Irish Folk at its Best - Cúnla, Helen Flaherty, Colm Ó Foghlú, Cyril O’Donoghue, John Beag…
[EUCD2156]

CD Information • CD Title: Irish Folk at its Best • Artist(s): Various Artists • CD Code: EUCD2156 • Tracks: 19 • Playing Time: 69:17 min • Booklet Info in: English, Spanish, French, German

A true collectors’ item for fans of Irish music. A fine mix of instrumental pieces and songs, pieces played partly on purely traditional, partly on modern instruments presented by artists and groups such as Cúnla, Eilín Ní Bheaglaoich, Máirtín Tom Sheáinín, Helen Flaherty, Catherine McEvoy, Parson’s Hat, John Beag and many others.

Track Listing:

1. CÚNLA: Doctor O'Neill's Peoples, jigs (Celtic Music, Píobaireacht Dhónaill Dhuibh) - 2:57

2. CÚNLA: Má théann tú chun an Aonaigh, song - 4:10

3. EILÍN NÍ BHEAGLAOICH: Cian, song - 1:51

4. JOE CORCORAN / THE LONELY STRANDED BAND: A Maid Went to Comber, song - 2:42

5. JOHNNY ÓG CONNOLLY / BRIAN McGRATH: The Happy Hornpipe / The Souvenir, hornpipes - 3:20

6. MÁIRTÍN TOM SHEÁINÍN / HELEN FLAHERTY: An Cailín Álainn / Mingalay Boat Song - 6:00

7. COLM Ó FOGHLÚ / LILLIS Ó LAOIRE: Goltraí, song - 4:39

8. CATHERINE McEVOY: Rocking the Cradle, slow air - 3:02

9. CYRIL O'DONOGHUE: The Bright Side of the Moon, song - 3:44

10. HELEN FLAHERTY: Bonny Glen Shee, song - 2:20

11. CÚNLA: O'Connell's Trip to Parliament / Four and Forty / Lads of Laois, reels - 3:25

12. COLM Ó FOGHLÚ / MAIRÉAD NÍ OISTÍN: Lullaby / Suantraí, song - 4:07

13. CÚNLA: Lad O'Beirne's / The Ivy Leaf / Lord McDonald's, reels - 3:11

14. JOE CORCORAN / THE LONELY STRANDED BAND: Come Up The Stairs, song - 3:03

15. PARSON'S HAT: Crann Úll, song - 2:35

16. CÚNLA: The Sporting Pitchfork / Bundle Up and Go / The Eavesdropper, jigs - 3:10

17. JOHN BEAG: Bantry Girls Lament, song - 3:59

18. TADHG MAC DHONNAGÁIN / ELEANOR McEVOY: Bithbhuan / Rolling Home, song - 5:21

19. CÚNLA: Lord Lovett's Lament / Ríl ón mBriotáin, slow air & reel - 4:06