Liam Clancy - The Dutchman

Liam Clancy was the last surviving member of Ireland's premier Folk band The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem until his death in 2009. Liam wa the lead vocalist and played guitar on most of the groups 55 albums. This album is a terrific example of Liam's excellent ballad singing. It is an essential album to own for anyone who enjoys Irish music, or just plain great folk music. The songs The Dutchman and the Streets of London will haunt you forever they will always be playing in your heart and mind.

The Dutchman
Farewell to Tarwathie
Yarmouth Town
Foggy Foggy Dew
Heave Away
Fiddler's Green
Spanish Is the Loving Tongue
My Island
Streets of London
Fare Thee Well
Time Gentlemen Time

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Liam Clancy - The Dutchman

                                           

Various Artists - Celtic Myst Christmas Collection

Celtic Myst Christmas Collection 2003 was a Holland only release and features 19 tracks from various artists including Maire Brennan, Sinead O'Connor, Kate Winslet, Sarah McLachlan, Mike Oldfield, Clannad, Loreena McKennitt and many more. A very fine Celtic inspired collection.

Rose of Bethlehem (Maire Brennan)
Silent Night (Sinead O'Connor)
A Dream In The Night [Clannad]
Celebration (Secret Garden)
Song For A Winters Night (Sarah McLachlan)
Wish You Were Here (Blackmore's Night)
Heaven (Ronan Hardiman)
Marys Boychild [New Ireland Orchestra]
A Spaceman Came Travelling [Chris De Burgh]
Angels in the Snow (David Arkenstone)
Avemano Orchestral (Era)
Bright Star (Moya Brennan)
No Sandman No Santa (Brian Dunning)
Christmas Pipes [Celtica]
Davids Song (Kelly Family)
Snow [Loreena McKennitt]
In Dulce Jubilo (Mike Oldfield)
What If (Kate Winslet)
Fairytale Of New York (Ronan Keating)

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Various Artists - Celtic Myst Christmas Collection

Barry O'Dowd & The Highlanders - Best Loved Christmas Songs

Scotland's very own Barry O'Dowd & The Highlanders provide us with a nice soundtrack for the festive season. The album contains most of the traditional Christmas songs all done with a Celtic vibe. Have a great Christmas...xx

1. Have a Merry Christmas                                                       
2. White Christmas                                                                       
3. Medley: The First Noel⁄Silent Night                                        
4. Medley: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer⁄Frosty the Snowman⁄Jingle Bells              
5. It's Sad to Be Lonely at Christmas                                            
6. Twelve Days Of Christmas                                                       
7. I'll Be Home For Christmas                                                                
8. Medley: We Wish You a Merry Christmas⁄The Holly and the Ivy⁄Away in a Manger        
9. Christmas in Killarney                                                         
10. Medley: O Come All Ye Faithful⁄Good King Wenceslas⁄Hark! The Herald Angels Sing   
11. Silver Bells                                                                                
12. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 

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Barry O'Dowd & The Highlanders - Best Loved Christmas Songs

Eric Rigler - Traditional Celtic Christmas

Tis the season or so i have been told and will post accordingly. Eric Rigler's Traditional Celtic Christmas is a collection of eleven tracks that reflect the Celtic holiday experience. He mixes in the standard holiday selections "O Little Town of Bethlehem" with some Celtic-themed carols "Baloo Lammy", and the two mix quite well. Fans of Celtic music may want to check this out, as it definitely reflects a different side of Christmas.

  1. O Little Town of Bethlehem

  2. Angels We Have Heard on High

  3. Away in a Manger

  4. The First Noel

  5. I Saw Three Ships

  6. Silent Night

  7. Once in Royal David's City

  8. Angels from the Realms of Glory

  9. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

  10. Baloo Lammy

  11. Auld Lang Syne

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Eric Rigler - Traditional Celtic Christmas

Runrig - Access All Areas Vol 2

Runrig a personal favourite of mine are a Scottish Celtic Folk/Rock band founded by brothers Calum and Rory Macdonald in 1973 in Portree, Isle of Skye. Their must have Access All Areas series was only available  to members of the Runrig Fan Club. Volume 2 of the Archive and Live Series.  includes the Stamping Ground Christmas tour 2001 in Edinburgh, Manchester, Odense, Paderborn, Mainz, Heilbronn and Lubek. Band Archive from 1984 and 1986. Song writing demo from 1994.

Running To The Light (Intro)
Wall Of China/One Man
Saints Of The Soil
One Thing
Every River
What Time
The Message
Tuireadh Iain Ruaidh
Skye
Introduction To Archive
Na H-Uain A's T-Earrach Theme
The Wire
Spoons
The College Reel
The Mighty Atlantic

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Runrig - Access All Areas Vol 2

Finbar Furey - Traditional Irish Pipe Music

Finbar Furey needs no real introduction to Celtic music fans except to point out that when he released this magnificent album in 1969 he was only 21 years old and already a master of the Uillean Pipes. I took the following from the sleeve notes "The Fureys are a musical family. Finbar's father, Ted, is a well-known fiddler who for many years played in that center of Dublin music, O'Donahue's Bar in Merrion Row. Finbar's arrival in Britain was preceded by his reputation as the youngest player ever to spellbind an audience. The pipes have always been considered an instrument to be mastered only in maturity. Possibly Finbar will be a great piper at the end of twenty-one years' playing, but certainly he was already a staggeringly good piper after just twenty-one years of living".....enjoy

Rakish Paddy

The Hag With the Money

Castle Terrace

Madams Bonaparte

The Young Girl Milking Her Cow

Fin's Favourite

Peter Byrne's Fancy

O'Rourke's Reel

Roy's Hands

Planxty Davy

The Bonny Bunch of Roses

Eddie's Fancy

The Silver Spear

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Finbar Furey - Traditional Irish Pipe Music