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  Welcome to irishrovers.org
Irish Rovers is a charity that is working to change your perception and challenge you to make a difference to the lives of Bangladeshi and Ethiopian children by giving them an opportunity for a basic education.
The Irish Rovers approach of using football as a focus to Kick Poverty was born from the experience of individuals from Ireland working in the poorest developing world.
Irish Rovers utilises support from individuals, schools and corporate sponsorship to cover costs, ensuring that all funds raised goes directly to support specific families and schools in the poverty stricken parts of Ethiopia and Bangladesh.
www.irishrovers.org   (223 words)

  
 Celtic MP3s: IRISH ROVERS - irish pub songs free music downloads
The new millennium marks the 36th anniversary of the birth of the Irish Rovers.
The Irish Rovers are still passionate about performing and will continue to tour and entertain their legions of fans.
For fans of the Irish Rovers, this is the definitive collection with all of their most-popular songs and unique style of Irish and other folk songs including, The Unicorn Song, Orange and Green, Lily the Pink, Black Velvet Band, Whiskey on Sunday and many more songs that will leave you singing along.
www.celticmp3s.com /bands/irish_rovers   (739 words)

  
 Irish Rovers
The Irish Rovers are a Celtic folk and pop group, founded about 1964 by 5 Irish-born musicians who emigrated to Toronto in their teens.
They were joined in the Irish Rovers (a name suggested the Millar boys' mother, Elsie) by cousin Joe Millar, Jimmy Ferguson and Wilcil McDowell.
The Irish Rovers relocated to San Francisco and gained acclaim from a 22-week engagement at the Purple Onion folk club.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0010274   (320 words)

  
 Irish Rovers
Under Will Millar's leadership the Irish Rovers began their career at the Depression in Calgary and appeared at other coffeehouses throughout North America (notably the Purple Onion in San Francisco and the Ice House in Los Angeles, recording its first LP, The First of the Irish Rovers, Decca DL-74835, at the latter venue).
Though it did not have as consistently high a profile in later years, it performed for audiences in many parts of the world and in 1979 received the PRO Canada's Wm Harold Moon Award for international achievement.
Over the years the Irish Rovers have balanced their repertoire of traditional and novelty material with contemporary songs by Will Millar, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, and others.
thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001716   (510 words)

  
 The Irish Rovers
After the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, the Irish Rovers became the most popular and well-known Irish Ballad Group in North America, due in no small part to their hit song, "The Unicorn".
The Rovers continued to play folk clubs up and down the coast as their reputation and popularity grew.
The Rovers (George, Joe and Wicil) continue to perform and record with new band members John Reynolds, Wallace Hood and Kevin McKewon...and so the music goes on.
www.theballadeers.com /IR_01.htm   (319 words)

  
 Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers
Then laugh as all your favorite Irish Drinking Songs are rewritten with lyrics about cats.
So when I was on the phone in 2003 and casually started singing a version of "Wild Rover" about cats, I had a revelation.
Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion, all the original Irish songs parodied by Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers.
www.catdrinkingsongs.com   (560 words)

  
 Irish Rovers
The day is here, and by a stroke of Irish luck, Solas, America's finest melders of contemporary songs with traditional Irish music, are playing in their hometown.
He was totally devoted to Irish music, which was itself something he kept on the sly from his schoolmates at Monsignor Bonner.
And Egan proves he is still Irish to the bone with an assortment of jigs and reels.
www.citypaper.net /articles/2005-03-17/music.shtml   (875 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Music - Pop Encyclopedia - Irish Rovers, The
The members of the Irish Rovers were all EmigrEs from Northern Ireland who formed in Calgary in 1964.
In 1977 they were signed to Attic Records who went whole hog and released three albums of Irish Rovers material that year.
Their output was frenetic throughout the 1980's including several chart topping and award winning back-to-back albums including 'The Rovers' (1980), 'No More Bread And Butter' (1981) and 'It Was A Night Like This' (1982) which were all produced by Jack Richardson.
jam.canoe.ca /Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/I/Irish_Rovers.html   (651 words)

  
 The Irish Rovers
The Irish Rovers are known as international ambassadors of Irish entertainment, and the group is entering its fourth decade of performing together.
The Rovers repertoire consists of the tried and true classics that keep fans clapping their hands and stomping their feet.
In addition to their concerts, The Irish Rovers are known for their weekly TV variety series that aired in the 1970s for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
www.hofstra.edu /News/UR/Press/ur_irishrovers.cfm   (308 words)

  
 The Irish Rovers Tickets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
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 IRISH SONG LYRICS - Irish Songs & Lyrics, MP3s, Sheet Music
I fell in love with Irish songs and Scottish songs by listening to bands like The Dubliners, The Corries, The Wolfe Tones, The Clancy Brothers, Ewan MacColl, and the Irish Rovers.
The Irish Songs and Lyrics Directory is a free service, but if you find this service useful, make a small donation to Marc Gunn.
Keeping the folk tradition alive in the digital age, Marc Gunn's Irish Songs and Lyrics Podcast features free downloads of the songs you will find on this website, released every week under a Creative Commons license.
www.irish-song-lyrics.com   (479 words)

