Classic Irish Ballads [Import]

Bards, Diarmuid O'Leary | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Tara Records
• ASIN: B00001P4TP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #550,987 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Isle Of Innisfree

2. Come Back Paddy Reilly

3. Spancilhill

4. Green Fields Of France

5. Follow Me Up To Carlow

6. The Fields Of Athenry

7. The Ferryman

8. The Curragh Of Kildare

9. Dublin In The Rare Auld Times

10. Down By The Sally Gardens

11. Nancy Spain

12. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

13. Cliffs Of Dooneen

14. Whiskey In The Jar

15. Bunch Of Thyme

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Treat for Celtic Music Fans, March 16, 2007

By 

Virginia Allain "(retired librarian)" (Poinciana, FL) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)   

This review is from: Classic Irish Ballads (Audio CD)

This transports you instantly to a pub in Dublin. O'Leary's rich voice treats the songs just right with wonderful pacing and phrasing. These are the familiar story songs full of Irish tradition. There's love, history, drinking and rebellion. His singing is tender, rousing, haunting and full and hearty depending on the mood of the song.

Really a treat for any celtic music fan.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KiCk ArSe iRiSh MuSiC!, July 18, 2001

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Noreen Leistman (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classic Irish Ballads (Audio CD)

This is the best comilation of Irish music I have ever heard. It has both fast, fun songs, as well the sentimental ones that actually bring you to the old Emeral Isle. If you are Irish, or just a fan of Irish music, I strongly suggest purchasing this CD!

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Irish Music EVER!, December 6, 2007

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David W. Giffen "Susan Giffen" (Saskatoon, SK Canada) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Classic Irish Ballads (Audio CD)

I saw Diarmuid O'Leary and The Bards perform some of these very songs at

Clontarf Castle in Dublin in 1999 and it was the best concert I've ever

been to! Diarmuid is incredibly funny and sentimental and wonderful to

hear. Some songs will make you laugh, some bring tears to your eyes.

There's lots of Celtic music out there but THIS band and this music is

just plain unforgettable. Get this CD ....you'll never regret it!