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Title: Paddy Reilly & The Dubliners - The Foggy Dew
Description: This song chronicles the Easter Uprising of 1916, and encourages Irishmen to fight for the cause of Ireland, rather than of England, as so many young men were doing in World War I.
Title: Cliffs of Dooneen - Paddy Reilly
Description: Paddy Reilly singing Cliffs of Dooneen. in concert.
You may travel far far from your own native home
Faraway o'er the mountain, faraway o'er the foam
But of all the fine places that I've ever seen
Sure there's none can compare
with the cliffs of Dooneen
Take a view o'er the mountains
Fine sights you'll see there
You'll see the high rocky mountains
On the west coast of Clare
Oh the town of Kilrush and Kilkee can be seen
From the high rocky slopes
Of the cliffs of Dooneen
It's a nice place to be on a fine summer's day
Watching all the wild flowers that ne'er do decay
The hare and lofty pheasant are quite plain to be seen
Building homes for their young
Round the cliffs of Dooneen
Fare thee well to Dooneen
Fare thee well for a while
And to all the fine people I'm leaving behind
To the streams and the meadows
Where late I have been
And the high rocky slopes
Round the cliffs of Dooneen
Title: Flight of Earls - Paddy Reilly
Description: Paddy Reilly singing Flight of Earls, written by Liam Reilly. Recorded on "Live At Three", 1989.
Title: The Green Island - Paddy Reilly & Jimmy Crowley
Description: Paddy Reilly and Jmmy Crowley singing The Green Island. written by Jimmy Crowley.
THE GREEN ISLAND
(Jimmy Crowley)
Nobody knows the answers,
As the dark clouds keep rolling each day
Casting a shadow upon us,
From Antrim to sweet Bantry Bay
In their droves all the people are leaving, sure,
'Tis worse than the black forty-four
When they sailed away over the ocean,
With their dreams and their lonely sea stores
Chorus:
What a legacy, such a tragedy,
Thousands are sailing good bye
The land of the eagle is calling,
As we leave the Green Island, good bye
And it's only six hours to Boston,
And if you serve your time on the plane
In no time at all you're a chippie,
As good as the best at the game
In Sally O'Brien's we'll be dancing,
But we'll go back someday maybe when
The blue moon it hangs over Durse,
And the river runs up Spancil Hill
Chorus:
What a legacy, such a tragedy,
Thousands are sailing good bye
The land of the eagle is calling,
As we leave the Green Island, good bye
Is this a good time to remember
The brave men and women who died
Whose vision is misrepresented
By shadows who flicker and hide
They dish out their perks and their pensions,
While the big fell turns in his grave
To see the bright diamonds and jewels,
Cast down the cold crest of a wave
Chorus:
What a legacy, such a tragedy,
Thousands are sailing good bye
One last, long look cast behind us,
As they bid the Green Island good bye
As they bid the Green Island good bye.
Title: Come Back Paddy Reilly - Brendan O'Dowda
Description: Brendan O'Dowda singing Come Back Paddy Reilly, written by Percy French.
Paddy Reilly was a Jarvey from Ballyjamesduff.
Title: Fields of Athenry - Paddy Reilly
Description: (Lyrics below.)This Irish ballad is about a man from Athenry who has been sentenced to transportation to Australia for stealing food for his starving family. The potato famine killed over a million men, women, and children in Ireland (1845 -1851) and caused another million to flee the country. This Spadecaller video features the paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky, William Bougereau, Antonio Mancini, Renoir, and William John Waterhouse.
LYRICS:
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
Micheal they are taking you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
So the young might see the morn.
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
Nothing matter Mary when your free,
Against the Famine and the Crown
I rebelled they ran me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity.
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
By a lonely harbor wall
She watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
Title: Paddy Reilly United Restaurant Tavern Owners Man Of The Year 2008
Description: Paddy Reilly United Restaurant Tavern Owners Man Of The Year 2008. RADIOIRISH.COM broadcasts 24 hours a day 7 days a week from state-of-the-art recording facilities in Manhattan. Veteran Irish Radio Presenters BOB GALLICO and SEAN McCARTHY together host a heady mix of music, news, and comment. It's the talk of the city!
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Title: Clancy Brothers and The Dubliners, Late Late Show
Description: Rare collaboration (of sorts) between the Clancy Brothers and the Dubliners. Paddy, Tom, Liam Clancy, Tommy Makem accompany Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna, John Sheahan, Sean Cannon w/ special guest Paddy Reilly. April 28, 1984, 3 months after Luke Kelly died. The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem were about to embark on Reunion tours and they started it off with this 90 minute appearance special on Ireland's late Late Show.
For more information, check out the first full length biography on the group, "The Clancy Brothers: The Men Behind the Sweaters" at clancybrothersbook.com and amazon.com
Title: A Bunch of Thyme
Description: "A Bunch of Thyme", a Paddy Reilly classic.
Title: Ring of Kerry
Description: Ring of Kerry
After we left Dublin we drove west to the county of Kerry the roads were narrow through some of the towns. We lost the rent-a-cars side mirror, but lucky we had insurance. When we finally arrived in Waterville on the outer part of the Ring of Kerry we stayed at the Huntsman Club in a nice little apartment. The traffic on the ring was light do to the fact that it was the off season (October). Exploring the little towns on the ring by car and foot was a great deal of fun. You need at car to get around the Ring, but I think it is good to park it once in awhile and take a walk around and really see the country.
Camera; Olympus C-60 Digital Camera for the slideshow
Music
Hills of Kerry, by Paddy Reilly
Kerry dancers, by the Irish Tenors
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore, by Paddy Reilly
Title: Munster Rugby Tribute
Description: A tribute to Munster Rugby and background music as 'The fields of Athenry by Paddy Reilly
Title: Carrickfergus
Description: "Carrickfergus", an excellent song about a man who wishes he were back home with his love in Carrickfergus, near Belfast.
Title: Fields of Athenry ~ ( For Aine )
Description: By: Paddy Reilly
"The Fields of Athenry" is a folk song about the Great Irish Famine (1845-1849), composed in the 1970s by Inchicore songwriter Pete St. John and first recorded by Irish ballad singer Danny Doyle. It tells the story of the famine through first-person narrative, recounting the tale of a prisoner who has been sentenced to being transported to Botany Bay, Australia, for stealing food to feed his starving family. The claim has been made that the words originate from a broadsheet ballad published in the 1880s by Devlin in Dublin with a different tune; however Pete St. John has stated definitively that he wrote the words as well as the music, so the story of the 1880s broadsheet may be false
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
Micheal they are taking you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
So the young might see the morn.
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
Nothing matter Mary when your free,
Against the Famine and the Crown
I rebelled they ran me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity.
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
By a lonely harbor wall
She watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
Title: Step It Out Mary - The Dubliners
Description: Sung by Paddy Reilly. From the album "Further Along"
Title: Working Man - The Dubliners
Description: Sung by Paddy Reilly. From The Album "Further Along"