> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.newbostonpost.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # 104 Villains of Irish Music - URL: https://www.newbostonpost.com/104-villains-of-irish-music/ - Published: 2025-03-17T17:23:25.000Z - Updated: 2025-07-06T03:07:16.000Z - Author: Matt McDonald - Tags: Commentary, Culture During the hundreds of years of Irish traditional music, Irish folk songs have identified many bad guys. Below are 104 of them, each with a link to a moment in the song where the villain is identified. ## 1\. The Landlady ##### ["The Wild Rover"](https://youtu.be/qdl-yB0MapI?t=56&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 2\. The Landlord ##### [“Skibbereen”](https://youtu.be/LF0RY89cjHM?t=77&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### [“The Waterford Boys”](https://youtu.be/CxQcim752Fc?t=81&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 3\. The Landlords ##### [“The Ballad of John Williams”](https://youtu.be/dQ1YrWuEaxE?t=70&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## ## 4\. The Sheriff ##### [“Skibbereen”](https://youtu.be/LF0RY89cjHM?t=77&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 5\. Gombeen Men ##### [“Radio Toor-I-Li-Ay”](https://youtu.be/l5xbtiHB2Gw?t=70&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 6\. The Gombeen Man ##### [“The Gombeen Man”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6aZKfBy63E&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 7\. The Excise Men ##### [“The Hills of Connemara”](https://youtu.be/%5FG06xa-jJMA?t=99&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 8\. The Customs ##### [“Flash The Lights At Me”](https://youtu.be/aiQ1kkknU%5Fk?t=70&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 9\. The Countryman ##### [“Step It Out Mary”](https://youtu.be/BAcG1g82DRY?t=8&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 10\. England ##### [“The West’s Asleep”](https://youtu.be/XVKHzJEyMS0?t=134&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### [ “Outlawed Rapparee”](https://youtu.be/PmiAHSu99xM?t=94&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 11\. Mother England ##### [“God Bless England”](https://youtu.be/1CySri9RAuQ?t=139&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 12\. Cruel England ##### [“The Patriot Game”](https://youtu.be/Grp5oROAfBg?t=44&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 13\. John Bull ##### [“The Patriot Game”](https://youtu.be/RQBW6UQa8Fc?t=119&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 14\. Britannia’s Sons / Britannia’s Huns ##### [“The Foggy Dew”](https://youtu.be/keWnPZOd2cw?t=96&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 15\. Black and Tans ##### [“Come Out Ye Black and Tans”](https://youtu.be/j%5FnuOyxMrMQ?t=24&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### [“Rifles of the IRA”](https://youtu.be/FPpTR00jipM?t=116&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 16\. Strangers ##### [“Four Green Fields”](https://youtu.be/KsaQPobUZiM?t=216&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 17\. The Strangers ##### [“Galway Bay”](https://youtu.be/gt7NdiFeYJA?t=63&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 18\. The Saxon ##### ["Benedy Glen"](https://youtu.be/4vUEAalebik?t=129&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 19\. The Saxons ##### ["Off To Dublin In The Green"](https://youtu.be/VR12Q4kcdqQ?t=111&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 20\. Base Alien Mongrels ##### ["Benedy Glen"](https://youtu.be/4vUEAalebik?t=267&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 21\. Oliver Cromwell ##### [“Young Ned of the Hill”](https://youtu.be/bkP02PQkXwc?t=50&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 22\. Cromwell’s Men ##### [“The Men Behind The Wire”](https://youtu.be/DXzhEokVn0s?t=67&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 23\. Yeomen ##### [“Boulavogue”](https://youtu.be/x%5FrLT6Y93rk?t=85&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 24\. Yeoman Cavalry ##### [“The Croppy Boy”](https://youtu.be/%5FQMx1lXgUKc?t=61&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 25\. The RUC ##### [“Impartial Police Force”](https://youtu.be/emuca%5F992Qw?t=39&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 26\. Trevelyan ##### [“The Fields of Athenry”](https://youtu.be/%5FNlrsmEvv1Q?t=30&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 27\. Foreign Chains ##### [“The Wind That Shakes the Barley”](https://youtu.be/eDAKmhQGXMs?t=75&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 28\. The Foeman ##### [“The Minstrel Boy”](https://youtu.be/LgwQcUhKceg?t=86&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 29\. The Foreman ##### [“Botany Bay”](https://youtu.be/3jLCzbIBFc0?t=27&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 30\. McAlpine ##### [“McAlpine’s Fusiliers”](https://youtu.be/K9KGZYX%5FZzM?t=88&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## ## 31\. The Recruiting Sergeant ##### [“The Recruiting Sergeant”](https://youtu.be/NFjVPLrsxzo?t=18&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 