Happy St. Paddy's Day with a greeting from the GREATEST Irish Band ever!

[1monster]

[Hayabusa]

1. That's funny, they don't look like Thin Lizzy.

[1monster]

10. Funny, psychedelic rock (with seriously high) musicians never struck me

as particularly Irish. But if you say so... I guess wiskey in a jar should have been a tip off?

[niyad]

2. thank you

[Cleita]

3. Happy St. Paddy's day to you.

[Cooley Hurd]

4. I love the Rovers! Also love Finbar and Eddie Furey:

"Come By The Hills" might be the most beautiful Irish Folk Song ever!!!

[1monster]

5. Nice! Those Irish tenors all have such clear, clean voices...

[bbernardini]

6. I'm going to see one of the other greatest ever Irish bands tonight...the Saw Doctors.

Saw Doctors on St. Patrick's Day in Philadelphia. It's going to be madness.

[1monster]

8. I'd never heard of them before, so thank you for the introducing me to the Saw Doctors.

I'm envying you for tonight. It's been many years since I've done the St. Paddy's Day celebrations. But my son turns the big 21 in May. So, next year, St. Paddy's Day is gonna be big in this household!

[postulater]

13. That's who I thought this thread was about.

Have seen them multiple times. Big venues, small venues, with my kids, with my mother (over 80 yo).

Stood in ankle deep water inside a tent during an all day rain. Have spoken with Davey and Leo.

These guys can put on a show.

They played as a warm-up act before President Obama took the stage on O'Connell street in downtown Dublin.

Stone walls and the grass is green.

[world wide wally]

7. I don't know if he counts, but I have to put in a plug for Van Morrison

[postulater]

14. Yes, Van Morrison does count.

As does Christy Moore.

City of Chicago.

[go west young man]

9. Digging it but this is my cup of tea!

And another goodie!

[Lifelong Protester]

15. "Fisherman's Blues" a real favorite of mine

and the Tim Malloys (Twin Cities local) are fantastic too! Love their "Broad Black Brimmer".

[go west young man]

32. Seen em 7 times all over the globe.

Here's a great full concert.

[HERVEPA]

11. Seeing Burning Bridget Cleary tonight.

[otohara]

12. I Like The Pogues

[roguevalley]

18. their christmas in new york song is wonderous

I'm so old I remember the clancys and tommy.

I love them all.

[ErikJ]

22. If I should fall from the Grace of God.

[shenmue]

37. Now that is an album!

And a band!

[go west young man]

30. A classic.

Thousands are sailing is my Pogues favorite and who doesn't love Dirty Old Town.

[beveeheart]

16. Now I think I need to watch a good movie

about the Irish. Any suggestions?

And thanks for the music.

[Sedona]

19. MOVIE - The Quiet Man

http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/The-Quiet-Man/885436?strkid=289879394_0_0&strackid=2c58024a4d9bc72e_0_srl&trkid=222336

[beveeheart]

33. It's been quite some time

since I saw that film. Thanks for reminding me of it.

[go west young man]

28. P.S. I love You will rip your heart out.

Waking Ned Devine is also quite nice and funny.

Check out "The Guard" as well with Don Cheadle. It's a good one.

[go west young man]

29. Oh yeah. And " Once".

[beveeheart]

34. Gerard Butler! Loved that movie, except for when I cried

I like your other suggestions too. Now off to find P.S. I Love You!!

[cyberswede]

35. TCM is showing Irish films all day...

The Quiet Man is on later (check your time zone).

http://www.tcm.com/schedule/

[Bossy Monkey]

17. The O'Jays? n/t

[Sedona]

20. Ah hem.....

They don't seem to having any popularity issues in the old coumtry

[radiclib]

21. Really? It's down to me to mention the Chieftains?

Really?

[geardaddy]

24. Yes!

[1monster]

25. Okay, I never said the Irish Rovers were the only great Irish band; just that they were

one of the GREATEST. And they do have the first place in my heart, being the first Irish group I ever heard when I was a tiny tiny tot. The UNICORN song might be one of the first Irish songs many of us who were young 'uns in the '60 ever heard.

[RVN VET]

26. Let me second that

They've been in business for 50 -- count 'em - 50 years! And Paddy Maloney puts on the best, the most delightfully diverse shows of any talent in the music industry. At Kennedy Center last night I saw him, the remaining original members of the group, a full orchestra, a troupe of dancers, a choir, and some of the finest additional musical talent -- from Nashville -- ever together in one place and I was awed, knocked out, sent to heaven and back from it all.

So, definitely, the Chieftains are the best -- in a class by themselves.

50 Years down and decades still to go!

[ErikJ]

31. I like the Young Dubliners salty version better

[geardaddy]

23. The Chieftains?

[Casandia]

27. And Black 47

And a shout out to my kids, Daniel and Kailey!!!

[postulater]

36. My daughter's National Champion dance team

dancing to Funk Ceili
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