According to Wikipedia “Patrick was a 5 th century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop of Ireland…The 17 March is the day where the foremost patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick (AD 385-461) died… The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland and celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general…
People celebrate St. Patrick’s day in many ways by organising parades and festivals, dances and banquets, the wearing of green clothing, and through ‘ceilithe’ or the Irish traditional music sessions. Eating and drinking restrictions have been lifted and have been an integral part of celebrations.”
Today the online Billboard site published an article “These Are the 25 Most Popular St. Patrick’s Day Songs on YouTube: Exclusive” by Joe Lynch. The article describes the 25 most popular songs that appear most frequently on St. Patrick’s Day play lists worldwide. The list includes songs from U2, Dropkick Murphys, The Cranberries, The Dubliners, The Progues, Celtic Woman, Van Morrison and Great Big Sea. The article has links to all the videos including Ordinary Day.
The article writes about the inclusion of Great Big Sea “Similarly, while Great Big Sea are Canadian, their folk sound draws on hundreds of year of Irish heritage in Newfoundland and Labrador, thus their inclusion”.
I can not circulate the article on my Google + page for those interested. I circulated a copy of Great Big Sea’s Ordinary Day.
I hope you enjoyed this collection of videos as much as I did.
Great Big Sea helping out some students in distance learning in 2011. From CBC Canada. No copyright infringement intended.
