List of songs about Cork

This is a list of songs about Cork, city and county, Ireland.

• "Salonika" - there were two Cork songs with this title about the Irish serving in the British Army in the First World War, one for and one against. Jimmy Crowley collected the verses in his version from Mrs Ronayne of Cork.^[1][2]
• "The Boys of the County Cork" - written by Tom Murphy.^[3]
• "The Banks of My Own Lovely Lee" - the Cork anthem.
• "Bold Thady Quill" - a Cork song written about 1895 by Johnny Tom Gleeson (1853–1924)^[4]
• "The Bold Christy Ring" - song about Cork hurler Christy Ring to the tune of Bold Thady Quill
• "A Song For Christy Ring" - another song about Cork hurler Christy Ring by Brian McNamara to the air of "Dear Old Skibbereen"
• "The Night the Goat Broke Loose on Grand Parade" - a Cork song from the 1930s, recorded by Dick Hogan (on Wonders of the World).
• "The Boys of Fairhill" - popular Cork song, original version by Con Doyle, recorded by Jimmy Crowley.^[1]
• "Song for Churchtown"
• "City by the Lee"
• "An Poc ar Buile"
• "The Armoured Car" - about a famous greyhound owned by Con Doyle.^[1]
• "Beautiful City"
• "Cottage by the Lee" - written by Irish songwriter Dick Farrelly.
• "Magic Nights in the Lobby Bar" - written and recorded by John Spillane
• "Johnny Don't go to Ballincollig" - written and recorded by John Spillane
• "Johnny Jump Up" - about a strong cider available during the war-time years, recorded by Jimmy Crowley.^[1]
• "The Wild Bar-A-Boo" - song by Johnny Tom Gleeson about the Muskerry fox chase.^[4]
• "The Lonely Woods of Upton" - ballad about the Upton Train Ambush, a hit for Seán Dunphy in 1969.^[5]

See also

• Music of Ireland

References