the Clipper" | "Green & Gold" |
| Isla Grant | "Fiddle on the Wall" | "A Dream Come True" |
| Phil Coulter & Liam Clancy & the Lifeboat Chorus | "Home From the Sea" | "Words & Music" |
| Andy Cooney | "The Irish Wedding Song" | "The Wedding Song Collection" |
| Chris Ball | "My Lovely Rose of Clare" | "The Golden Collection of Irish Music" |
| Paddy Reilly | "When New York Was Irish" | "The Gold & Silver Days" |
| The Irish Rovers | "Wasn't That a Party" | "40 Years A-Rovin'" |
| Playlist of songs on "Proud to be Irish" for Sunday, October 26th |
| Artist | Song | CD Title |
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| Brendan Woods | "Leavin' London/House of Lords/Cat o' Nine Tails" | "Cashman's Diary: The Story of John Boyle O'Reilly" |
| Johnny McEvoy | "The Ballad of John Williams" | "Ireland's Original" |
| The High Kings | "Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore" | "The High Kings" |
| The Rankin Family | "Mairi's Wedding/Michael Rankin's Reel" | "The Rankin Family" |
| Garth Brooks | "Ireland" | "Fresh Horses" |
| The Wolfe Tones | "Celtic Symphony" | "25th Anniversary" |
| The Elders | "Men of Erin" | "Alive & Live in Ireland" |
| Celtic Thunder | "A Bird Without Wings" | "Act Two" |
| Planters Punch | "The Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel" | "The Last Farewell" |
| Barleycorn | "Songs of Home" | "My Last Farewell" |
| Deirdre Reilly | "Lady of Knock" | "A Toast to the Irish Colleens" |
| Johnny McEvoy | "Staten Island" | "Ireland's Original" |
| The Wood's Tea Co. | "Daughters & Sons" | "Live!" |
| Eamonn McGirr | "The Town I Loved so Well" | "Different Yet the Same" |
| Davy Spillane & Donal Lunny | "Errigal" | "Common Ground" |
| Andy Cooney | "Come With me Molly" | "Paddy Noonan Presents Irish Eyes" |
| Makem & Clancy | "The Highwayman" | "We've Come a Long Way" |
| Makem & Clancy | "Fagfaidh Mise an Baile Seo" | "We've Come a Long Way" |
| North Sea Gas | "Lochanside" | "Lochanside" |
| Cahal Dunne | "85 High in Killarney" | "Shamrocks & Heather" |
| Eamonn McGirr & the go-Lucky Four | "Belfast Brigade" | "Irish Capers" |
| Derek Warfield | "The Men Behind the Wire" | "Take me Home to Mayo" |
| Eamonn McGirr | "The Ballad of Joe McDonnell" | "In Concert" |
| Lenahan | "Firebrand" | "Lenahan" |
| Johnny McEvoy | "Michael" | "Ireland's Original" |
| The Porters | "The Dutchman" | "Ale House Fire" |
| Richie O'Shea | "Green Fields of Ireland" | "The Man From the Glen" |
| The Irish Tenors | "Only Our Rivers Run Free" | "The Irish Tenors" |
| Blackthorn | "Dirty Old Town" | "Here we go Again" |
| The Makem Brothers & Brian Sullivan | "Killicrankie-O" | "Outstanding in a Field" |
| Danny Quinn | "Red is the Rose" | "Gifts From a Bard" |
| Kevin Prendergast | "Who's Going to Keep the Home Fires Burning" | "The Shamrock Connection Volume 1" |
| Tara Shamrock | "The Lighthouse" | "One For the Road" |
| The Mulligans | "Irish Ways & Irish Laws" | "The Best of the Mulligans" |
| The Celtic Tenors Hair of the Dog Makem & Clancy | "Mull of Kintyre" "The Wild Colonial Boy" "Drill ye Tarriers Drill" | "Irish Album" "Release the Hounds" "Wee've Come a Long Way" |
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