Whiskey in The Jar - Recordings

Recordings

A partial discography:

• Seamus Ennis – World Library of Folk and Primitive Music, Vol. 2: Ireland 1951 (Alan Lomax field recording)
• Burl Ives – Songs Of Ireland 1958, as "Kilgary Mountain"
• The Brothers Four- In Person 1962, as "Kilgary Mountain"
• The Limeliters – Sing Out! 1962, as "Kilgary Mountain"
• The Seekers – The Seekers 1964
• Peter, Paul & Mary – A Song Will Rise 1965, as "Gilgarra Mountain"
• The Dubliners – multiple records
• Darby O'Gill – Waitin' for a Ride 1996
• The Poxy Boggards – Lager Than Life 2002
• Blaggards – Live in Texas in 2010.
• Celtic Thunder – Heritage 2011

The song has also been recorded by singers and folk groups such as Roger Whittaker, The Irish Rovers, Seven Nations, Off Kilter, King Creosote, Brobdingnagian Bards, Firkin, Charlie Zahm, and Christy Moore.

Contrary to common belief, The Clancy Brothers never recorded the song. The confusion stems from the album Irish Drinking Songs, which is composed of separate tracks by The Dubliners and The Clancy Brothers, with the former performing "Whiskey in the Jar". Liam Clancy did record it with his son and nephew on Clancy, O'Connell & Clancy in 1997, and Tommy Makem recorded it on The Song Tradition in 1998. The High Kings, featuring Bobby Clancy's son Finbarr, released a version in February 2011.

Thin Lizzy's 1972 single (bonus track on Vagabonds of the Western World ) stayed at the top of the Irish charts for 17 weeks, and the British release stayed in the top 30 for 12 weeks, peaking at No. 6, in 1973. This version has since been covered by U2, Pulp (Different Class ), Smokie, Metallica (Garage Inc. 1998, which won a Grammy), Belle & Sebastian (The Blues Are Still Blue EP 2006), Gary Moore (2006), Nicky Moore (Top Musicians Play Thin Lizzy 2008), Simple Minds (Searching for the Lost Boys 2009), and Israeli musician Izhar Ashdot.

Jerry Garcia and David Grisman recorded a bluegrass version for the album Shady Grove. The song is also on the Grateful Dead live compilation So Many Roads disc five.

Icelandic folk band Þrjú á palli recorded it in 1971 as "Lífið er lotterí" with lyrics by Jónas Árnason. Lillebjørn Nilsen adapted it to Norwegian, as "Svikefulle Mari", on his 1971 album Tilbake. Finnish band Eläkeläiset recorded a humppa version as the title track of their 1997 album Humppamaratooni. In 2007 the Lars Lilholt Band made a Danish version, "Gi' mig whiskey in the jar", for the album Smukkere med tiden. Estonian band Poisikõsõ recorded "Hans'a õuhkaga" on the album Tii päält iist in 2007.