Spirit of the Nation

Spirit of the Nation
Studio album by
The Wolfe Tones
Released1981
GenreIrish folk
LabelTriskel Records
The Wolfe Tones chronology
Belt of the Celts
(1978) 		Spirit of the Nation
(1981) 		As Gaeilge
(1982)

Spirit of the Nation is the tenth album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones. It became the band's best-selling album.[1]

The final track, "Streets of New York" reached the top of the IRMA charts. It was written by Liam Reilly of Bagatelle and discusses Irish emigration to New York.[1]

Track list

  1. Dingle Bay
  2. No Irish Need Apply
  3. Down by the Glenside
  4. Bold Fenian Men
  5. Paddle Your Own Canoe
  6. Padraic Pearse
  7. The Lough Sheelin Eviction
  8. Song of the Celts
  9. Butterfly
  10. Protestant Men
  11. Only Our Rivers Run Free
  12. St. Patrick was a Gentleman
  13. Ireland Unfree
  14. Carolan's Concerto
  15. Streets of New York

References

  1. ^ a b Warfield, Derek; Daly, Raymond (2012). Celtic & Ireland in Song and Story. BookBaby. ISBN 9781620957646. Retrieved 9 January 2018.


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