Singer, gaeilgeoir and primary school teacher, Eamonn Ó Ceallaigh, is collaborating with Cork’s Meitheal Mara, the community boatyard, in singing sea shanties with the people o ...

but it’s surprising to see Santiano’s version of “Wellerman” break into the top three. The popular New Zealand folk song first went viral in 2021 after Scottish singer Nathan Evans’s ...

Now, without warning, landlubbers everywhere are singing once-obscure songs like Leave Her Johnny and Soon May the Wellerman Come. Cultural commentators have weighed in on possible reasons why ...