CD Received

The Friel Sisters by The Friel Sisters (2013)
Genre: Irish Folk
When did we receive it? 22 August 2014

First of all, we would like to thank our good friend and a faithful listener to 'Proud to be Irish' - Glenn - for sending us this CD. The Friel Sisters are currently based in Glasgow, although they have deep family roots in the Gaeltacht area of Donegal.

Many thanks again, Glenn! Please keep an eye on our newly reinstated playlists as we may be playing some cuts off this CD on future programs.

Playlist For 17 August 2014

1. Celebration Reel by The Gothard Sisters - Story Girl (2011)
2. Medley: Sean South/Irish Rover/Reilly's Daughter/The Holy Ground/The Wild Colonial Boy by The New York Showband - The New York Showband (1995)
3. Music of Healing by Sean Keane - Turn a Phrase (1996)
4. Summertime is Coming/O-Ro by Aoife Clancy - Soldiers and Dreams (2001)
5. Mull of Kintyre by The Celtic Tenors - Irish Album (2003)
6. Katy Daly by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)
7. The Highwayman by Liam Clancy - We've Come a Long Way (1989)
8. Star of the County Down by The High Kings - Memory Lane (2010)
9. The Helicopter Song by The Wolfe Tones - 25th Anniversary (1991)
10. Spanish Lady by The Canny Brothers Band - The Guinness Situation (2014)
11. Into the Mystic by Hair of the Dog - Liam Left the Lights on Again (2012)
12. Loving Arms of Co. Down by Maire McVicker - Dreams of my Land (1994)
13. There Has to be an End by Dermot O'Brien - Let's Have a Party! (1985)
14. These Are my Mountains by Paddy Noonan - Paddy Noonan's Scottish Party (1991)
15. Plastic Bullets by The Wolfe Tones - Profile (1991)
16. Ireland by Garth Brooks - Fresh Horses (1995)
17. A Place in the Choir by Celtic Thunder - Heritage (2011)
18. All That Might Have Been by Bonnie Logan - All That Might Have Been (2004)
19. Galway Girl by Dominic Kirwan - Echoes of Ireland (2003)
20. Waltzing With Bears by Tommy Makem - Rolling Home (1989)
21. Lisdoonvarna Polka by Dominic Kirwan - Echoes of Ireland (2003)
22. Irish Set: The Wearing of the Green/The Minstrel Boy by The Schenectady Pipe Band - Live in Concert (2009)
23. Liberty by The Corries - 21st Anniversary Concert (2010)
24. Bodhran Beat by More Power to Your Elbow - Fingers of Fun (1996)
25. The Rising of the Moon by The High Kings - Memory Lane (2010)
26. Under the Milky Way by Seven Nations - Big Dog (1997)
27. Day of the Clipper by Schooner Fare - Day of the Clipper (1978)
28. Alberta by Glengarry Bhoys - Mill Sessions (2006)
29. Ireland's Call by Celtic Thunder - Voyage II (2012)
30. Four Green Fields by Eamonn McGirr - Live in Concert (1984)
31. Boys of Fair Hill by Victor Cunneen - Sweet Bank River (1995)
32. Christmas 1915 by Celtic Thunder - Act Two (2008)
33. Dark, Deep, Rolling Water by Isla Grant - Mother (2001)
34. The Bells of Dunblane by Eamonn McGirr and Friends - The Way Back (2002)

