While some of the artists would not be well known, there are quite a few famous names there Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford, Darach Cathlin, Liam O Flynn, Planxty, Tulla Ceili Band, Paul Brady, The Dubliners and Joe Cooley to name but a few. As you can see, there is something for everyone!
This popular long-running television series has been one of RTÉ’s flagship musical entertainment programmes since 1994. The DVD comprises of songs from singers in Irish and English; jigs, reels, hornpipes and airs from solo musicians and groups, step dances, set dances and céili dances from exhibition and social dancers totalling over 2 hours of outstanding performances from across the rich spectrum of Irish Traditional Music.
Track Listing
1. Jimmy Sinnott: Mullingar Races (hornpipe)
2. Bothy Band: Pretty Peg / Gregg's Pipes (song / reel)
3. Celine Hession & Donncha Ó Muimhneacháin with Paddy Glackin: Fig For A Kiss / Kid On The Mountain (slip jigs)
4. Darach Ó Catháin: Óro, 'Sé Do Bheatha Abhaile (song)
5. Liam O'Flynn: Frieze Britches (uilleann pipes)
6. Tulla Ceili Band: Pigeon On The Gate / Foxhunter's (reels)
7. Ann Byrne & Jesse Owens: Lily Of The West (song)
8. John, John Jnr & James Kelly: Ceathrú Cavan / Wild Irishman (reels)
9. Clannad: Téir Abhaile Riú (song)
10. Mary MacNamara & Martin Hayes: John Naughton's / Tommy Coen's (reels)
11. Swords Mummers: Twenty Men From Dublin Town (march)
12. Ceoltóirí Laighean: Scattery Island Slide (slide)
13. Paul Brady: Shamrock Shore (song)
14. Tulla Ceili Band - Set dancers
15. Sean Keane: Gol Na mBan San Ár (air)
16. Willie Reynolds: Rakish Paddy / Sligo Maid (reels)
17. Knocknagree Set Dancers: Rathawaun / Hare In The Corn (slides)
18. Pádraig Ághas: An Bhaile Atá Láimh Léi Siúd (song)
19. De Danann: Tom Billy's / Sean Ryan's / Mick Hand's / Hills Of Clogher (jigs / reels)
20. Colm Walsh: Bonny Bunch Of Roses (song)
21. Tommy Peoples: Strathspeys / Laird Of Drumblair
22. Seán Ó Cuilleanáin: Liverpool (hornpipe)
23. Julia Clifford & Denis Murphy: Liffey Banks (reel)
24. Nioclás Tóibín: Na Prátaí Dubha (song)
25. Joe Cooley: Wise Maid (reel)
26. Unknown boy: Four Green Fields (song)
27. Session group: Lucy Campbell's / Sligo Maid (reels)
28. Pat Kearney: Síle Ní Ghadhra (song)
29. Wrenboys: Harvest Home / Duke Of Leinster (hornpipe / reel)
30. Planxty: Jolly Beggar / Wise Maid (song / reel)
31. Seán 'ac Dhonncha: Bean An Fhir Rua (song)
32. Paddy Moloney & Sean Potts: Connaught Heifers / Micho Russell's (reels)
33. Gerry Cullen, Brian Leahy & Fran McPhail: Bonny Light Horseman (song)
34. Stocktons Wing: Boys Of Malin / Green Fields Of Tyrol / Glass Of Beer (reels)
35. Ludlow Trio: Butcher Boy (song)
36. Seán Ó Sé & Ceoltóirí Chualann: Tá 'Na Lá (song)
37. Dubliners: I Must Away Now (song)
38. Denis O'Brien: Ní Ar Chnoc Nó Ar Ísleacht / Finbarr Dwyer's (air / reel)
39. Tommy Makem: Leaving Of Liverpool (song)
40. Session group: Maid Behind The Bar (reel)
41. Frank Harte: Valentine O'Hara (song)
42.Tullyvin Ceili Band: Donegal Reel / Sheehan's / Croghan Hill (reels) <
43. Al O'Donnell: Ramble Away (song)
44. Ceili dancers: Briseadh Na Carraige (dance)
45. Siamsa Tíre Folk Theatre: Dramatisation of song 'Casadh An tSúgáin'
46. Matt Molloy: Bucks Of Oranmore (reel)
47. Meet The People - 1961