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Annie Laurie

Maxwellton braes are bonnie Where early fa’s the dew And it’s there that Annie Laurie Gied me her…

Aon Focal Eile

When I was just a little lad I used to go to school I’d sit down there in…

Ar Fol Lol Lol O

Ar fol lol lol o horo, ar fol lol lol ay Ar fol lol lol o horo, ar…

Are Ye Right There Michael

You may talk of Columbus’s sailing Across the Atlantical Sea But he never tried to go railing From…

Are Ye Sleeping Maggie

Mirk and rainy is the nicht There’s no’ a staum in a’ the carry Lichtnin’s gleam athwart the…

Arkle

It happened in the spring-time of the year of sixty four When Englishmen were making pounds and fivers…

Arthur McBride

I had a first cousin called Arthur McBride He and I took a stroll down by the seaside…

Arthur McBride And The Sergeant

Oh, me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride As we went a-walking down by the seaside Now, mark…

As I Roved Out

As I roved out on a May morning On a May morning right early I met me love…

As I Roved Out (2)

As I roved out on a bright May morning To view the meadows and flowers gay Whom should…

An image of Gráinne Cronin — Gráinne Cronin

On this day in 1988

The first Aer Lingus flight with an all-female crew, led by Captain Gráinne Cronin and Co-Pilot Elaine Egan, goes from Dublin to Shannon.

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