A Real Irish Christmas

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 7, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 7, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B00000K3G2
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260,128 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Christmas Eve

2. Come Fill up Your Glasses

3. The Ship Comes Home

4. Reminiscences of Seán Ó Riada/Ag Críost an Tsíol (To Christ the Seed)

5. Cead Moladh le Muire Beannaithe (All Praise to Blessed Mary)

6. Tra Va Ruggit Creest (When Christ Was Born)

7. Seacht Suáilci Na Maighdine Muire

8. Aisling Gheal (A Bright Vision)

9. The Old Man Rocking the Cradle

10. The Mummers'jigs (My Darling Asleep and the Priest in His Boots)

11. The Spirits of Wine

12. Bímís Ag Ól! (Let Us Drink)

13. Rocking the Cradle

14. Young and Foolish

15. The Fiddlers' Farewell (A Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Those Tired of the Same Old Christmas Music............., December 3, 2001

By 

Neal C. Reynolds (Indianapolis, Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Real Irish Christmas (Audio CD)

Now, I do wonder a bit about whether or not these are all Christmas songs. Some of them sure sound like Irish drinking songs to me, and others like fairly traditional jigs. But it's all good music and clearly several are rather devout sounding songs of the season. The one that really, really touched me the deepest is the very beautiful seventh cut, "Seacht Sualci na Maighdine Muire" (The Seven Joys of Mary). So if you're looking for a CD without any white or even blue Christmases, without any chestnuts roasting over open fires, try this one.

4 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars com"YULE"ation Cleric : Real Irish?, July 18, 2002

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Mitch Mirthman (on the path in search of YULEtide Treasure) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Real Irish Christmas (Audio CD)

I don't really know, but the Irish in my family and those I consider freinds generally don't listen to traditional tunes played by soloists one after another, after another, after another, ... One single pipe or fiddle can wear on , yet 3, 4 , and\or 5 players harpering out while ya all get a jigg'n and drink'n - thats the Irish Christmas I've come to know. This com"YULE"ation is full of too much reverence, too many slow and solemn songs when played solo. If this really is real, I am gald my forefathers left.~~~Merrily Mix~ 1$, 2#, 6#1\2, 10#, 13#, and 14# ~~~ Post Script: Take a pass\ the compiling and production staff started out ok, but went a mucky-muck when they changed to slurpies. Good cover art though.***see if the library has a copy***~~~YULEridGEMality Factor = 7 1\2