'''Pete St. John''' (født '''Peter Mooney''') er en irsk [[folkemusik]]er og [[singer-songwriter]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fame-and-fortune-pete-st-john-sdj0jg2whgq | publisher = The Times | website = thetimes.co.uk | date = 1 May 2011 | accessdate = 11 January 2018 | title = Fame & fortune: Pete St John }}</ref> Han blev født i [[Dublin]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.imro.ie/imro_article/songwriter-pete-st-john-honoured | title = Songwriter Pete St John Honoured | date = 22 December 2009 | publisher = [[Irish Music Rights Organisation]] | website = imro.ie | accessdate = 11 January 2018 }}</ref> og han er bedst kendt for at have skrevet "[[The Fields of Athenry]]".<ref name="Davenport2010">{{cite book|last=Davenport|first=Fionn|title=Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfL3QnPMi9oC&pg=PA424|accessdate=29 June 2011|date=January 2010|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74179-214-0|pages=424–}}</ref>
St. John har komponeret en række moderne [[ballade]]r som "[[The Rare Ould Times]]" og "[[The Ferryman (sang)|The Ferryman]]", der er blevet indspillet af en række kunstnere, heriblandt [[The Dubliners]], [[James Last]], [[Paddy Reilly]] og [[Mary Black]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://petestjohn.com/works/ | publisher = Pete St John Official Site | website = petestjohn.com | title = Works | accessdate = 11 January 2018 }}</ref> En udgave af "The Rare Ould Times", blev indsunget af [[Danny Doyle (sanger)|Danny Doyle]] tilbragte 11 uger på [[Irish Singles Chart]], og nåede førstepladsen i 1978.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&placement%5Btitle%5D=Rare+Ould+Times | title = Singles Charts - Placement Search - Rare Ould Times | publisher = Irish Music Rights Organisation | website = irishcharts.ie | accessdate = 11 January 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165255/http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&placement%5Btitle%5D=Rare+Ould+Times | archive-date = 11 January 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref> St. Johns sange, inklusive "The Rare Ould Times", udtrykker stort savn efter gamle ting som altid har været (eksempelvis tabet af [[Nelson's Pillar]] og [[Hotel Metropole (Dublin)|Metropole Ballroom]], to symboler på det gamle Dublin).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://architectureireland.ie/re-wiring-the-city | publisher = [[Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland]] | work = Architecture Ireland (Journal) | date = 4 April 2015 | title = Urban Re-wiring – Dublin’s Silicon Docks | accessdate = 11 January 2018}}</ref>
