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Irish Longing

Welcome,

We’re a small team with a stubborn affection for old songs. Our aim is simple: to recreate historic Irish ballads as faithfully as we find them, without agenda and without sanding down their rough edges for modern comfort. If a song is fierce, it stays fierce. If it is tender, it remains tender.

Reconstruction begins with careful reading of older texts, cross-checking sources, tracing traditional melodies where they survive, and shaping verses so they sit naturally within historic rhythms. When no original melody remains, we compose one in keeping with the period and spirit of the song. If you’re interested in using our melodies, please contact us for details.

Modern tools, including AI, help with research and formatting. But the heart of this channel is human: counting syllables, refining lines, recording retakes, and balancing authenticity with listenability. Most of it is still plain hard graft.
These songs are historical records as much as they are melodies.

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The Famine Year | Lady Wilde's Haunting Irish Famine Lament (1847)

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THE CELTS | Ancient Ireland Awakens | Epic Celtic Folk Song

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The Nameless Doon | A Haunting Irish Lament for a Forgotten People

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Just As the Ship Went Down (1912) | Titanic's Forgotten Song Reimagined

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The Maid of Slievenamon | Charles J. Kickham’s Irish Song Reimagined

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At Bundoran — A Forgotten Irish Love Song Returns After 100 Years

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Newry Town | A Mischievous Old Irish Folk Song | The Keach in the Creel

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Fly Not Yet | Thomas Moore's Beautiful Irish Song Reimagined for Today

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She Is Far From the Land | Thomas Moore’s Haunting Song of Sarah Curran & Robert Emmet

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The Down Sodger | Ulster-Scots Song from County Down | Irish Longing

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The Fort of Rathangan | Ancient Irish Poem Set to Song | Translated by Kuno Meyer

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The Hungry Folk | Thomas Carnduff’s Belfast Song of Poverty & Hope

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Blow, Winds of Ards! | A Lost Song of Strangford Lough & County Down

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Song for July 12th, 1843 | Orange & Green: “We for One Another” | John Frazer

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Orange and Green | An Irish Song of Division, Mercy & Peace | Gerald Griffin

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A Tired Spinner | Beautiful Ulster-Scots Song from County Down (1901)

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Launch of S.S. Port Wellington | Thomas Carnduff | Songs from the Shipyards

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A November Morning: Queen’s Island | Belfast Shipyard Song | Thomas Carnduff

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Jealousy | Thomas Carnduff’s Belfast Shipyard Song | Irish Longing

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The Ghosts of Clandeboye | Thomas Carnduff’s Haunting Song of County Down

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On Bellevue Slopes | Thomas Carnduff’s Belfast & Cave Hill | Irish Longing

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Men of Down | A Forgotten County Down Song | George Francis Savage Armstrong

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Farewell, Ben Madigan (Cave Hill, Belfast) | Thomas Carnduff

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Carrickfergus Castle | Thomas Carnduff | Songs from the Shipyards

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How Oft Has the Benshee Cried? | A Haunting Irish Banshee Song

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After Death | Fanny Parnell’s Haunting Irish Song of Love, Exile & Ireland

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Silence Is in Our Festal Halls | Thomas Moore’s Beautiful Song for a Lost Friend

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On the Banks of the Lagan | Thomas Carnduff | Belfast Folk Song

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A Song for Our Times | Powerful Irish Workers’ Protest Song

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Early Morn. | Thomas Carnduff | Songs from the Shipyards | Belfast

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The White Wave Following | Alice Milligan | A Hebridean Song of Memory

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That Thrush | William Copeland Trimble | A Forgotten Irish Love Song

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There Were Trees in Tir-Conal | Alice Milligan’s Vision of Ireland’s Lost Forests

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Dectera of the Dun | An Irish Legend of Pride, Longing & Lost Love | Alice Milligan

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Night Shadows | Thomas Carnduff | An Ethereal Belfast Song

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The Arlington Court Launch | Belfast Shipyard Song by Thomas Carnduff | Workman Clark 1924

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Loup CCÉ at Belfast Fleadh 2026 | Traditional Irish Music Live at City Hall

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Our Shipyardmen | Thomas Carnduff | Belfast, Harland & Wolff & the Men Who Built the Ships

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An Impending Storm | Thomas Carnduff | A Powerful Song of Industrial Belfast

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Brian Boru Before He Was King | Brian of Banba | Epic Irish Historical Ballad

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Belfast Mela 2026 🌍 | Spectacular Carnival Parade Through Belfast City Centre

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June Is Short | A Beautiful Irish Song by Francis Ledwidge, Who Died at Just 29

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Belfast Flute Bands at Titanic Slipways | Fleadh Cheoil Belfast 2026

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Midnight on the Lagan | Thomas Carnduff | A Forgotten Belfast Song Reimagined

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The Mountains of Mourne | Irish Instrumental Music & Beautiful County Down

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Fáinne Geal an Lae (The Dawning of the Day) | Alice Milligan | Traditional Irish Air

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Belfast Fleadh 2026 | Street Music, Lunacy & Festival Food

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The Rose and Shamrock | A Forgotten Irish Song from the Home Rule Era

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Celtic Roots at Belfast Fleadh 2026 | Spectacular Irish Music, Song & Dance

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Irish Accordion Music at Fleadh Cheoil Belfast 2026 | Traditional Music from the Streets

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Foy Vance Live in Belfast | Fleadh Cheoil 2026 Closing Day

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Shankill Road Defenders Flute Band at Belfast Fleadh 2026 | Live at City Hall

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Ciara Sands | One More Tune on a Belfast Night | Fleadh 2026 | The Galway Shawl

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A Magical Fleadh Encounter in Belfast | Play Make-Believe on Royal Avenue

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Fleadh Belfast 2026 | Monday Evening in Belfast | Filidh, Auris & Luke Savage

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A Hidden Gem of Belfast Fleadh 2026 | Sarah Ann Rée & Paddy McKeown Live

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Late Sunday Evening at Belfast Fleadh 2026 live Sharon Shannon, Goitse, Shaer, Moss & Warnock Trio

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Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 | Belfast City Hall | Sunday Early Evening Live Music Highlights

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Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 | Belfast Opening Day Highlights | Irish Music & Festival Atmosphere

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Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 | Bangor Beats Fleadh Fringe | Live Irish Music Northern Ireland

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