Playlist For 10 August 2014

1. Harnett's/The Old Favorite by Girsa - A Sweeter Place (2011)
2. One For the Morning Glory by Harry O’Donoghue - It’ll be Alright on the Night (1998)
3. Wild Mountain Thyme by Kevin Evans - Galway to Graceland (1996)
4. Foggy Dew by The Canny Brothers Band - One Drop of Whiskey (2010)
5. John o' Dreams by Dermot O'Brien - Dear Old Ireland (1995)
6. Cotton Eyed Joe by The Chieftains - Another Country (1992)
7. Sing an Irish Song by Barleycorn - My Last Farewell (2002)
8. The Homes of Donegal/The Girl From Donegal/The Boys From the County Armagh/Goodbye Johnny Dear by Deirdre Reilly - A Toast to the Irish Colleens (1999)
9. Flower of Scotland by The Corries - 21st Anniversary Concert (2010)
10. Bold Fenian Men by The Go-Lucky Four - Irish Capers (1967)
11. Compass by The Gothard Sisters - Compass (2013)
12. Free the People by The Dubliners - The Best of the Dubliners (2005)
13. Marie's Wedding by The High Kings - The High Kings (2008)
14. There Has to be an End by Dermot O'Brien - Let's Have a Party! (1985)
15. Loving Arms of Co. Down by Maire McVicker - Dreams of my Land (1994)
16. Peggy Gordon by The Canny Brothers Band - The Guinness Situation (2014)
17. The John McLean March by North Sea Gas - Glencoe Massacre (2008)
18. The Craic Was Ninety in the Isle of Man by Various Artists - The Essential Irish Folk Collection (2003)
19. Irish Soldier Laddie by Various Artists - Festival of Irish Folk Music (1980)
20. The Irish Wedding Song by Various Artists - The Wedding Song Collection (1995)
21.  Oh, Danny Boy by Erin's Pride - May the Road Rise to Meet You (1996)
22. Kesh Jig by Various Artists - Festival of Irish Folk Music (1980)
23. Wasn't That a Party by The Irish Rovers - Celtic Collection: The Next Thirty Years (1995)
24. The Mountains of Pomeroy by Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones - On the One Road (2009)
25. When New York Was Irish by Paddy Reilly - The Gold and Silver Days (2001)
26. My Irish Molly by Various Artists - The Golden Collection of Irish Music (1994)
27. Come With me Molly by Paddy Noonan - Paddy Noonan Presents Irish Eyes (1986)
28. 85 High in Killarney by Cahal Dunne - Shamrocks and Heather (1997)
29. Ireland's Call by Celtic Thunder - Celtic Thunder: The Show (2008)
30. Hills of Tipperary by Eamonn Ryan - Where the New World Meets the Old (2001)
31. One Day at a Time by Various Artists - Emerald Classics (1988)
32. Rocky Road to Dublin by The Murphy Brothers - The Murphy Brothers (2009)
33.The Ghosts of Culloden by Isla Grant - Mother (2001)
34. The Boys of Kilmichael by Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones - On the One Road (2009)
35. A Bird Without Wings by Celtic Thunder - Act Two (2008)
36. Rare Old Mountain Dew by Annmarie O'Riordan - Melody in Harmony (2005)
37. The Parting Glass by The High Kings - The High Kings (2008)
38. McAlpine's Fusiliers by The Galway Blazers - Irish Music in America (1970)
39.  Boys in the Barroom by The Canny Brothers Band - The Guinness Situation (2014)
40. The Beggarman Jig by The High Kings - The High Kings (2008)

Playlist For 3 August 2014

1. Brian Boru's March/Tripping up the Stairs/The Lilting Fisherman by Boru - Business as Usual (1991)
2. Best Foot Shuffle by Best Foot Forward - Footnotes (1993)
3. Rolling Home to Ireland by The Irish Rovers - Celtic Collection: The Next Thirty Years (1995)
4. Leaving of Liverpool by The High Kings - Memory Lane (2010)
5. Black Velvet Band by Various Artists - Celtic Pride II (1997)
6. Boys of Fair Hill by Victor Cunneen - Sweet Bank River (1995)
7. This Story I Tell You is True by Annmarie O'Riordan - Melody in Harmony (2005)
8. The Lighthouse by Tara Shamrock - Hello Friend (1997)
9. Kelly, the Boy From Killane by Danny Doyle - Rebels!: The Gold Sun of Freedom (1998)
10. Rolling Hills of the Border by Girsa - A Sweeter Place (2011)
11. Skidoo by Stockton's Wing - The Stockton's Wing Collection (1991)
12. When You Were Sweet Sixteen by The Fureys - The Best of the Fureys and Davey Arthur (1991)
13. My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose by The Fureys - The Fureys' Finest (1995)
14. Wild Rover by John Culliton Mahoney - In my Mother's Eyes (2006)
15. When the Ship Comes In by The Clancy Brothers - Older But no Wiser (1995)
16. Under the Milky Way by Seven Nations - Big Dog (1996)
17. Bonnie Ship the Diamond/Tamlinn by Gaelic Storm - Gaelic Storm (1998)
18. Sound of the Thunder by The Fureys - Claddagh Road (1999)
19. These Are my Mountains by Paddy Noonan - Paddy Noonan's Scottish Party (1991)
20. Medley: Beer Barrel Polka/Havanagila/Irish Molly-O by Dermot O'Brien - Let's Have a Party! (1985)
21. The Ballad of Joe McDonnell by Eamonn McGirr - Live in Concert (1984)
22. The Ghosts of Culloden by Isla Grant - Mother (2001)
23. Merry Ploughboy by The Wolfe Tones - 25th Anniversary (1991)
24. Sunlight on the Water by Phil Coulter - Lake of Shadows (2001)
25. The Boundary Wall by Mac and O' - We're Making Memories (1997)
26. All of the Hard Days Are Gone by The McKrells - Somethin' Fierce (2000)
27. Paddy and the Barrel by The New Barleycorn - At Flannery's (1990)
28. Loving Arms of Co. Down by Maire McVicker - Dreams of my Land (1994)
29. If Wishes Were Fishes by North Sea Gas - Glencoe Massacre (2008)
30. Home From the Sea by Phil Coulter - Words and Music (1981)
31. Ireland's 32/Irish Washerwoman by Dermot O'Brien - Let's Have a Party! (1985)
32. The Old Man by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)
33. Skye Boat Song by Moira Kerr - Celtic Soul (2006)
34. Katy Daly by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)

