Fields of Athenry, Piano

Here is my rendition of "The Fields of Athenry", one of my favorite Irish pieces.

From what I've picked up online, "The Fields of Athenry" is an Irish folk ballad set during the Great Irish Potato Famine (1845-1850) about a fictional man named Michael from near Athenry in County Galway who has been sentenced to transportation [via prison ship] to Botany Bay, Australia, for stealing food for "the young" (possibly his starving family). The food he stole was "Trevelyan's corn". Charles Edward Trevelyan was a senior British civil servant in the administration of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in Dublin Castle.

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[cachalou1982]

awesome !!! The best version I've founded on the net !! Congrats !!!

[emarylandrealtor10]

@cachalou1982 . Thank you, I will keep posting music. Thanks for listening. - Joe

[emarylandrealtor10]

There are many versions out there. I cannot put links into these comments. I just used google to search for "Fields of Athenry Sheet Music".

[HAMMYCFC]

i could play this when a was 9 cos i love celtic football club we sing this alot well nack in the day we did not as mutch now

[chemicalmix]

Utterly Fantastic mate;

Really well done indeed  - one of my fave tunes played beautifully on the keys

Chem

[pianoman125]

Really good sounds gr8

nice dynamics

[RandomRosemary]

I dont suppose you have the sheet music for this? :(