Why the Parting Glass is Irish music’s favourite song of farewell
Irish music is littered with songs of farewell but few have endured and become so popular across the world as the Parting Glass.
Hundreds of years of emigration meant that Irish people got used to being separated from their families and their loved ones. Their response to separations that they could not avoid was to remain as positive as possible and this quality is exemplified perfectly in the Parting Glass.
It creates the same feeling as Shakespeare’s “parting is such ... Read more




