Irish Longing - Invidious

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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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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Build up to Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 | Belfast Riverside Twilight Market | River Lagan

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A Rant ( OLD WOMEN) | Rosamond Praeger | Humorous Belfast Poem Reimagined as a Song

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My Land | Thomas Carnduff | Belfast Shipyard Poet | Songs of the Shipyard

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The City of Shadows (Adapted) | The Forgotten Voice of Belfast | From Songs From the Shipyards

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Ypres, September, 1917 | Belfast Shipyard Poet Thomas Carnduff, Songs from the Shipyard

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BALLYCAIRN | Thomas Carnduff, Belfast Shipyard Poet | Irish Folk Ballad of Home, Memory & Heritage

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The Seagull | Thomas Carnduff, Belfast Shipyard Poet, From Songs from the Shipyard

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Beautiful Northern Irish Trance | The Dream – Rosamond Praeger

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Swallows | A Sweet Irish Song with Lyrics by Edward Dowden

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The Maid of Ballydoo | Traditional County Down Folk Song | New Melody by Irish Longing

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The Rebel – Patrick Pearse | Epic Irish Folk Song | A Timeless Poem Brought to Music

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This 1919 Irish Poem Was Written to Be Sung | Breezes of Ocean | W. Copeland Trimble

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The Belfast Shipyard Poet's Forgotten Irish Poem Becomes an Epic Modern Anthem ☘️

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The Portent | Ghost Ship of Doom | Alice Milligan

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Rathlin Island Summer | Puffins & Seabirds on Northern Ireland's Island Paradise

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Mr. Magee Hits Out | The Forgotten Northern Irish Poem Everyone Should Hear, Now in Song

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The Coast Road | Modern Celtic Dance Song | Antrim Coast Road | Northern Ireland | Rosamond Praeger

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People of Belfast | Belfast Anthem | Modern Northern Irish Trance Version of the Historic Poem

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In County Down | Rosamond Praeger's Beautiful Song of County Down

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Down, Down, Sweet County Down (c.1860) | Traditional Irish Song | Sweet Donaghadee

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The Light Goes On | A Song Inspired by St John's Point Lighthouse, County Down

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Little Town in the Ould County Down (Wings of a Swallow) | Forgotten Irish Song (1920) | County Down

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The Heart of Enniskillen in Me | Northern Irish Hometown Anthem

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Marna, Keeper of the Tides | A Gentle Irish Sea Blessing from Ballyvester Beach in County Down

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The Garden Where the Praties Grow 🍀 | One of Ireland's Most Beloved Folk Songs from County Clare

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The Poet of The Playboy of the Western World | Queens by John Synge

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Songs from the Shipyard, Thomas Carnduff – Up on the Mountain | Wildflowers, Mountains & Sea Breezes

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A Belfast Harbour Song | The Shipyard Fairy (Thomas Carnduff)

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On MacArt’s Fort—Cavehill | A Belfast Song from the Shipyard Poet Thomas Carnduff

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I Saw From the Beach by Thomas Moore | Old Irish Melody

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The Wake of William Orr (1797) | William Drennan’s Lament for the Man Executed at Carrickfergus

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The Questions of Ethne Alba | Ancient Irish Song of Mystery & Longing

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