Playlist For 27 July 2014

1. Put the Kettle On/Between the Ditches by Blackthorn - The Other Side (2002)
2. Las Vegas in the Hills of Donegal by Blackthorn - It's an Irish Thing (1994)
3. Daughters and Sons by Woods Tea Co. - Live!: The Collector's Edition (2005)
4. The Last Farewell by Roger Whittaker - Live! (1989)
5. Henry Joy by Various Artists - Celtic Pride II (1997)
6. Dunluce Castle by The Irish Rovers - 40 Years A-Rovin' (2005)
7. Flight of Earls by The Wolfe Tones - Sing Out For Ireland (1993)
8. Talk to me While I'm Listening by Frances Black - Talk to Me (1995)
9. Leather Britches Medley by The Dady Brothers - Soul Lilt (1991)
10. Green Among the Gold by Geraldine Doyle - Emigrant Eyes (1995) 
11. Celtic Symphony by The Wolfe Tones - 25th Anniversary (1991)
12. Green and Red of Mayo by The Saw Doctors - Sing a Powerful Song (1997)
13. Loving Arms of Co. Down by Maire McVicker - Dreams of my Land (1994)
14. When You Were Sweet Sixteen by The Fureys - The Best of the Fureys and Davey Arthur (1991)
15. Mairi's Wedding/Michael Rankin's Reel by The Rankin Family - The Rankin Family (1989) 
16. Men of Erin by The Elders - Alive and Live in Ireland (2007)
17. There Has to be an End by Dermot O'Brien - Let's Have a Party! (1985)
18. Come on In by Isla Grant - The Beauty of my Home (2003)
19. Mick McGuire by The Irish Rovers - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits (1997)
20. A Bird Without Wings by Celtic Thunder - Act Two (2008)
21. Hills of Connemara by Mac and O' - We're Making Memories (1997)
22. The Winds Are Singing Freedom by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)
23. Long Journey Home/Anthem by The Chieftains - The Wide World Over: A 40 Year Celebration (2002)
24. Bonnie Dundee/Steamboat by Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band - The Pipes (and Drums) Are Calling (2009) 
25. Cruiscin Lan by The Makem Brothers and Brian Sullivan - Out Standing in a Field (1994)
26. Only Our Rivers Run Free by The Irish Tenors - The Irish Tenors (1999)
27. Slan Abhaile by Cathie Ryan - Cathie Ryan (1997)
28. My Forever Friend by Eamonn McGirr and Friends - The Way Back (2002) 
29. Song of the Celts by The Wolfe Tones - Spirit of the Nation (1964)
30. These Are my Mountains by Paddy Noonan - Paddy Noonan's Scottish Party (1991)
31. Geraldine's Thinking of Galway by Hair of the Dog - Liam Left the Lights on Again (2012)
32. Rocky Road to Dublin by The Murphy Brothers - The Murphy Brothers (2009)
33. You'll Never Beat the Irish by The Wolfe Tones - You'll Never Beat the Irish (2005)
34. Dark, Deep, Rolling Water by Isla Grant - Mother (2001)
35. It's the Same Old Shillelagh by Various Artists - St. Patrick's Day Celebration (1992) 
36. Heartland by Celtic Thunder - Celtic Thunder: The Show (2008)
37. The Ghosts of Culloden by Isla Grant - Mother (2001)
38. Bold Fenian Men by The Wolfe Tones - Spirit of the Nation (1964)
39. One Day at Time by Various Artists - Emerald Classics (1988)
40. Galway Bay by Foster and Allen - Forty Shades of Green: A Tribute to Old Ireland (1997)
41. Four Green Fields by Various Artists - Emerald Classics (1988)
42. Ireland's 32/Irish Washerwoman by Dermot O'Brien - Let's Have a Party! (1985)

