| When We Were Young | |
| Cover: | When We Were Young record label.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| B-Side: | Hush A Bye Boy |
| Released: | March 1971 |
| Recorded: | March 1971 |
| Studio: | Eamonn Andrews Studios |
| Genre: | pop, Irish folk, showband |
| Length: | 2:39 |
| Label: | Ruby (Ireland) |
| Producer: | Jack Bayle |
| Prev Title: | Three Good Reasons |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
"When We Were Young" was a number one hit single by the Irish showband The Airchords, featuring Pat Lynch on lead vocals.[1] Written by Barry Mason and Les Reed,[2] it reached No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart on 10 April 1971. The song remained at the top of the charts for just the one week, but was to return to the No. 1 position on 8 May of that same year, this time for a period of four weeks. Lynch and the Airchords had already broken up before the song was released.[3] The song became a stadium anthem for Cork Hibernians F.C.[4]