St. Patrick’s day is coming up soon, and i thought this would be a perfect time to to put together an irish themed running playlist.
Irish music is usually lumped into the “drinking song” category, and true, this music is great as pub music, but it’s hard to ignore the greatness of irish music and the influence it had on genres like country and rock. In fact, if some of the songs in this running playlist woulnd’t have the bagpipe in them, they’d be hard to distinguish from bluegrass music.
In any case, the playlist i put together today has a nice selection of drinking songs, some instrumentals, and just regular music from ireland (no U2…) that has a good BPM for a running playlist.
This list is 27:36 minutes long with an average BPM of 130.
And now, here’s the list. Happy St. Patrick’s day and don’t drink and run (or drive…),
| Get it on iTunes | Name | Time | Artist | BPM | Album | Genre | Get it on Amazon.com |
| Beer, Beer, Beer | 00:02:31.0 | The Clancy Brothe | 124 | Irish Pub Songs | Irish |  |
Beer, Beer, Beer |
| The Jolly Tinker | 00:02:33.0 | The Clancy Brothe | 124 | The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem In Person At Carnegie Hall | Irish | |
The Jolly Tinker |
| Galway Races | 00:01:57.0 | Liam Clancy | 126 | Liam Clancy | Irish | |
Galway Races |
| The Wearing Of The Green | 00:01:56.0 | Irish Rebel Songs | 126 | 50 Must-Have St. Patrick’s Day Favorites: Irish Pub Songs & more | Irish | |
The Wearing Of The Green |
| Song for the Irish Brigade | 00:05:21.0 | David Kincaid | 129 | The Irish-American’s Song | Irish | |
Song for the Irish Brigade |
| The Swallow Tail Jig | 00:00:54.0 | The Irish Drinking Song, Dancing, and Jig Band | 130 | Irish Drinking Songs | Irish | |
Swallow Tail Jig |
| Rattlin’ Bog | 00:03:50.0 | The Irish Descendant | 131 | So Far So Good. The Best of The Irish Descendants | Irish | |
Rattlin Bog |
| The Irish Washerwoman | 00:01:43.0 | The Irish Drinking Song, Dancing, and Jig Band | 134 | Irish Drinking Songs | Irish | |
The Irish Washerwoman |
| Silver Spear (Jig) | 00:02:54.0 | Great Irish Pub Songs | 139 | 50 Must-Have St. Patrick’s Day Favorites: Irish Pub Songs & more | Irish | |
Silver Spear (Jig) |
| Another Irish Drinking Song | 00:03:57.0 | Da Vinci’s Notebook | 142 | Brontosaurus | Irish | |
Another Irish Drinking Song |
