Paddy Reilly
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The Fields Of Athenry
1982 - Dolphin DOLX 9002 LP
1982 - Ritz RITZLP0027 LP
Side One
Fields of Athenry
Farewell to Nova Scotia [1]
The Galtee Mountain Boy [1]
Farewell to the Rhonda [1]
John O' Dreams
Side Two
Scorn Not His Simplicity
The Crack was 90 in the Isle of Man [1]
Dancing at Whitsun [1]
Mulligan & Me
Jim Larkin [1]
Bunch of Thyme
Credits
Produced and arranged by Eamonn Campbell
1 these tracks are from Paddy Reilly's Green Shamrock Shore …
Sleeve Notes
It has been said by eminent historians, both at home and abroad, that Ireland's greatest export has been its people. When one examines Ireland's troubled past, this comment can be seen to contain a greater degree of truth than might at first be apparent.
Before the infamous Great Famine which tore the country apart in body, soul and mind, the population of Ireland was many times greater than it is now.
But fate, added to our misery by causing vast numbers of our people to take the various emigrant and transportation ships from the land of their heart's desire to the lands of opportunity and survival. Many others as a result of non payment of rent or petty thievery were sent away in "prison ships" to Australia where they served out their sentences.
But before they reached those foreign shores they endured the living hell of overladen and diseased-ridden vessels on dangerous storm-tossed seas.
There is one point on this record when Paddy Reilly reaches back to that era of pain and poverty and expresses with poignancy and heartfelt emotion the plight of those who left the shamrock shore, when in the Fields of Athenry, he sings "Nothing really matters when you're free."
In many ways that line alone sums up the history of Ireland Paddy Reilly's voice is the voice of every emigrant who ever left Ireland in search of a freedom not to be found in their native land.
With his unique voice Paddy Reilly's performance on this album demonstrates quite clearly why he is Ireland's best folk & ballad singer.
Alternate releases
The Fields of Athenry: 2005 — Dolphin DOLCD 205 CD
re-issued with 5 (all previously released) "bonus tracks"
Notes
The above 3 CD release, The Paddy Reilly Trilogy, features full versions of 3 early Paddy Reilly Dolphin LPs — The Life of Paddy Reilly, The Town I Loved So Well & The Fields Of Athenry.
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