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Cara Dillon

Cara Dillon is a person from Northern Ireland, active since 1975.

Person Northern Ireland since 1975 folk irish folk singer-songwriter

TOTAL PLAYS

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2009-10-30 04:45 · Radio 2 — "Garden Valley"

LAST PLAYED

6 months ago · Radio 2 — "The Parting Glass"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2009 — 2025

30 23 15 8 0

'09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 78 91%

6 Music 8 9%

Radio 1 0 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 18:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Bright Morning Star 25 2018-03-21

2 Moorlough Mary 6 2023-03-29

3 Jacket So Blue 6 2018-11-28

4 The Hill Of Thieves 3 2024-08-04

5 Clear the Path 3 2024-03-24

6 The Leaving Song (feat. Sam Lakeman) 3 2020-08-29

7 Giving (Radio 2 Session, 6 March 2024) 2 2024-03-13

8 The Leaving Song (Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018) 2 2018-04-11

9 The Leaving Song 2 2018-02-07

10 The Tern and the Swallow 2 2018-01-31

11 The Snows They Melt The Soonest 2 2016-10-30

12 There Were Roses 2 2015-07-12

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-11-02 22:50 The Parting Glass Radio 2

2025-03-05 21:30 She's like the Swallow Radio 2

2024-08-04 19:32 The Hill Of Thieves Radio 2

2024-08-04 10:41 FLOW 6 Music

2024-03-24 11:57 Clear the Path 6 Music

2024-03-13 21:17 Giving (Radio 2 Session, 6 March 2024) Radio 2

2024-03-06 21:28 Giving (Radio 2 Session, 6 March 2024) Radio 2

2024-03-06 21:12 Coming Home (Radio 2 Session, 6 March 2024) Radio 2

2024-02-28 21:35 Giving Radio 2

2023-10-08 10:38 Clear the Path 6 Music

2023-10-04 20:47 Clear the Path Radio 2

2023-03-29 20:33 Moorlough Mary Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

39 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

Black is the Colour —

1 2012-12-02 ▶

Blackwater Side —

1 2017-09-23 ▶

Bold Jamie (Live) —

1 2020-08-12 ▶

Bright Morning Star —

25 2018-03-21 ▶

Bright Morning Starg —

1 2014-05-18 ▶

Clear the Path —

3 2024-03-24 ▶

Coming Home (Radio 2 Session, 6 March 2024) —

1 2024-03-06 ▶

Dubhdara —

1 2017-11-15 ▶

Dubhdara (feat. Sam Lakeman) —

1 2017-10-28 ▶

Eighteen Years Old —

1 2016-07-13 ▶

Falling Like A Star (Live on Janice Long April 2006) —

1 2013-07-10 ▶

FLOW —

1 2024-08-04 ▶

Garden Valley —

1 2009-10-30 ▶

Giving —

1 2024-02-28 ▶

Giving (Radio 2 Session, 6 March 2024) —

2 2024-03-13 ▶

Grace —

1 2018-01-28 ▶

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly —

1 2016-12-25 ▶

Jacket So Blue —

6 2018-11-28 ▶

Moorlough Mary —

6 2023-03-29 ▶

O Coem O Come, Emmanuel —

1 2016-12-25 ▶

O come O Come Emmanuel —

1 2017-12-10 ▶

O Come, O Come Emmanuel —

1 2016-11-16 ▶

River (feat. John Smith) —

1 2018-12-19 ▶

Sailor Boy (feat. Kris Drever) —

1 2017-11-15 ▶

She's like the Swallow —

1 2025-03-05 ▶

Shotgun Down The Avalanche —

2 2014-05-18 ▶

Summer's Day —

1 2012-05-26 ▶

The Hill Of Thieves —

3 2024-08-04 ▶

The Leaving Song —

2 2018-02-07 ▶

The Leaving Song (feat. Sam Lakeman) —

3 2020-08-29 ▶

The Leaving Song (Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018) —

2 2018-04-11 ▶

The Parting Glass —

1 2025-11-02 ▶

The Shores of Lough Bran —

1 2014-05-19 ▶

The Snows They Melt The Soonest —

2 2016-10-30 ▶

The Streets Of Derry —

1 2020-08-12 ▶

The Tern and the Swallow —

2 2018-01-31 ▶

There Were Roses —

2 2015-07-12 ▶

There Were Roses (Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018) —

1 2018-04-11 ▶

Upon a Winter's Night —

1 2022-12-14 ▶