Spirit of the Nation is the tenth album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones. It became the band's best-selling album.

The final track, "Streets of New York" reached the top of the IRMA charts. It was written by Liam Reilly of Bagatelle and discusses Irish emigration to New York.

Track list Dingle Bay No Irish Need Apply Down by the Glenside Bold Fenian Men Paddle Your Own Canoe Padraic Pearse The Lough Sheelin Eviction Song of the Celts Butterfly Protestant Men Only Our Rivers Run Free St. Patrick was a Gentleman Ireland Unfree Carolan's Concerto Streets of New York

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