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Pop songs in the Irish language are somewhat of a recent phenomenon in Ireland. With the population of Irish-medium scho more...

Pop songs in the Irish language are somewhat of a recent phenomenon in Ireland. With the population of Irish-medium schools rising steadily each year, more and more Irish children have become interested in learning and singing pop songs as Gaeilge. The most popular of these usually being in English originally and translated over to Irish.

Seachtain na Gaeilge (“Irish language week”) is a non-profit organisation in Ireland which promotes the Irish language during a two week festival held at the beginning of March every year. As part of these celebrations, the organisers have released compilation CDs every year since 2005 of modern pop songs translated and performed in the Irish language. Called SnaG ’05, Ceol ’06, Ceol ’07 and Ceol ’08 etc. these albums have included songs such as Bladhm by Bell X1, Falling Slowly as Gaeilge by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, and Heroes or Ghosts as Gaeilge by The Coronas. Other well know artists have released Irish versions of their songs for the Seachtain na Gaeilge CD such as Paddy Casey, Mundy, The Frames, Damien Dempsey, The Corrs, and Declan O’Rourke.

Coláiste Lurgan is an Independent Irish language summer school based in Indreabhán, Galway. Over the past couple of years, Coláiste Lurgan and its students have produced several covers of popular English-language songs translated into Irish. Their YouTube channel, TG Lurgan, has amassed some half a million views since 2010. A few of their most popular productions include a cover of Some Nights as Gaeilge by American indie pop band Fun, which features a brilliant vocal ensemble from all the students. Student Keith Ó Brien does an excellent vocal cover of The man who can’t be moved as Gaeilge, Jenny Ní Ruiséil brings Irish language vocals to Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance as Gaeilge, and Rolling in the Deep as Gaeilge sung by student Clara.

Other Irish artists have released pop songs as Gaeilge. The Rubberbandits produced I Wanna Fight Your Father as Gaeilge, which has amassed almost 1 million views on YouTube. Students at Trinity College Dublin produced a very popular cover of Call Me Maybe as Gaeilge.

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Top 10 Pop Songs

  1. Amhrán na gCupán Cups Song
  2. Taibhsí nó Laochra Heroes or Ghosts
  3. Tóg Amach Mé Take Me Out (Wagon Wheel)
  4. Wake Me Up as Gaeilge
  5. Cailín na Gaillimhe Galway Girl
  6. An Dreoilín The Wren
  7. Ba Mhaith Liom Bruíon le d’Athair I Wanna Fight Your Father
  8. Fairytale of New York as Gaeilge
  9. Seo é d'amhrán Your Song
  10. Grá dom Leonadh Falling Slowly

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A-Z Index

  1. Adventures Of A Lifetime Adventures Of A Lifetime
  2. Africa Africa
  3. Ag Glacadh is ag Scaoileadh Catch & Release
  4. All I Want All I Want
  5. All of Me All of me
  6. Amhrán na gCupán Cups Song
  7. An Chóisir The Party
  8. An Dreoilín The Wren
  9. An Laisc Is Mó Blurred Lines
  10. An tÁdh ‘Nocht Get Lucky
  11. Anois an tAm It's Time
  12. Ar Scáth a Chéile Reflecting each other
  13. Athrú Changing
  14. Ba Mhaith Liom Bruíon le d’Athair I Wanna Fight Your Father
  15. Bladhm Flame
  16. Cailín na Gaillimhe Galway Girl
  17. Callin’ Baton Rouge Callin' Baton Rouge
  18. Can’t Stop The Feeling
  19. Can’t Hold Us Can't Hold Us
  20. Ceir’ Cúig Shoicind Four Five Seconds
  21. Chandelier
  22. Chuile Rud Beo All The Small Things
  23. Cóisir Rac Party Rock Anthem
  24. Cold Water Cold Water
  25. Fairytale of New York
  26. Fanfaidh Mé Ortsa I will wait for you
  27. Féileacán Beag Little butterfly
  28. Gabh i Leith Come Here
  29. Geronimo
  30. Glaoigh Orm B’Fheidir
  31. Grá dom Leonadh Falling Slowly
  32. Hall of Fame
  33. Hello as Gaeilge
  34. Hymn for the Weekend
  35. I Do Dhiaidh Despacito
  36. Kiss You
  37. Lady Gaeilge
  38. Lorde Royals as Gaeilge
  39. Mar gur Tháinig Tú Glad You Came
  40. Níl mé ag Bogadh
  41. Níl mé liom fhéin I'm Not the Only One
  42. Nós na Tine Just Like Fire
  43. Praghas Tag Price Tag
  44. Rolling in the Deep in Irish
  45. Roth Mór an tSaoil Circle of Life
  46. Scaití Counting Stars
  47. Scaoil Uait na Deora Hold Back the River
  48. Sé amhrán le Chéile
  49. Seo é d’amhrán Your Song
  50. Shape Of You
  51. Síoraí Spraoi Cheerleader
  52. Sky Full of Stars
  53. Solas na Sléibhte Angel of Small Death
  54. Some Nights in Irish
  55. Taibhsí nó Laochra Heroes or Ghosts
  56. Tóg Amach Mé Take Me Out (Wagon Wheel)
  57. Tóg Mo Lámh Take My Hand
  58. Waiting for Love
  59. Wake Me Up Wake Me Up

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