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Patrick "Paddy" Reilly (born 18 October 1939) is an Irish
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singer and guitarist. Born in Rathcoole, County Dublin, he is one of Ireland's most famous
ballad A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or '' ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...
eers and is best known for his renditions of "
The Fields of Athenry "The Fields of Athenry" is a song written in 1979 by Pete St. John in the style of an Irish folk ballad. Set during the Great Famine of the 1840s, the lyrics feature a fictional man from near Athenry in County Galway, who stole food for his ...
", " Rose of Allendale" and " The Town I Loved So Well". Reilly released his version of "The Fields of Athenry" as a single in 1983; it was the most successful version of this song, remaining in the Irish charts for 72 weeks. He achieved number 1 in Ireland with the
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(no relation) written song "Flight of Earls" in 1988. For years a solo performer, he joined
The Dubliners The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, named after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners. The line-up saw many changes in personnel over their fifty-y ...
in 1996 as a replacement for long-time member
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. He left the group after nine years to move to New York City (where he owns a number of pubs) in 2005 and was replaced by Patsy Watchorn.http://cgi.ebay.ie/The-Paddy-Reilly-Songbook-Fields-of-Athenry-sheet-music_W0QQitemZ380145940850QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item588276b972&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 After living in New York for several years he moved back to Ireland.


Discography


Solo albums

* '' The Life of Paddy Reilly'' (1971) * ''Paddy Reilly at Home'' (1972) * ''The Town I Loved So Well'' (1975) * ''Green Shamrock Shore'' (1980) * ''The Fields of Athenry'' (1982) * ''Live Paddy Reilly'' (1983) * ''The Old Refrain'' (1984) * ''Greatest Hits Live'' (1985) * ''Paddy Reilly's Ireland'' (1986) * ''Paddy Reilly Now'' (1988) * ''Sings the Songs of
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'' (1990) * ''Gold and Silver Days'' (1991) Recorded and released on Irish record labe
Celtic Collections
* ''Come Back Paddy Reilly'' (2003) * ''32 Counties in Song'' (2003) Recorded and released on Irish record labe
Celtic Collections


With The Dubliners

* '' Further Along'' (1996) * '' Alive Alive-O'' (1997) * '' 40 Years'' (2002) * '' Live from the Gaiety'' (2002)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reilly, Paddy 1939 births Irish expatriates in the United States Irish folk musicians Irish folk singers Irish guitarists Irish male singers Living people Irish male guitarists Musicians from County Dublin The Dubliners members