The free St. Patrick's Day music playlist of 2014 features Irish Celtic music from Rathkeltair, Baroque & Hungry, Gwilym Morus, Kevin McCormack, The Gothard Sisters, Jack Carey, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Telenn Tri, Burning Bridget Cleary, The Tea Merchants, Marc Gunn, The Rogues, The Shams, Finvarra, La Unica, Heather Dale, The Fire Inside. www.celticmusicpodcast.com

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Some Great Irish Resources for St. Patrick's Day.

• Internet Sacred Text Archive – Celtic Folklore
• The National Archives of Ireland
• Ireland By Ways
• Irish Fireside

This Week in Celtic Music

0:56
“The Ballad of Colonel John Macintosh” by Rathkeltair
from 8

6:08
“The Road to Lisdoonvarna” by Baroque & Hungry
from Mended

8:11
“Eryri” by Gwilym Morus
from Awena

10:34
“Come My Little Son” by Kevin McCormack
from An Emigrant’s Letter

14:27
“Flying Sails” by The Gothard Sisters
from Compass

17:10
“The Emigrants Story” by Jack Carey
from The Emigrants Story

23:29
“Rambling Shuiler” by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
from Red House

28:00
“An Andro” by Telenn Tri
from Telenn Tri

30:55
“Ballad of Tim Evans” by Burning Bridget Cleary
from Pressed for Time

34:57
“Frogg Polkas” by The Tea Merchants
from Gaslights Snaps

38:50
“Loch Tay Boat Song” by Marc Gunn
from Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion

45:22
“Cullen Anderson” by The Rogues
from Live in Canada, Eh?

50:07
“Cruel Sister” by The Shams
from Go On Home Boys

54:52
“Kelpie-Cliffs of Moher” by Finvarra
from Finvarra

58:22
“Irish Rock Song #4” by La Unica
from La Unica

1:01:46
“Star of the County Down” by Heather Dale
from My Celtic Heart

1:06:50
“Dulaman” by The Fire Inside
from Strike the Match

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