Are you hosting a St. Patrick’s Day party with friends or family? Or do you plan on a family night with a traditional Irish meal? Playing Irish songs in the background is a great way to add to your celebrations. If you are searching for inspiration, check out the following songs to play on St. Patrick’s Day.
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- “Molly Malone” – The Dubliners
- “The Irish Rover” – The Dubliners & The Pogues
- “Danny Boy” – The Irish Tenors
- “I’m Shipping up to Boston” — Dropkick Murphys
- “Seven Drunken Nights” — Celtic Thunder
- “On Raglan Road” – Luke Kelly
- “Óró, Sé Do Bheatha ‘Bhaile’” – The Dubliners
- “The Maids of Mitchelstown” – The Bothy Band
- “Lanigan’s Ball” – Christy Moore
- “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” – Bing Crosby
- “Ten Thousand Miles Away” – Dan Milner, John Doyle & Robbie O’Connell
- “The Fields of Athenry” — Paddy Reilly
- ‘O’Sullivan’s March” – The Chieftains
- “Tim Finnegan’s Wake” – The Clancy Bothers & Tommy Makem
- “Riverdance” — Bill Wheelan
- “The Shores of Botany Bay” – The Irish Rovers
- “The Jug of Punch” – The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
- “Brown Eyed Girl”- Van Morrison
- “Drunken Sailor” – The Irish Rovers
- “The Rocky Road to Dublin” – The High Kings
- “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra (That’s an Irish Lullaby)” – Bing Crosby
- “My Wild Irish Rose” – Luka Bloom
- “The Rose of Tralee” – The Irish Tenors
- “The Heart’s Cry” – Bill Whelan
- “Mountain Dew” – The Clancy Bothers
- “Galway Girl”- Ed Sheeran
- “Song for Ireland” – Mary Black
- “Mise Eire” – Celtic Woman
- “Sunday Bloody Sunday” – U2
- “An Irish Pub Song” – The Rumjacks
- “Ireland’s Call” – Celtic Thunder
- “The Foggy Dew” – The Chieftains
- “The Bonny” – Dropkick Murphys
- “The Soldiers Song (Amhrán Na bhFiann)’” – The Young Wolfe Tones
- “The Night Pat Murphy Died” – Fiddler’s Green
- “I’ll tell My Ma” – The Dubliners
- “Beer, Beer, Beer” – The Clancy Brothers
- “Whiskey, You’re The Devil” – The Clancy Brothers
- “Rattlin’ Bog” – The Irish Descendants
- “The Parting Glass” – The High Kings
- “Carrickfergus” – Celtic Thunder
- “Lisdoonvarna” – Christy Moore
- “Forty Shades of Green” – Foster & Allen
- “The Rising of the Moon” – The High Kings
- “Whiskey on a Sunday (The Puppet Song)” – The Irish Rovers
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Do you have a favorite song? Let me know in the comments.