Come West Along The Road
2006 - RTÉ RTEDVD99 DVD

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Track List:

Hornpipe: Mullingar Races - Jimmy Sinnott, lilting

Song: Pretty Peg; Reel: Gregg's Pipes - Bothy Band

Slip jigs: Fig for a Kiss, Kid on the Mountain - Celine Hession & Donncha Ó Muimhneacha'in, step dancing; Paddy Glackin, fiddle

Song: Óro, 'Sé Do Bheatha Abhaile - Darach Ó Catháin

Jig Frieze Britches - Liam O'Flynn, uilleann pipes

Reels: Pigeon on the Gate, Foxhunter's - Tulla Ceili Band

Song: Lily of the West - Ann Byrne & Jesse Owens

Reels: Ceathrú Cavan, Wild Irishman - John, John Jnr & James Kelly, fiddles

Song: Téir Abhaile Riú - Clannad

Reels: John Naughton's, Tommy Coen's - Mary MacNamara & Martin Hayes, concertina & fiddle

March, Song: Twenty Men from Dublin Town - Swords Mummers

Slide: Scattery Island Slide - Ceoltóirí Laighean

Song: Shamrock Shore - Paul Brady

Set dancers - Tulla Ceili Band

Air: Gol na mBan san Ár - Sean Keane, fiddle

Reels: Rakish Paddy, Sligo Maid - Willie Reynolds, uilleann pipes

Slides: Rathawaun, Hare in the Corn - Knocknagree Set Dancers; Johnny O'Leary, accordion; Michael Duggan, fiddle; Ellen O'Leary, whistle; Kathleen O'Keeffe, whistle

Song: An Baile Atá Láimh Léi Siúd - Pádraig Ághas

Jigs: Tom Billy's, Sean Ryan's; Reels: Mick Hand's, Hills of Clogher - De Danann

Song: Bonny Bunch of Roses - Colm Walsh

Strathspeys: Laird of Drumblair (two versions) - Tommy Peoples, fiddle

Hornpipe: Liverpool - Sea´n Ó Cuilleanáin (John Cullinane), step dancing; Seán ÓCearbhill, fiddle

Reel: Liffey Banks - Julia Clifford, Denis Murphy, fiddles; Paddy Moloney, whistle; Des Mulkere, flute

Song: Na Prátaí Dubha - Nioclás Tóibín

Reel: Wise Maid - Joe Cooley, accordion; Jack Cooley, bodhran; Des Mulkere, banjo

Song: Four Green Fields - Unknown boy

Reels: Lucy Campbell's, Sligo Maid - Session group

Song: Síle Ní Ghadhra - Pat Kearney; Eric Benson, piano

Hornpipe: Harvest Home; Reel: Duke of Leinster - Wrenboys

Song: Jolly Beggar; Reel: Wise Maid - Planxty

Song: Bean an Fhir Rua - Seán 'ac Dhonncha

Reels: Connaught Heifers, Micho Russell's - Paddy Moloney, Sean Potts, whistles; Peadar Mercier, bodhran

Song: Bonny Light Horseman - Gerry Cullen, Brian Leahy, Fran McPhail

Reels: Boys of Malin, Green Fields of Tyrol, Glass of Beer - Stocktons Wing

Song: Butcher Boy - Ludlow Trio

Song: Tá 'na Lá - Seán Ó Sé & Ceoltóirí Chualann

Song: I Must Away Now - Dubliners

Air Ní ar Chnoc nó ar Ísleacht; Reel: Finbarr Dwyer's - Denis O' Brien, whistle

Song: Leaving Liverpool - Tommy Makem

Reel: Maid behind the Bar - Session group

Song: Valentine O'Hara - Frank Harte

Reels: Donegal Reel, Sheehan's, Croghan Hill - Tullyvin Ceili Band

Song: Ramble Away - Al O'Donnell

Dance: Briseadh na Carraige (Siege of Carrick) - Ceili Dancers

Dramatization of the song 'Casadh an tSúgáin' - Siasma Tíre Folk Theatre

Reel: Bucks of Oranmore - Matt Molloy, flute; Dónal Lunny, bouzouki

Bonus feature: Meet the People 1961

Notes

Songs from singers in Irish and English; jigs, reels, hornpipes and airs from solo musicians and groups; step dances, set dances, and ceili dances from exhibition and social dancers - this DVD from the television archives of RTÈ, the Irish national broadcaster, contains more than two hours of outstanding performances from across the rich spectrum of Irish traditional music.

Alternate release

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Come West Along The Road: 2007 - SRO D4167 DVD
Reissue (region 1)

Related Releases

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Come West Along The Road (Volume 2): 2007 - RTÉ RTEDVD113 DVD

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Come West Along The Road (Volume 3): 2011 - RTÉ RTEDVD148 DVD
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