My NTS
Live now

Sarah Makem

NTS default image

Sarah Makem

Sarah Makem has been played on NTS shows including The Early Bird Show, with I Courted A Wee Girl first played on 22 September 2018.

Legendary source singer Sarah Makem (18 October 1900 – 20 April 1983) was a native of Keady, County Armagh, Ireland.

She was the wife of fiddler Peter Makem, mother of musicians Tommy Makem and Jack Makem, and grandmother of musicians Shane Makem, Conor Makem and Rory Makem (The Makem Brothers). Sarah Makem and her cousin, Annie Jane Kelly, were members of the Singing Greenes of Keady.

In the 1950s, song collectors from the United States toured Ireland recording its musical heritage. Sarah…

tracks
MOST PLAYED TRACKS
I Courted A Wee Girl
Mrs Sarah Makem
Topic Records1968
I Courted A Wee Girl
Mrs Sarah MakemTopic Records1968
Discogs
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Mrs Sarah Makem
Topic Records1968
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Mrs Sarah MakemTopic Records1968
Discogs
Derry Gaol
Sarah Makem
Topic Records2012
Derry Gaol
Sarah MakemTopic Records2012
Discogs