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"Songs of the Emerald Isle," an Irish travelogue from 1955, is now available to watch for free on the Irish Film Institute's IFIPlayer as part of their St. Patrick's Day Collection.
This short film "Songs of the Emerald Isle" presents five much-loved Irish airs and ballads against a backdrop of the Irish landscape.
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Bing Crosby sings “How Can you Buy Killarney?” (from his St Patrick’s Day Parade album), John Feeney sings “The Connemara Shore,” and Connie Foley sings “Lovely Leitrim.”
These songs of yearning and nostalgia are illustrated with images of Irish Travellers, fishermen, foresters and farmers, ancient monuments, rich farmlands, seascapes, and the River Shannon.