Irish music has been the soundtrack to our lives.
From first dances and long road trips to house parties, last calls, and nights that ran later than planned, these are the songs that stay with us long after the moment has passed.
Here are numbers 100–1 in our listener-voted countdown of the 100 Greatest Irish Songs of All Time 🎶
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| Position | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zombie | The Cranberries |
| 2 | Nothing Compares 2 U | Sinéad O'Connor |
| 3 | A Rainy Night in Soho | The Pogues |
| 4 | Dreams | The Cranberries |
| 5 | Take Me To Church | Hozier |
| 6 | Crazy World | Aslan |
| 7 | Brewing Up a Storm | The Stunning |
| 8 | Killeagh | Kingfishr |
| 9 | Fairytale of New York | The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl |
| 10 | With or Without You | U2 |
| 11 | Grace | The Wolfe Tones |
| 12 | Chasing Cars | Snow Patrol |
| 13 | Rocky Took a Lover | Bell X1 |
| 14 | Linger | The Cranberries |
| 15 | The Voyage | Christy Moore |
| 16 | N17 | The Saw Doctors |
| 17 | Mandinka | Sinéad O'Connor |
| 18 | Summer in Dublin | Bagatelle |
| 19 | The Boys Are Back in Town | Thin Lizzy |
| 20 | Maniac 2000 | Mark McCabe |
| 21 | One | U2 |
| 22 | On Raglan Road | Luke Kelly |
| 23 | Dancing in the Moonlight | Thin Lizzy |
| 24 | The Blower’s Daughter | Damien Rice |
| 25 | Teenage Kicks | The Undertones |
| 26 | The Island | Paul Brady |
| 27 | The Streets of New York | The Wolfe Tones |
| 28 | After All | The Frank & Walters |
| 29 | Whiskey in the Jar | Thin Lizzy |
| 30 | Where the Streets Have No Name | U2 |
| 31 | Revelate | The Frames |
| 32 | This Is | Aslan |
| 33 | Scorn Not His Simplicity | Luke Kelly |
| 34 | Ride On | Christy Moore |
| 35 | Galileo | Declan O'Rourke |
| 36 | Run | Snow Patrol |
| 37 | Orinoco Flow | Enya |
| 38 | July | Mundy |
| 39 | Joxer Goes To Stuttgart | Christy Moore |
| 40 | Flying Without Wings | Westlife |
| 41 | Parachute | Something Happens |
| 42 | I Useta Love Her | The Saw Doctors |
| 43 | Eve the Apple of My Eye | Bell X1 |
| 44 | Haunted | Shane MacGowan / Sinéad O'Connor |
| 45 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | U2 |
| 46 | Heroes Or Ghosts | The Coronas |
| 47 | Starburster | Fontaines DC |
| 48 | Bad | U2 |
| 49 | Mary's Pub | Amble |
| 50 | Cannonball | Damien Rice |
| 51 | Old Town | Phil Lynott |
| 52 | Sarah | Thin Lizzy |
| 53 | Put 'Em Under Pressure | Republic Of Ireland Football Squad 1990 |
| 54 | Too Sweet | Hozier |
| 55 | Heyday | Mic Christopher |
| 56 | When You're Looking Like That | Westlife |
| 57 | Where's Me Jumper | Sultans Of Ping FC |
| 58 | The Man Who Can't Be Moved | The Script |
| 59 | Diamonds and Roses | Knight |
| 60 | Celebrate | An Emotional Fish |
| 61 | World of Our Own | Westlife |
| 62 | Rock 'n' Roll Kids | Charlie McGettigan / Paul Harrington |
| 63 | Take My Hand | Picture This |
| 64 | Lonely Island | Amble |
| 65 | Hello Hello Hello Hello (Petrol) | Something Happens |
| 66 | Dearg Doom | Horslips |
| 67 | Favourite | Fontaines DC |
| 68 | Giants | Dermot Kennedy |
| 69 | Into the Mystic | Van Morrison |
| 70 | Beautiful Day | U2 |
| 71 | All I Want | Kodaline |
| 72 | Saints and Sinners | Paddy Casey |
| 73 | I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For | U2 |
| 74 | No Frontiers | Mary Black |
| 75 | Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison |
| 76 | I Don’t Like Mondays | The Boomtown Rats |
| 77 | Breathless | The Corrs |
| 78 | Power Over Me | Dermot Kennedy |
| 79 | I Love You | Fontaines DC |
| 80 | Take A Sexy Picture Of Me | CMAT |
| 81 | Runaway | The Corrs |
| 82 | Dirty Old Town | The Dubliners |
| 83 | Mary | The 4 Of Us |
| 84 | A Pair of Brown Eyes | The Pogues |
| 85 | High Hopes | Kodaline |
| 86 | Don’t Go | Hothouse Flowers |
| 87 | Riverdance | Bill Whelan |
| 88 | Schoolyard Days | Amble |
| 89 | Shining Light | Ash |
| 90 | Friends in Time | Golden Horde |
| 91 | Galway Girl (feat. Sharon Shannon) | Mundy |
| 92 | Star Star | The Frames |
| 93 | This Town | Niall Horan |
| 94 | San Diego Song | The Coronas |
| 95 | Slow Hands | Niall Horan |
| 96 | Oh Yeah | Ash |
| 97 | Euro-Country | CMAT |
| 98 | Days Like This | Van Morrison |
| 99 | Falling Slowly | Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová |
| 100 | Flame | Bell X1 |
