"For Island Fires and Family" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter and musician Dermot Kennedy.

[2] The song features on his compilation album Dermot Kennedy.

The song peaked at number 36 on the Irish Singles Chart.

Kennedy tweeted, "I wanted to start the new year by bringing together all the songs you've been singing back to me in one collection.

"[3] Kennedy disclosed in an interview the meaning of the popular lyric, “Now when I’m face to face with death I’ll grab his throat and ask him, ‘How does it hurt?’.”[4] He states that loss is inevitable.