Thank You Jack, The Irish Boys are Back
1994 - Lunar LNSC94

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• Notes
  • Thank You Jack, The Irish Boys are Back was issued for the 1994 World Cup.
  • Side A is Paddy Reilly with Ray Treacy & Shamrock Rovers singing "Thank You Jack".
  • Shamrock Rovers is a Dublin soccer club, Ray Treacy was their manager at the time and the Jack being thanked is Jack Charlton.
  • The B side was Paddy Reilly solo singing Terry Winch's "When New York Was Irish" — (Winch is mis-credited as "Witch" on the label).
• All of the (above) information on this recording was kindly provided by Livinus Killeen

• Related releases
  • Irish Football Songs: 1994 - Solid/Dolphin/RTÉ SORTE CD 181 CD
    • "Thank You Jack" also appears on this anthology
  • The Gold and Silver Days: 2003 - Celtic Collections BRCD2010 CD
  • Gold and Silver Days: 2010 - RMG Digital
    • "When New York Was Irish" also appears on the (above) re-releases of The Gold & Silver Days, but not on the original release.

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