Here I will be collecting and sharing old songs I have recovered from folklore and history archives, piecing them back together and telling their stories.
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The Rescue of Sean Hogan at The Station of Knocklong
The epic story of the rescue of IRA man of the Tipperary 3rd Battalion man Sean Hogan in 1919. Sean Hogan along with Dan Breen, Seamus Robinson and Sean Treacy were known as the Big Four and highly active in the Irish War of Independence. This story tells of how they rescued Hogan from the RIC while in transit to Cork after his arrest for taking part in the Soloheadbeg ambush which left two RIC men dead and is widely acknowledged as the event that triggered the War of Independence.
This daring rescue took place in Knocklong Station situated in Co. Limerick close to the Tipperary border.
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26 Dec 2025
Hunting The Wren
A few songs and stories about the ancient custom of hunting the wren after midwinter, echoes of which still exist today around the country.
Songs include: The Wren Song (Altar Co Cork) and When We Hunted The Wren In Tipperary written by George Denny of Ballypatrick.
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31 Oct 2025
The Burning of Bridget Cleary
Discussing the awful murder of Bridget Cleary known as the last woman burned as a with in Ireland in 1895. Told alongside court records, newspaper articles, songs and poems written around the time. Including the ballad The Witchcraft Murder, a woman roasted alive in Country Tipperary composed by Bridget Healy recorded for the first time.
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5 Jul 2025
The Historic Persecution of Irish Artists by the British State
This episode explores the historical persecution of Irish artists by the British state, drawing parallels to current events and the experiences of the Irish rap group Kneecap.
5 Jun 2025
Fee and Flanagan - The Clones Murder Ballad
The Lost Songs of Ireland Podcast recounts the tragic 1903 Clones murder of John Flanagan by John Fee, exploring the ballads that emerged from this grim event.
26 May 2025
Irish Courting Customs
The podcast explores Irish folklore and songs surrounding traditional courting and marriage rituals, revealing insights into historical beliefs.
29 Aug 2024
The 1867 Uprising
The 1867 uprising was another failed uprising across Ireland organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood. These few songs are about men who fell during the uprising including Peter O'Neill Crowley and a young lad by the name of Ned Kelly from Kilcash in Co. Tipperary.
Both borrowed the air from Charles Kickam's Poor Blind Patrick Sheehan, based on an older Celtic air to which many laments for fallen rebels were written.
Songs include:
Poor Blind Patrick Sheehan - Charles Kickham
The Ballad of Peter O'Neill Crowley - Edmond Houlihan (Rambling Jack)
Rebel on the Run - John Ryan
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14 Jul 2024
Sarsfield's Ride to Ballyneety
An account of Sarsfield's ride to Ballyneety leading to the Siege of Limerick with a few poems and revived ballads
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21 Apr 2024
Songs of Slievenamon
This episode looks at the folklore surrounding the mountain of Slievenamon in south Tipperary made famous but the Charles Kickham ballad The Maid of Slievenamon about which many poems and songs have been written. Songs include The Moon Behind the Hill by William Kennealy, The Old House in the Glen by Thomas Ryan aka Drangan Boy and I Love You Tipperary but Brian O'Higgins aka Brian NaBamba.
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13 Mar 2024
Darby Ryan - The Ashgrove Bard pt2
A recital of Darby's epic 47 verse long masterpiece Ireland's Lament which covers almost 1000 years of Irish history.
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8 Feb 2024
Darby Ryan - The Ashgrove Bard pt 1
Darby Ryan was a bard from Bansha in Co.Tipperary around the mid 1800s. Most famous for The Peeler and the Goat, a satire of the system of Penal Laws in act at the time, Darby composed many songs and ballads across numerous topics not least Irish nationalism.
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5 Jan 2024
The Ballagh War Pipers
The Ballagh War Pipers were a military band associated with the IRB and the Irish volunteers and came from a small village in Tipperary
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4 Dec 2023
A dive into product placement in Irish ballads
This week we're taking a look at the tradition of using ballads a forms of advertising and product placement from the early 1800s up until the 1970s in Ireland.
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20 Nov 2023
Songs and Stories about Cows
This episode explores the place the cow occupies in Irish folklore, mythology and history through a few short stories and songs.
I've mentioned the Cattle Raid of Cooley and if anyone is interested to hear this in full I recommend the reading from the Irish Pagan School here:
Táin Bó Cúailgne by Laura O'Brien (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9QXQd7GCJnpvP6cbX0NGiHToJ9RN4bok)
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5 Nov 2023
The Murder of Richard Ealy
In this episode we'll be visiting a story from 1858 where a tenant shoots his landlords agent and talking a little about the landlord - tenant relationship in Ireland at the time. The story is told in two ballads collected from folklore resources.
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1 Nov 2023
Introduction to Lost Songs of Ireland
Just a quick introduction to layout the scope of this podcast
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