32\. Sergeant Napper ##### [“Arthur McBride”](https://youtu.be/VBdywzKD2Jw?t=85&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 33\. Corporal Vamp ##### [“Arthur McBride”](https://youtu.be/VBdywzKD2Jw?t=85&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 34\. Little Wee Drummer ##### [“Arthur McBride”](https://youtu.be/VBdywzKD2Jw?t=85&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 35\. Dirty Flanders Bullet ##### [“Johnny Mcgory”](https://youtu.be/i2dtubiz6KY?t=4&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 36\. White ##### [“Follow Me Up To Carlow”](https://youtu.be/lIneRZntB34?t=178&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 37\. Gray ##### [“Follow Me Up To Carlow”](https://youtu.be/lIneRZntB34?t=178&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 38\. Black Fitzwilliam ##### [“Follow Me Up To Carlow”](https://youtu.be/lIneRZntB34?t=178&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 39\. Queen Liza ##### [“Follow Me Up To Carlow”](https://youtu.be/lIneRZntB34?t=178&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 40\. The King ##### [“The Wild Colonial Boy”](https://youtu.be/j3QJPxiLOPo?t=116&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 41\. Vengeful Tyrants ##### [“God Save Ireland”](https://youtu.be/TqNNVWHmhag?t=10&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 42\. Lord Cornwall ##### [“The Croppy Boy”](https://youtu.be/%5FQMx1lXgUKc?t=61&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 43\. Kelly ##### [“The Wild Colonial Boy”](https://youtu.be/j3QJPxiLOPo?t=79&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## ## 44\. Davis ##### [“The Wild Colonial Boy”](https://youtu.be/j3QJPxiLOPo?t=79&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 45\. Fitzroy ##### [“The Wild Colonial Boy”](https://youtu.be/j3QJPxiLOPo?t=79&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 46\. Margaret Thatcher ##### [“Transit Van”](https://youtu.be/BgxMgEpcKIo?t=4&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 47\. The Butcher’s Apron ##### [“The Butcher’s Apron”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt3G4jp2wis&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 48\. The Crown ##### [“Fields of Athenry”](https://youtu.be/J%5FLplzyO6s8?t=104&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 49\. The Forces of The Crown ##### [“Irish Soldier Laddie”](https://youtu.be/%5FQN0B-JjZ6k?t=23&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 50\. The Peelers ##### [“Pat of Mullingar”](https://youtu.be/vwGNqTQq6D8?t=20&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 51\. British Soldiers ##### [“Kevin Barry”](https://youtu.be/SBwCr2OwO8Y?t=66&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 52\. The Prince of Wales ##### [“The Irish Volunteers”](https://youtu.be/GJf0hgcJavo?t=143&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 53\. Some Dirty Savage ##### [“Nell Flaherty’s Drake”](https://youtu.be/4JudTGMp4Yw?t=18&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 54\. The Empire ##### [“Rock On Rockall](https://youtu.be/dl-wiFETEik?t=5&ref=newbostonpost.com)" ## 55\. The Judges ##### [“Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six”](https://youtu.be/HlmOliCPMZ8?t=148&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 56\. The Coppers ##### [“Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six”](https://youtu.be/HlmOliCPMZ8?t=105&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 57\. The Screws ##### [“Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six”](https://youtu.be/HlmOliCPMZ8?t=148&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 58\. The Policeman ##### ["The Ballad of 90 Eggs"](https://youtu.be/S5l--31NRX8?t=6&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 59\. Napoleon ##### [“Ducks of Magheralin”](https://youtu.be/WZoG%5FFzDNpU?t=117&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 60\. The Famine ##### [“Fields of Athenry”](https://youtu.be/J%5FLplzyO6s8?t=104&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 61\. The Sickness ##### [“Giant Land”](https://youtu.be/upoe4vpxWnM?t=38&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 62\. Quislings ##### [“The Patriot Game”](https://youtu.be/RQBW6UQa8Fc?t=159&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 63\. Every Foe and Traitor ##### [“The Rising of the Moon”](https://youtu.be/NhFtxGpvn-E?t=92&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 64\. Lackies [“Radio Toor-I-Li-Ay”](https://youtu.be/l5xbtiHB2Gw?t=70&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 65\. West Britons ##### [“Radio Toor-I-Li-Ay”](https://youtu.be/l5xbtiHB2Gw?t=70&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 66\. Free Staters ##### [“Take It Down From The Mast”](https://youtu.be/IiTrGDyGgOw?t=13&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### [“Galtee Mountain Boy”](https://youtu.be/xFmJwKVKXfw?t=29&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 67\. The Turk ##### [“The Errant Apprentice”](https://youtu.be/Zk8D7jNrkoU?t=95&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 