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The best Irish songs of all time — ranked: the definitive top 50
Thin Lizzy, Sinéad O’Connor, U2, the Undertones: these are the greatest Irish songs, as voted in an extensive poll of more than 50 critics and experts The feature generated a huge response, partly because the resulting list wasn’t just one person’s opinion …