Legends of Ireland

Johnstons, Planxty, The Dubliners | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 3, 1998)
• Original Release Date: March 3, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000063DY
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,159 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

1. Holy Ground

2. The Rocky Road to Dublin

3. The Dublin Jack of All Trades

4. The Handsome Cabin Boy

5. Marcshlua Uí Néll [O'Neill's March]

6. Heaven Heath

7. Raggle Taggle Gypsy/Tabhair Dom Do Lamh

8. Pretty Peg/Craig's Pipes

9. The Plains of Kildare

10. My Irish Molly-O

11. Ride On

12. A Pair of Brown Eyes

13. The Wild Cry

14. May Morning Dew

15. You Couldn't Have Come at a Better Time

16. Only a Woman's Heart

17. Dúlamán

18. The Flowing Bowl/Má Ire Breathnachs #1/The Doon/The Mason's Men

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An invaluable introduction to the world of Irish music., January 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Legends of Ireland (Audio CD)

"Legends of Ireland" is not just another Celtic conveyor belt compilation but an accurate distillation of the continuing evolotion of Irish folk music. The collection coevrs 3 decades of music featuring three very important eras the folk boom era of the late 1960's the emergence of important artists like Planxty, The Bothy Band, De Dannan, Christy Moore etc and the new developments which make Irish music what it is now. Another worthwhile element is that besides featuring the well known artists lesser known bands like Mellow Candle and the influential figure of Sean O'Riada are not fogotten either. In short "Legends of Ireland" is historical ,enjoyable and excellent listening. It is an invaulable introduction to the world of Irish music

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good album, don't listen to people who don't know what they are talking about, September 4, 2011

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Crabhain (Burbank, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Legends of Ireland (Audio CD)

Great album, ignore the ignorant negative review. These are great cuts by great artists. If you aren't really familiar with Planxty, Andy Irvine and Paul Brady, The Bothy Band, Sean O'Riada, Clannad, Altan, well, you aren't familiar with Irish music. And certainly not in a position to make an objective evaluation. You're only in a position to tell us what you don't like. And frankly, who gives a rat's backside what you personally don't like? Mechanically played dogs of tracks? OK, they aren't a drunken, strung-out Shane McGowan screaming lyrics incomprehensibly with a punk beat behind him. I like the Pogues (sometimes), but that isn't Irish music. If you dislike this album, Irish music is just not your thing. It's you, not the album.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The bands may be legends but the songs on this CD are nightmarish, January 30, 2008

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J. Michael (Now Born) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Legends of Ireland (Audio CD)

I have to admit, I'm really only familiar with a few bands on this compilation, like the Clancy Brothers and the Pogues, but I have to think that better songs could have been chosen to represent the respective artists on this album. This is an awful compilation, full of dull and unmemorable selections that would most likely repel anyone investigating Irish music for the first time. I hated every track on this album. Even the traditional songs I love (Rocky Road to Dublin, Raggle Taggle Gypsy) were performed with such mechanical blandness that I found no charm in even them. This is a dog of an album. Avoid.