Set during the Great Famine of the 1840s, the lyrics feature a fictional man from near Athenry in County Galway , who stole food for his starving family and has been sentenced to transportation to the Australian penal colony at Botany Bay . The Fields of Athenry is a song originally written by Pete St. John in 1970.

Watch the video for The Fields Of Athenry from The Dubliners's Live At The Gaiety for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Schau das Video für The Fields Of Athenry von The Dubliners's Live At The Gaiety kostenlos und sieh dir Coverbilder, Songtexte und ähnliche Künstler an. ☘️ Festival Folk was a six-part series featuring The Dubliners, with special guests Jim McCann and Paddy Reilly recorded in concert at the National Stadium in Dublin. Listen to Fields Of Athenry (Live) from Charlie and the Bhoys's Live At Glasgow Barrowland 1998 for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Der Fernseh-Kommentator verstummt, die Spanier zollen durch Ruhe ihren Respekt: 20.000 irische Fußball-Fans erheben ihre Stimmen und singen: „The Fields of Athenry“ - ein ergreifender EM-Moment. Watch the video for The Fields Of Athenry from Derek Warfield's A Nation Once Again for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The Romilly's Tuesday Evening Music Club singing at The Four Bars (Dempsey's) Cardiff in 2013. Gary Óg Live in Glasgow ℗ 2018 Gary Og Released on: 2018-06-15 Auto-generated by YouTube. "The Fields of Athenry" is a song written in 1979 by Pete St. John in the style of an Irish folk ballad.