The Hills of Connemara
The Hills of Connemara is a traditional Irish folk song about Irish moonshine, or Poitín. In the song, the drink is referred to as "mountain tea" (tea to rhyme with day).
Recordings
- Four to the Bar on their live album Craic on the Road.
- Gaelic Storm on their self-titled album. Their rendition was also used in the dance scene in James Cameron's Titanic.
- Tom Donovan on the Irish Compilation Album A Taste of Ireland: Pub Songs
- Shilelagh Law on their album "1 & 9"
- The Bard of Cornwall on their Myspace.
- Gallowglass on their Myspace & various live recordings.
- The Irish Rovers on their 1971 album On the Shores of Americay, the song title styled as "Mountain Tay (The Hills of Connemara)".