The Green and Red of Mayo • The Bantry Boys 9.26.26 – 2026 Bayonne Irish Festival — Bayonne, NJ

Irish folk band The Bantry Boys covers 1992 song "The Green and Red of Mayo" by Irish folk-rock band the Saw Doctors, formed in 1986 in Tuam, County Galway. The Green and Red of Mayo is the unofficial anthem of the Mayo county football team. Recorded live 9.26.26 at the 2026 Bayonne Irish Festival, sponsored by the Shamrock Society, the Irish American League, and the Co. Donegal Association of Bayonne. 2026 RadiantLlamaCinema Lyrics: Oh the Green and Red of Mayo I can see it still It's soft and craggy bogland Its tall majestic hills Where the ocean kisses Ireland And the waves caress its shore Oh the feeling it came over me To stay forever more Forever more From it's rolling coastal waters I can see Croagh Patrick's peak Where one Sunday every Summer The pilgrims climb the reek Where Saint Patrick in its solitude Looked down across Clew Bay And With a ringing of his bell Called the faithful there to pray There to pray Oh take me to Clare Island The home of Granuaile It's waters harbour fishes From the herring to the whale And now I must depart it And reality is plain May the time not pass so slowly Before I set sail again Set sail again