  
 Irish Rovers Concerts-WA01
Description of Irish Rovers concert in Washington in 2001.
On Sunday, November 25, 2001, the Irish Rovers performed in the small Central Washington town of Omak.
This was my 20th time seeing the Irish Rovers perform live since 1970, the second without Will, and the first without Jimmy.
home.att.net /~nghardin/IrishRoversConcerts-WA01.htm   (405 words)

  
 Irish Rovers Recordings
For the benefit of those who listen to it and are sure the Rovers did some of these before, but not as they are here, and can't quite place them, "The Rake" is very similar to "First Love In Life" and "Glenarm Bay" has a tune matching "Wind That Shakes The Corn".
Put "Irish Rovers" (in quotes) and the album title, such as "On the Shores of Americay" (in separate quotes) into the search box and hit the search button.
Something to keep in mind while searching: In alphabetical lists, look for just-plain "Rovers" as well as "Irish Rovers" since some of their recordings were released without the "Irish" in the name.
nghardin.home.att.net /Rovers/IrishRoversRecords.htm   (1944 words)

  
 The Irish Rovers Tickets - The Irish Rovers Concert Tickets @ Tickets4Concerts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
If you could not find the right The Irish Rovers tickets that you are looking for, please use the search on the left.
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 The Irish Rovers News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
News about The Irish Rovers continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Dearborn: The Irish Rovers will provide an evening of Celtic traditional, folk and popular music starting at 8 p.m.
You can win two tickets to see famed Celtic folk group The Irish Rovers on Friday, September 24th at the Puyallup Fair.
www.topix.net /who/the-irish-rovers   (269 words)

  
 FRETPLAY : The Irish Rovers discography
Our main business is still guitar tabs and bass tabs, and you can find our complete collection of The Irish Rovers tabs here.
The Irish Rovers - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Irish Rovers
Irish Rovers - Upon A Shamrock Shore: Songs of Ireland and the Irish
www.fretplay.com /review/i/irish_rovers/discography.shtml   (126 words)

  
 Irish Rovers tabs :: complete, accurate & free   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
You should also check our Irish Rovers discography and CD reviews here.
Find accurate Irish Rovers sheet music and tab books for bass at sheetmusic+
Download free music lyrics and song lyrics by Irish Rovers or any other artist at lyrics-now.com
www.fretplay.com /tabs/i/irish_rovers   (136 words)

  
 The Irish Rovers -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The Irish Rovers -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The Irish Rovers is a popular and long-running (A river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma) Canadian- (The Celtic language of Ireland) Irish (People in general) folk group created in the 1960s.
The group is best known for their hit recording of (United States poet and cartoonist remembered for his stories and poems for children (1932-1999)) Shel Silverstein's "The Unicorn Song", and also hosted several variety TV programs in the 1970s on Canadian television.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Th/The_Irish_Rovers.htm   (99 words)

  
 Overture Center for the Arts presents The Irish Rovers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Overture Center for the Arts presents The Irish Rovers
These international ambassadors of good cheer have delighted audiences around the world for four decades with rollicking, rousing performances filled with Irish song and wit.
With original members George Millar, Joe Millar and Wilcil McDowell, joined by Kevin McKeown, John Reynold and Wallace Hood, the group is still passionate about performing.
www.overturecenter.com /Performances/irish_rovers.htm   (118 words)

  
 Benidorm's Irish Rovers
On Friday 21st January 2005, Benidorm's Irish Rovers visit Cardiff as part of their UK tour.
The band who are widely musically acclaimed for their grip on Irish music specialise in songs particularly revolving round Glasgow Celtic for this tour.
With the well known love & vocal support for this football club down here a great night is expected.
www.bigcardiff.co.uk /events.php?event_id=547   (200 words)

  
 Irish Rovers Gaelic Football club, Sydney, Australia
Welcome to the Website of Irish Rovers Gaelic Football Club, Sydney, Australia
Welcome to the website of the Irish Rovers Gaelic Football Club, based in Sydney Australia.
A great way to keep fit, make contacts and an active social scene
www.irishroversgfc.com   (94 words)

  
 Rovers Irish -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Children of the unicorn: The story of the Irish Rovers
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy: Authoritative Texts of the Country Wife, the Man of Mode, the Rover, the Way of the World, the Conscious Lovers,...
The Rover, the Feigned Courtesans, the Lucky Chance, the Emperor of the Moon (Oxford World's Classics)
songlyricsdb.com /r/roversirish   (87 words)

  
 Irish Rovers Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Music » Bands and Artists » I » Irish Rovers
The First of the Irish Rovers / The Unicorn [re-issue]
Upon A Shamrock Shore: Songs of Ireland and the Irish
music.infotut.com /Bands_and_Artists/I/Irish_Rovers   (134 words)

  
 The Irish Rovers Touring Itinerary
5/24 Lady Luck Casino, Bettendorf, IA The Chicago Irish Festival Gaelic Park, Tinley Park, IL 6/29 Canada Day...
Vancouver Trade & Convention Center, Vancouver, BC Cleveland's Irish Cultural Festival Berea Fairground, Middleburg Heights, OH Milwaukee Irish Fest Henry Maier Lakefront Park, Milwaukee, WI 8/21 Peterborough Festival of Lights, Peterborough, ONT, Canada
For booking information contact Shaw Saltzburg at (604) 734-5945
www.irishtours.com /rovers.html   (74 words)

  
 AOL Music: The Irish Rovers : MAIN
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The Best Of The Irish Rovers [Remaster], The Irish Rovers.
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