Festival of Irish Music

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Tracklist

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1▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Summer in Ireland / Mungo Kelly’s / Winds of Change / Capel Street	Oisín		2:50
2	Blantyre Explosion	The Dubliners		3:47
3	Botany Bay	Noel McLoughlin		2:44
4	Baloo Baleerie	Margie Butler		3:26
5	The Kid on the Mountain / Leithrim Fancy	Pied Pipers		3:49
6	Cold Blow and the Rainy Night	Noel McLoughlin		2:24
7	The Star of the County Down recording of: Star of the County Down lyricist: Cathal McGarvey composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4801) version of: Dives and Lazarus	Golden Bough		5:06
8	The Hare’s Paw and Jackie Colemans No. 2	Tara		2:32
9	Carrickfergus	Noel McLoughlin		3:30
10	Samhradh, Samhradh	Tara		3:12
11	Chief O’Neill’s / Nine Points of Roguery / Faral O’Gara	Pied Pipers		4:34
12	Spancil Hill	Noel McLoughlin		4:02
13	The Wake of the Barrel	Golden Bough		3:16
14	Lea Rig / Kind Robin	Margie Butler		3:00
15	Foggy Dew recording of: Foggy Dew (Irish ballad) lyricist: Charles O’Neill (20th century Irish Canon) (in 1919) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)	The Dubliners		4:54
16	The Jeannie C	Oisín		5:28

2▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	The Foggy Dew	Noel McLoughlin		5:10
2	Galway Bay / Belgrave Square (instr.)	Sean Talamh		3:48
3	Jimmy, Dearest Jimmy	Golden Bough		5:08
4	Molly Maguires	The Dubliners		2:00
5	The Town I Love So Well	Noel McLoughlin		6:05
6	Reynard the Fox / Dogs in the Bushes (instr.)	Golden Bough		4:55
7	Twa Corbies	Pied Pipers		5:52
8	The Gartan Mother’s Lullaby	Tara		5:06
9	Dainty Davy	Noel McLoughlin		2:59
10	Carrion Crow	Golden Bough		2:49
11	The Rambler From Clare	Sean Talamh		4:59
12	Two Slides (instr.)	Tara		2:49
13	High Germany	The Dubliners	5	2:31
14	I’m a Rover, Seldom Sober	Noel McLoughlin		3:14
15	Your Daughters and Your Sons	Golden Bough		3:46
16	Song for Ireland	Noel McLoughlin		4:10

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/6392389 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B000006185 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0000663549 [info]

Release group

includes:	Festival of Irish Music, Vol. III

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Release information

Barcode:: 5019396143623
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 2:03:55

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

ARC Music
EUCD 1436

Release events

United Kingdom
1998-03-10

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