Keltic Kaleidoscope

Its a song about Kelvin Grove, a park in Scotland! The melody is also used for the Christian hymn 'The Summons'.

Famous Welsh song about yearning for times past.

The stark horror of starvation in Ireland and the severe punishment of those who would steal food for their children is the theme of this song.

Yet another silly dragon song!

Rumor has it that Irish women are sometimes difficult as illustrated in the 'Blarney Roses' lyrics.

Farewell to Nova Scotia is a bit of a sad song but performed here in a lively fashion.

This is a song that celebrates 50 years of marriage!

A Scottish ballad followed by a march honoring Brian Boru who defeated the Vikings at the Battle of Clontarf but was killed in the battle

Here are two planxties by the Irish Baroque composer Turlough O'Carolan. Mrs Maxwell was the wife of John Maxwell of Farnham, Co. Cavan while Loftus Jones was from Ardnaglass, County Sligo.

It has been rumored that the castle in the movie 'High Spirits' may be the 'Castle of Dromore' of this lullaby

This song commemorates the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie from the British to the Isle of Skye.

The original text this song was by Dallan Forgaill in the eighth century and became part of the Irish monastic traditional literature. It was translated from Old Irish to English by Eleanor Hull in 1912. The melody is from the tune 'Slane.'

This is a song about, well, Molly Malone! There is a famous statue of her on Grafton Street in Dublin.

Robert Coltart (pronounced Coulter) wrote this song to promote his candy. Children were very fond of his aniseed-flavoured candy. Sadly, the recipe went to the grave with him but we still have the song.