The Claddagh Years (1999)

About this title: As the title suggests, The Chieftains' Claddagh Years box set gathers together some of the best of their early recordings for the Claddagh label. The set's material comes primarily from the group's first four albums and gives a good representation of the group's roots as well as their wide repertoire of traditional jigs, airs, reels, polkas, mazurkas and other Celtic music forms. Tracks like "The Connemara Stocking," "The Foxhunt," "Carolan's Concerto," "The Morning Dew" and "Carrickfergus" trace the roots of the Chieftains' fresh and expressive interpretations of Celtic music. Heather ... read more

Tracks:

1. Sé Fáth Mo Bhuartha /The Lark [It Is the Cause of My Sorrow] [Traditional/Moloney]
2. An Comhra Donn /Murphy's Hornpipe [The Brown Chest] [Traditional/Moloney]
3. Cailín Na Gruaige Doinne [The Brown-Haired Girl] [Traditional/Moloney]
4. Comb Your Hair and Curl It/The Boys of Ballisodare [Slip or Hop Jig] [Traditional/Moloney]
5. The Musical Priest/The Queen of May Reels [Traditional/Moloney]
6. The Walls of Liscarroll [Jig] [Traditional/Moloney]
7. A Dhruimfhionn Donn Dílis [The Beloved Silk of the Kine] [Traditional/Moloney]
8. The Connemara Stocking/The Limestone Rock/Dan Breen's Reels [Traditional/Moloney]
9. Casadh an Tsúgáin [Air] [Traditional/Moloney]
10. The Boy in the Gap [Reel] [Traditional/Moloney]
11. Saint Mary's Polka/The Church Street Polka /Garrett ... [Polkas] [Traditional/Moloney]
12. Banish Misfortune/Gillian's Apples [Double Jigs] [Moloney]
13. Seóirse Brabston [George Brabazon] [Traditional/Moloney]
14. Bean an Fhir Rua [The Red-Haired Man's Wife] [Traditional/Moloney]
15. An Phis Fhliuch /O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick [Slip Jig] [Traditional/Moloney]
16. An Páistín Fionn /Mrs Crotty's Reel/The Mountain T [The Fair-Haired Child] [Traditional/Moloney]
17. The Fox Hunt [Traditional/Moloney]
18. An Mhaighdean Mhara /Tie the Bonnet/O'Rourke's [The Sea Maiden] [Traditional/Moloney]
19. Callaghan's /Byrne's Hornpipe [Moloney]
20. Pigtown/Tie the Ribbons/The Bag of Potatoes [Traditional/Moloney]
21. The Humours of Whiskey/Hardiman the Fiddler [Slip Jigs] [Traditional/Moloney]
22. Dónall Óg [Traditional/Moloney]
23. Brian Boru's March [Traditional/Moloney]
24. Sweeney's Polka/Denis Murphy's Polka/The Scartaglen Polka [Polkas] [Traditional/Moloney]
25. Strike the Gay Harp /Tiarna Maigheó /The Lady on [Air] [Traditional/Moloney]
26. Sonny's Mazurka /Tommy Hunt's Jig [Traditional/Moloney]
27. Eibhli Gheal Chiúin Ni Chearbhaill [Air] [Traditional/Moloney]
28. The Hunter's Purse [Reel] [Traditional/Moloney]
29. The March of the King of Laois [Ruairí Óg Ó Mordha] [Traditional/Moloney]
30. Carolan's Concerto [Mrs Poer] [Traditional/Moloney]
31. Tom Billy's Reel/The Road to Lisdoonvarna/The Merry Sisters Reels [Traditional/Moloney]
32. An Ghaoth Anea [Air] [Moloney]
33. Tiarna Isne Chaoin [Lord Inchiquin] [Traditional/Moloney]
34. The Morning Dew [Moloney]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.