20 Best of Irish Ballads (2007)

About this title: This pleasant collection of 20 traditional Irish ballads blends a large measure of wistfulness with dashes of wry whimsy and sanguine good humor. Most of the airs on this album are best suited for relaxed rumination. Participants are Corrib Folk, Seán Ó'Sé, Shamrog, Blackthorn, Brier, Tara, Margaret Barry, Paddy Reilly, John Close, Pat Woods, and Ronnie Drew, who sits in with the Dubliners to sing "Johnson's Motor Car." Additional guests of the Dubliners are Jim McCann ("Carrickfergus") and Luke Kelly ("Whiskey in the Jar"). arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide

Tracks:

1. Flight of the Earls [Reilly]
2. Grace [O'Meara]
3. Ringsend Rose [St. John]
4. The Fields of Athenry [St. John]
5. The Cliffs of Dooneen [Traditional]
6. The Galway Shawl [Traditional]
7. Carrickfergus [Traditional Connaug]
8. The Mountains of Mourne [French/Collison]
9. Spancil Hill [Traditional]
10. The Town I Loved So Well [Coulter]
11. The Auld Triangle [Behan]
12. The Rare Auld Times [St. John]
13. Johnson's Motor Car [Traditional/Gillesp]
14. Irish Ways & Irish Laws [Gibbs]
15. Avondale [Traditional]
16. Farewell to My Own Native Land [Traditional]
17. The Rocky Road to Dublin [Traditional]
18. Back Home in Derry [Sands]
19. The Castle of Dromore [Traditional]
20. Whiskey in the Jar [Traditional]

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