Playlist For 20 July 2014

1. Celtic Heartbeat by The New Barleycorn - Ireland's Celtic Heartbeat (1997)
2. The Mountains of Pomeroy by Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones - On the One Road (2009)
3. Free the People by The Dubliners - The Best of the Dubliners (2005)
4. The Unicorn by The Irish Rovers - The Irish Rovers' Gems: 32 Years of Irish Rovers Favourites (1996)
5. The Roseville Fair by Johnny McEvoy - Ireland's Original (1993)
6. Shoals of Herring by Schooner Fare - Day of the Clipper (1978)
7. The Star of the Sea by Phil Coulter - Lake of Shadows (2001)
8. Geraldine's Thinking of Galway by Hair of the Dog - Liam Left the Lights on Again (2012)
9. My Homeland by Isla Grant - Mother (2001)
10. The Orange and the Green by The Irish Rovers - The Irish Rovers' Gems: 32 Years of Irish Rovers Favourites (1996)
11. Loving Arms of Co. Down by Maire McVicker - Dreams of my Land (1994)
12. The Old Man by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)
13. The Men Behind the Wire by Derek Warfield - God Save Ireland (2008)
14. Patriot Game by The Clancy Brothers - Greatest Irish Hits (1995)
15. Wild Rover by The Clancy Brothers - Greatest Irish Hits (1995)
16. Eamonn an Chniuic by The Clancy Brothers - Irish Songs of Drinking and Rebellion (1994)
17. Brennon on the Moor by The Clancy Brothers - Greatest Irish Hits (1995)
18. The 23rd of June by The Clancy Brothers - The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (1996)
19. The Minstrel Boy/Let Erin Remember by Tommy Makem - Live at the Irish Pavilion (1993)
20. When the Ship Comes In by The Clancy Brothers - Older But no Wiser (1995)
21. Johnny McEldoo by The Clancy Brothers - Irish Songs of Drinking and Rebellion (1994)
22. The Bard of Armagh by The Clancy Brothers - The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (1996)
23. Ireland by Garth Brooks - Fresh Horses (1995)
24. Isle of Inisfree by Celtic Woman - Celtic Woman (2005)
25.  A Place in the Choir by Celtic Thunder - Heritage (2011)
26. Mammas Have a Secret by Cahal Dunne - Peace in my Land (1996)
27. Roses o' Prince Charlie by North Sea Gas - Dark Island (2003)
28. Medley by Eamonn McGirr and Friends - The Way Back (2002)

Playlist For 13 July 2014

1. The Legacy Jig/Tar Road to Sligo by Joanie Madden - Song of the Irish Whistle (1996)
2. Mary Ann by Hair of the Dog - Donegal (2007)
3. The Black Velvet Band by The Irish Rovers - The Unicorn (1991)
4. Highland Cathedral by Phil Coulter - Highland Cathedral (2000)
5. Katy Daly by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)
6. Mairi's Wedding/Michael Rankin's Reel by The Rankin Family - The Rankin Family (1989)
7. Boulavogue by Jim McCann - From Tara to Here: The Very Best of Jim McCann (1999)
8. The Rocky Road to Dublin by The Chieftains - The Long Black Veil (1995)
9. There Has to be an End by Dermot O'Brien - Let's Have a Party! (1985)
10. Under the Milky Way by Seven Nations - Big Dog (1997)
11. Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2 - U2: The Best of 1980-1990 (1998)
12. The Boys of Belfast by The Irish Rovers - The Irish Rovers Home in Ireland (2011)
13. Geraldine's Thinking of Galway by The McKrells - Live (2002)
14. My Homeland by Isla Grant - Mother (2001)
15. Come Out ye Black and Tans by The Wolfe Tones - 25th Anniversary (1991)
16. Come by the Hills by Celtic Thunder - Celtic Thunder: The Show (2008)
17. Dulaman by Clannad - The Very Best of Clannad (1988)
18. Michael by Johnny McEvoy - Ireland's Original (1993)
19. Maggie by Andy Cooney - Galway Shawl (2001)
20. Danny Boy by Eamonn McGirr - Eamonn's Cape Cod (1991)
21. Finnegan's Wake by The High Kings - Live in Ireland (2011)
22. The Teddy Bear's Head by The Wolfe Tones - 25th Anniversary (1991)
23. Crooked Jack by Seven Nations - Big Dog (1996)
24. Courtin' in the Kitchen by Various Artists - Ireland in Music and Song (2009)
25. Joyce Country Ceili Band by The Saw Doctors - Songs From Sun Street (1998)
26. When New York Was Irish by Triskele - Look Back...Don't Stare (2010)
27. Whiskey in the Jar by The Dubliners - Original Dubliners (1993)
28. From Galway to Graceland by Michael DeAngelis - Son of a Dunigan (2005)
29. Go Lassie Go by Eileen Ivers - Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul (2003)
30. Orinoco Flow by Celtic Woman - Celtic Woman (2005)
31. Caltan Weaver by The Irish Rovers - The Irish Rovers' Gems: 32 Years of Irish Rovers Favourites (1996)
32. Ireland's 32/Irish Washerwoman by Dermot O'Brien - Let's Have a Party! (1985)
33. Janey Mac I'm Nearly Forty by The Wolfe Tones - 25th Anniversary (1991)
34. The Rattlin' Bog by Schooner Fare - Alive (1983)
35. Festival of Galway by Hair of the Dog - Donegal (2007)
36. Big Strong Man by The Wolfe Tones - 25th Anniversary (1991)
37. Tulla Reel/Dick Gossip's Reel by The Irish Rovers - The Irish Rovers Home in Ireland (2011)