Each month for our Almanac we do a playlist or two of song collections. This is music to center you deeply in the season. Here we present two playlists for the week of St. Patricks Day. The first we put together. The second is crowd sourced from Facebook suggestions!

You can hear the toasting, raucous singing, and feet stomping on the floorboards of the local tavern in this first list of Irish songs. So, Erin Go Bragh! (translated- Ireland forever!)

 Live from Matt Molloy’s Pub • The Chieftains
The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn • The Pogues
Drunken Lullabies • Flogging Molly
Lord, Blow the Moon Out • HEM
Drink the Night Away • Gaelic Storm
Beer, Beer, Beer • The Clancy Brothers & The Dubliners
I’m Shipping Up to Boston • Dropkick Murphys
Sally MacLennane • The Pogues
Jessie Smith • Alasdair Fraser & Jody Stecher
There Were Roses • Moloney O’Connell & Keane
Danny Boy • Celtic Woman
Over the Moor to Maggie • Arty McGlynn & Matt Malloy

Here’s the collection people of the Facebook-land suggested. There were lots of band  and songs given and we’re making an extensive playlist for it. Look up Betony Coons on spotify to follow it!

I’ll Tell Me Ma * The Chieftains
The Parting Glass * Glen Hansard
Bold Riley * Traditional
The Rocky Road to Dublin * Dropkick Murphys
Bothy Band * Solas
Whiskey in a Jar *
The Unicorn Song *
Goodbye Mursheen Durkin *
The Foggy Dew * Sinead O’Connor & The Chieftains
Irish Rover * Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers
Finnegans Wake * Darby O’Gill
The Parting Glass * Wailing Jennys
The Valley of Strathmore * Silly Wizard