Dermot Hegarty - Dear Old Donegal

Song Name: Dear Old Donegal

By: Dermot Hegarty ( Dermot Hegarty )

Country: Ireland

Song Local Name: Dear Old Donegal

Album: The Greatest Irish Party Songs

Link to buy: Not available

Genre: Irish folk music , folk music of Ireland , traditional music of Ireland

Date Added: 22 Aug 2019

Discovered By: Yuri Bonilha

1795 views

Add to my playlist

Auto play next: Gunner McGee by Ronnie Drew

Send us more information about this song

Dear Old Donegal by Dermot Hegarty is part of folk music tradition in/by Ireland. Folk Music of Ireland is traditionally brother to some other region(s) in the world. If you want to listen to song(s) in the same genre or with the same root with Dear Old Donegal (or folk music of Ireland), other than checking Ireland you can also check music of England and Scotland. From the top menu, first choose the desired region and then find the link from the map or country list.

"Dear Old Donegal" is an Irish-American song popularised by American singer Bing Crosby and written by Steve Graham. The song has an 'upbeat' rhythm and is meant to be the words of a poor Irishman who has to leave his homeland to go to United States, however, he gets to return to his native County Donegal after becoming successful in the United States.

Related Songs

Caoineadh Mhuire by Nóirín Ní Riain
Caoineadh Na Maighdine (Irish Traditional Religious Songs)

Jemmy Duffy's Barndances by Brian Mcgrath
Pure Banjo

The Lambs in the Green Hills by Seamus Gavin, Shari Stacher, Martin McAleer, Terry Craig, James Gavin, Blaki McGandy
Tá na Lá

Murphy's Hornpipe by The Chieftains
Traditional Irish Folk Songs