Words

Lyrics written by: Henry Priestman
Original music written by: Sean O'Riada
Original lyrics written by: Peadar Ó Doirnín
Language: English
ISWC: T-030.063.615-0 GEMA, ISWC
T-900.241.441-7 BMI
Adapted from: Mná Na H Éireann (Women of Ireland) written by Sean O'Riada
Comments: Melody taken from 'Mna Na hEireann' first recorded in 1969 by Ceoltóirí Chualann, with lead vocal by Seán O Sé
Published by: IDEAL PRODUCTIONS LTD GEMA
REAL WORLD WORKS LIMITED GEMA
REAL WORLD WORKS GEMA
MIGHTY VILLAGE RECORDS LIMITED GEMA
EMI VIRGIN SONGS BMI
EMI BLACKWOOD MUSIC INC BMI
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Originals

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Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Mná Na Héireann	Seán Ó Riada Le Seán Ó Sé Agus Ceoltóirí Cualann	1970	First release
Mna Na H Éireann (Women of Ireland)	Sinéad O'Connor	October 24, 1995	Charity
Mná Na H'Eireann	Kate Bush	May 20, 1996
Mná na hÉireann	Nolwenn Leroy	December 6, 2010

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	Mná Na Éireann	The Chieftains	1973
i	Women of Ireland	Bob James	June 1976
i	Love Theme from Barry Lyndon	Tony Savage & Dominic	1976
i	Women of Ireland	Ronnie Montrose	1986
i	Mná na h-Éireann	Phil Coulter featuring Suzanne Murphy	1988	Vocalise version
i	Words	Project D	1990
i	Women of Ireland	Mike Oldfield	August 23, 1996
i	Mná na hÉireann	James Galway & Phil Coulter	1997
i	Women of Ireland	Anders Bru	1998
i	Mná Na Héireann	Sharon Corr featuring Jeff Beck	September 13, 2010
i	Mná Na Héireann	Jeff Beck	November 19, 2013	Live
i	Women of Ireland	Dexys	June 3, 2016
i	Women of Ireland	Synthphonic	March 14, 2017	Unverified
i	Women of Ireland	Vanja Orlandic	January 2020

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Ta slůvka	Jiří Korn	May 23, 2014	First recording in 1998 First release Released more than 10 years after its recording

Words written by Henry Priestman English

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Words	The Christians [GB]	1989	First release

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		So Many Things	Sarah Brightman	1998	First release
		So Many Things	Jan Werner	November 3, 2003

So Many Things written by John Reidy instrumental

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
	i	So Many Things	George Davidson	August 2001

Irish Woman written by Luis Cobos instrumental

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
	i	Irish Woman	Luis Cobos	1997	First release

Women Of Ireland written by [Unknown] English (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Women Of Ireland	Margret Roadknight with Bruce McNicol (Margret RoadKnight)	1988	Unverified