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Best Songs For St. Patrick's Day

via thechieftans.com

Top o' the mornin' to ya, lads and lasses! Ahem. We'll drop the attempt at authentic brogue, but our St. Patrick's Day continues with a playlist that has enough Irish inspiration to make up for it. We reached out on Facebook to find out what tunes you play to celebrate St Patrick's Day. 

Click Read more for our top St. Patrick's Day songs!

The Tossers - Faraway

The Clancy Brothers - Whistling Gypsy Rovers

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U

The Cranberries - Zombie

U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For & Sunday Bloody Sunday

The Pogues - Fiesta & Dirty Old Town

Van Morrison and The Chieftans - Carrickfergus

The Chieftans - Boil the Breakfast Early

Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies

The Dubliners - Wild Rover

Ween - The Blarney Stone

Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up to Boston

Eric Bogle - And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda

Paddy Moloney, founding member of the traditional Irish band The Chieftans, recently joined us to talk about the band and their music. They played the Colonial Theater in Keene, NH on March 11th.

Listen to Virginia Prescott's conversation with Paddy Moloney.

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