The Ragman's Ball is a traditional

Irish folk song Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In ''A History of Irish Music'' (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Ireland, there we ...

associated with The Liberties, Dublin, an area in the capital city's inner city. The topic of the song is about a ragman that throws a

party A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature f ...

, and the various characters that attend the party.

Notable recordings

The Dubliners The Dubliners were an Folk music of Ireland, 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 personn ...

on their 1964 self titled debut album, and on their 1989 album, ''

The Dubliner's Dublin ''The Dubliner's Dublin'' is the last of The Dubliners' albums to be released on vinyl, ''The Dubliner's Dublin'' coincided with Dublin City's millennium celebrations. The lineup was Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna, John Sheahan, Seán Cannon and Ea ...

''.

References

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