The Essential Irish Folk Collection

Annotation

Probably reissued in 2002 with slightly different cover art.

Annotation last modified on 2025-11-02 19:27 UTC.

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1▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Men of Worth	Mary Black		4:02
2	Anthem for Ireland	De Dannan		3:34
3	Fields of Athenry	Paddy Reilly		4:36
4	Bramble and the Rose	The Black Family		3:19
5	Easy and Slow	Ronnie Drew		3:08
6	O Carolan's Draught	Dublin City Ramblers		2:30
7	Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway	Jim McCann		3:17
8	Slievenamon	Johnny McEvoy		2:42
9	The Wren's Nest	De Dannan		3:31
10	The Parting Glass	Brian Byrne		3:21
11	Salonika	Dublin City Ramblers		2:35
12	A Song for Ireland	The Barleycorn		4:27
13	Tripping Up the Stairs	The Jolly Beggarmen		2:10
14	The Crack Was Ninety in the Isle of Man	Paddy Reilly		2:45
15	The Field Behind the Plough	Any Old Time String Band		3:39
16	Raglan Road	Fair Isle Folk		4:17
17	Where My Eileen Is Waiting for Me	Johnny McEvoy		2:40
18	A Man You Don't Meet Everyday cover recording of: I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day (in 1982) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 975) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 975)	The Barleycorn		3:20
19	Britches Full of Stiches / Hollow Rock Waltz	Fair Isle Folk		3:50
20	This Love Will Carry	The Black Family		3:57

2▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Rose of Allendale	Mary Black		4:44
2	The Captains and the Kings	Ronnie Drew		3:04
3	Rare Old Times	Jim McCann		4:26
4	The Ferryman recording of: The Ferryman lyricist and composer: Pete St. John	Dublin City Ramblers		2:37
5	Let It Be cover recording of: Let It Be writer: John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) publisher: EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (1998–2002), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)	De Dannan		3:29
6	Banks of the Roses	The Jolly Beggarmen		2:08
7	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	Fair Isle Folk	4	3:15
8	Song of the Mira	The Barleycorn		3:18
9	From Clare to Here	Jim McCann		4:40
10	Bogey's Bonny Belle	Mary Black		2:48
11	Spancil Hill	Johnny McEvoy		2:47
12	Cliffs of Dooneen	Paddy Reilly		3:39
13	Nancy Spain	Dublin City Ramblers		3:20
14	Phoenix Reel	Any Old Time String Band		2:59
15	Black Gold	The Jolly Beggarmen		3:23
16	Sullivan's John	Johnny McEvoy		2:55
17	The Galway Races	Paddy Reilly		2:34
18	John O'Dreams	Dublin City Ramblers		3:42
19	The Town I Loved So Well	Paddy Reilly		6:15
20	Wheel the Perambulator	The Black Family		2:51

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/13877201 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B000024NIJ [info]