68\. Johnny Turk ##### ["And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda"](https://youtu.be/PFCekeoSTwg?t=100&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 69\. The Garda Car ##### [“The Garda Car”](https://youtu.be/e2hhBSFuEEg?t=2&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 70\. A Fever ##### [“Molly Malone”](https://youtu.be/4CpYQpV3pmY?t=128&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 71\. Unemployment ##### [“Transit Van”](https://youtu.be/BgxMgEpcKIo?t=4&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 72\. Emigration ##### [“Noreen Bawn”](https://youtu.be/Ga5uBtRdXwY?t=211&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 73\. Your Cruel Father ##### [“Mary From Dungloe”](https://youtu.be/z399Zzwq1MU?t=74&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 74\. My Aged Father ##### [“The Croppy Boy”](https://youtu.be/%5FQMx1lXgUKc?t=107&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 75\. My Own First Cousin ##### [“The Croppy Boy”](https://youtu.be/%5FQMx1lXgUKc?t=39&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 76\. The Eldest Sister ##### [“Two Sisters”](https://youtu.be/8v2JbTGGyHw?t=87&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 77\. Jack and Tom ##### [“The Black Sheep"](https://youtu.be/fgRRQERW7vE?t=8&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 78\. Wife ##### [“William Bloat”](https://youtu.be/Im2ihKqvZwQ?t=9&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 79\. Old Woman From Wexford ##### [“Old Woman From Wexford”](https://youtu.be/e6azRT4Phc0?t=3&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 80\. False-Hearted Woman ##### [“Brennan On The Moor”](https://youtu.be/CkxuWte%5FiKg?t=97&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 81\. A Pretty Girl ##### [“Right All Right”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhY%5FHfXDHvQ&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 82\. The Black Velvet Band ##### [“Black Velvet Band”](https://youtu.be/ef4lPUtoNwE?t=24&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 83\. Mary Ann Maguire ##### [“The Errant Apprentice”](https://youtu.be/Zk8D7jNrkoU?t=11&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 84\. Miss Henrietta Bell ##### [“Courtin’ in the Kitchen”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsbfNo2SNnY&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 85\. Jenny ##### [“Whiskey In The Jar](https://youtu.be/cYGyERe2Vbw?t=28&ref=newbostonpost.com)" ## 86\. Captain Farrell ##### [“Whiskey in the Jar”](https://youtu.be/Hwb8C2TijYE?t=46&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 87\. The Miller ##### [“Two Sisters”](https://youtu.be/1j4HSEvdDuM?t=212&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 88\. William Bloat ##### [“William Bloat”](https://youtu.be/Im2ihKqvZwQ?t=9&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 89\. The Hangman ##### [“Kevin Barry”](https://youtu.be/SBwCr2OwO8Y?t=66&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 90\. Jack Catch ##### [“The Night Before Larry Was Stretched”](https://youtu.be/8PGj%5FDVyHBQ?t=103&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 91\. The Rent ##### [“Skibbereen”](https://youtu.be/LF0RY89cjHM?t=57&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 92\. Taxes ##### [“Skibbereen”](https://youtu.be/LF0RY89cjHM?t=57&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 93\. Hunger ##### [“Waxie’s Dargle”](https://youtu.be/TxFliEOskNg?t=72&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 94\. Poverty ##### [“Paddy’s Lamentation”](https://youtu.be/%5FtP7Lsv1QeA?t=12&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 95\. Murderin’ Cannons ##### [“Paddy’s Lamentation”](https://youtu.be/%5FtP7Lsv1QeA?t=25&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 96\. Cannon Ball ##### [“My Son John / After the Battle of Aughrim”](https://youtu.be/uy7PQE7rXDw?t=19&ref=newbostonpost.com) ##### ## 97\. Wise Men ##### [“The Bold Fenian Men”](https://youtu.be/eNBAoWULT%5F8?t=88&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 98\. Gray Unyielding Concrete ##### [“Dublin In The Rare Auld Times”](https://youtu.be/ZTYkbyL4Yxk?t=211&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 99\. Progress ##### [“Dublin In The Rare Auld Times”](https://youtu.be/ZTYkbyL4Yxk?t=103&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 100\. Student Chap ##### [“Dublin In The Rare Auld Times”](https://youtu.be/ZTYkbyL4Yxk?t=144&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 101\. The Cruel Sea ##### [“Donegal Danny”](https://youtu.be/BL-XuHAgK80?t=227&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 102\. Coffin Ship ##### [“Thousands Are Sailing”](https://youtu.be/swQNNjXztsI?t=58&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 103\. Sergeant Death ##### [“The Bard of Armagh”](https://youtu.be/6xExk0Ppyps?list=PL03DDB5548F47677C&t=135&ref=newbostonpost.com) ## 104\. Nancy Whiskey ##### [“Nancy Whiskey”](https://youtu.be/pCN%5Fq3hX%5FRE?t=137&ref=newbostonpost.com) *Did we miss any? Let us know in the comments below.*