Wonderwall by Oasis was voted as the best British song EVER in a poll by Radio X so…..we put the question to our listeners: What’s the best Irish song ever?! Thanks to everyone for their suggestions which ranged from the Hot House Flowers to the Horslips and Bagatelle to The Waterboys.
Get your thinking caps on lads. @IanDempsey is looking for the #BestIrishSong EVER! Speak now or forever hold your peace!
— Today FM (@todayfm) March 29, 2016
@todayfm @IanDempsey I'd have to pick Rock n Roll kids - Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan #bestirishsongEver
— Anne (@VikingLady_Aine) March 29, 2016
@todayfm @IanDempsey Galileo by Declan O'Rourke
— Mattie's Person (@nicleblanc) March 29, 2016
@todayfm @IanDempsey : so many classic tunes ... I go for "The Island" #BestIrishSongEver #paulbrady
— Robert Vahey (@robbie_bac) March 29, 2016
@todayfm @IanDempsey Celebrate by an emotional fish !
— pat kennedy (@patkennedy65) March 29, 2016
The votes were counted and verified by our own independent adjudicator….(Okay, well, Charlie did it) and the Top 5 are in. What do you reckon?
5 - N17 by The Saw Doctors
4 - Fairytale of New York by The Pogues
3 - Crazy World - Aslan
2 - Riverdance
And…..at NUMBER ONE!
Whiskey In The Jar by Thin Lizzy!
