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  If you want to learn a bit more about our songs and music, go to about our music section.


 

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Sliabh Liag, 2013

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Summerfly mp3  
  All Around My Hat mp3  
  Minnie's Tunes mp3  
  Whiskey on a Sunday mp3  
  John Barleycorn mp3  
  Paddy Fahey's Selection mp3  
  The Foggy Dew mp3  
  Deep Sheephaven Bay mp3  
  Paddy G's mp3  
  Home to Mayo mp3  
 


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Lonely Boy, 2011

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Lonely Boy mp3  
  Beautiful Girl mp3  
  Leave Me Alone mp3  
  Maria mp3  
  The Strong Survive mp3  
  You + Me mp3  
  Goodbye mp3  
  Scream a Little Louder mp3  
  Say Hello mp3  
  Ghost Riders in the Sky mp3  
 


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The Jacket's Green, 2011

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The Jacket's Green mp3  
  The Lark in the Morning mp3  
  Siúbhán Ní Dhuibhir mp3  
  Gartan Mother's Lullaby mp3  
  Whiskey in the Jar mp3  
 

Éamonn An Chnoic

mp3  
  I Must Away Now mp3  
  The Little Skillet Pot mp3  
  Down by the Glenside mp3  
  Draglines mp3  
  Bonny Kate and Jenny's Chickens mp3  
 


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East 12th Street, 2009

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when we were young mp3 lyrics
  radio mp3 lyrics
  leaving you mp3  
  take up all my time mp3  
  sunday morning mp3

 

  mean to me mp3 lyrics
  stand mp3 lyrics
  scream a little louder mp3  
  waste of time mp3 lyrics
  hold on mp3 lyrics
  real life mp3 lyrics
  i ♥ sunny days mp3  
  dj play my song mp3  
 


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Belle's Isle, 2009

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city of chicago mp3 lyrics
  óró sé do bheatha 'bhaile mp3 lyrics
  galtee rangers/
dennis murphy's/doon reel
mp3  
  the life of the rover mp3  
  o'carolan's tribute mp3

 

  belle's isle polka selection mp3  
  don oíche úd i mbeithil mp3 lyrics
  queen of the rushes/
tell her i am
mp3  
  rose of allandale mp3 lyrics
  drumholm polka selection mp3  
 


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Circles, 2005

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Liar --mp3 lyrics
  Shooting Stars --mp3 lyrics
  Did You Think About Me --mp3 lyrics
  Not Over You --mp3 lyrics
  Give A Little --mp3 lyrics
  Don't You Cry --mp3 lyrics
  Very Nice Day --mp3 lyrics
  Life --mp3 lyrics
  Here Comes Your Man --mp3 lyrics
  Circles --mp3 lyrics
  So Cold --mp3 lyrics
 


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Back to Dublin, 2005

Good Tradition --mp3 lyrics
  Fig for a Kiss --mp3  
  Back to Dublin --mp3 lyrics
  My Mary Ann --mp3  
  Sam Hall --mp3

lyrics

  Rites of Man --mp3  
 


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Screaming Orphans cd
Screaming Orphans, 2003

Believer --mp3 lyrics
  Not My Hero --mp3 lyrics
  Alright --mp3 lyrics
  Why Don't Ya --mp3 lyrics
 


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Listen and Learn, 2001

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Thank You --mp3 lyrics
  Unsolved Mystery --mp3 lyrics
  I Found Out --mp3 lyrics
  Little Affair --mp3 lyrics
  Listen and Learn --mp3 lyrics
  Road to Nowhere --mp3 lyrics
  Against the Wall --mp3 lyrics
  Selfish Stupid --mp3 lyrics
  Fading Life --mp3 lyrics
  Not My Problem --mp3 lyrics
  Fools --mp3 lyrics
  Cry Baby --mp3 lyrics
  Happy --mp3 lyrics
 


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About our music…

We always get asked about our song writing process and the truth is that there isn’t a big theory behind it. It’s a sister thing. Angela does the base line, someone comes up with the melody, and Joan does most of the lyrics. Everybody pitches in for everything and then everybody criticizes everything. Then we try out the new stuff at live gigs with some of our regular crowds to gauge how good they are.

Our songs are written about us and our friends and what we see happening in our and their lives and about what we all are going through. “Liar” from our “Circles” album was written about a certain person in the music industry. “Not Over You” is about an ex-boyfriend.  Our only happy love song, “Don’t You Cry,” is also about an ex-boyfriend and it was written in a good moment when that relationship was working. “Listen and Learn” from our first album was kind of written about Angela because she tends to listen and people who listen learn a lot more than the ones who don’t.

“Real Life,” one of our newest songs, tells a story about how sometimes family, the closest people to you, including your close friends, can give you a hard time about your job and they don’t understand why you want to play in a band and think that you’re crazy. And criticism coming from your relatives can sometimes be the most severe and can really pull you down. For every dream each of us has, there’s always somebody there to tell you it can’t be done.

“Why Don’t Ya’” was written about all the loser men out there – the guys who kiss you one night and then the next night they’re with their girlfriends. Although it hasn’t been a personal experience for us, we wrote “I Found Out” for any girl who’s ever been cheated on. 

“Alright” and “Believer” are about just kicking back, enjoying life, believing in yourself, and believing that everything will be alright. It’s about not getting stressed out about the little, and sometimes big, things in your life.

So our music reflects our philosophy – just when it’s going great, life will throw you a curve ball and it’s music, family, friends, and believing in yourself that will get you through the tough times and into the sunlight.