Produced by: Paul O'Reilly
Media: CD
#Tracks: 26
Genre: Trad/Folk
Other: NEW - Mint Condition, Signed by Artist
Scallta Comment: A brave and inspiring project, remembering some of the best and most prominent Wexford songs composed during the 19th and 20th centuries.

A double-album of 26 tracks, including previously unreleased songs composed by MJ O’Reilly, the Cooper family of Monageer, and Paul O’Reilly, together with new arrangements of songs from the Paddy Berry collections, it covers many topics ranging from steam threshings, fleadhs, lamentations, risings, hunger strikes, local scuffles, the Queen’s bed, hunts, Jack Barry, the Strawberry Fair, the village of Monageer, the railway tunnel and many more ...

With lead vocals by Paul and Helen Kirwan, and performances by Paddy Berry, Padraig Sinnott and Tom Murphy, this album is a document of the past, a recording of hits of their time; hits that never made the charts but brought so much joy, and sometimes controversy, to the people of the day.

As well as vocals, lilting and whistling, Paul also plays guitar, bouzouki, bodhrán, mandolin and whistle on the album. It was recorded and mixed by Paul in his studio, and mastered by Aidan Foley at Masterlabs. The cover image is a painting by Paul's good friend, and Wexford artist, John Cullen. The booklet contains 28-pages, containing all lyrics and a background-note by Paul on each track. The total running time is approx. 130 minutes.

Track Listing:

1) The Steam Threshing
2) The Adolescent Patriots
3) The Battle on the Hill
4) Farewell to Art Sinnott
5) D'arcy's House
6) The Men of Ninety Eight
7) Tally Ho
8) An Intern's Letter
9) The Jolly Butcher
10) Jack Barry
11) The Tunnel
12) The Busker
13) The Concertina Man
14) Pol and Nancy Hogan
15) In Ninety Eight
16) Don't Let the Ballad Die
17) The Village Curs
18) The Poet's Dream
19) The Strawberry Fair
20) Riversdale
21) Listowel Fleadh
22) Noble Father Dwyer
23) The Queen's Bed
24) Lodgings
25) Good Old Monageer
26) The Wild Geese of Killyleagh