Produced by Vinnie Kilduff;
Recorded and mixed by Alistair McMillan and Mudd Wallace at Homestead Studios, Randalstown, Northern Ireland;
Photograph by Frank Miller;
Sketch and front cover design by Dee Moore

Musicians

Niamh Parsons: vocals [1-4, 6-11];
The Loose Connections [5]:
  John McSherry: pipes [1], whistles [1, 6];
  Paul McSherry: guitars [1, 6];
  Eddie Friel: piano [1-2, 6-7];
  Dee Moore: bass [1, 6], fretless bass [3, 9];
  Dave Early: drums [1], percussion [1, 3, 6, 11];
Additional musicians aka The Looser Connections:
  Colin Reid: additional guitar [3], additional guitar [7], guitars [9, 11];
  Carlton William Byrne: acoustic slide and electric guitars [3];
  Peter McKinney: drum programming [9];
  Alastair Wallace: trumpet [3];
  Mary Mulrine: backing vocals [3];
  Vinnie Kilduff: additional guitar [3, 9];
  Karen Hamill: backing vocals [3];
  Brian Kennedy: backing vocals [10-11];
  Mudd Wallace: additional guitar [3];
  Alistair McMillan: additional guitar [9]

Tracks

1. Katie Campbell’s Rambles / Streets of Forbes (Roud 20764) (5.44)
2. Tinkerman’s Daughter (5.55)
3. Little Big Time (3.31)
4. The Lover’s Ghost (Roud 179; Child 248) (3.02)
5. Man of Arran instrumental (4.27)
   live at the Queen’s Festival, Belfast, November 1991
6. North Amerikay (Roud 1910; Laws M11; Henry H525) (5.05)
7. We Two People (3.06)
8. One Morning in May (Roud 140; Laws P14; TYG 34) (4.19)
9. Play a Merry Jig (3.35)
10. Where Are You Tonight I Wonder? (4.24)
11. Don’t Give Your Heart Away (4.45)

Track 1a John McSherry;
Tracks 1b, 6 trad. arr. Dee More;
Track 2 Michael McConnell;
Tracks 3, 9, 11 Dee More;
Tracks 4, 8 trad. arr. Niamh Parsons;
Track 5 Darrach De Brún;
Track 7 Brian Crawford, Colin Reid;
Track 10 Andy M. Stewart

Produced and arranged by Dee Moore;
Recorded by Alistair McMillen at Greenhouse Studio, Dublin;
Additional recording by Paul Avgerinos at Studio Unicorn, Redding, Connecticut;
Track 11 recorded live by Tony Ferro at Freight and Salvage, San Franciso;
Mixed and mastered by Paul Avgerinos at Studio Unicorn;
Photography by John Kuczala;
Art direction and design by Greenberg Kingsley

Musicians

Niamh Parsons: vocals [1-4, 6-11], background vocals [6, 9];
Dee Moore: acoustic bass [1-3, 9], fretless bass [5-6, 8, 10];
Gavin Ralston: acoustic guitar [1, 6, 10], nylon-strung guitar [2-3, 5, 8], steel guitar [3, 5, 9], 12-string acoustic guitar [9];
Alan Kelly: piano accordion [1, 8];
Gerry O’Connor: banjo [1], fiddle [1];
Jimmy Higgins: drums [1, 8], wood block [5], high hat [5], piano [10];
Neil Martin: keyboards [2, 4], cello [2, 4, 7];
Richie Buckley: soprano saxophone [2], tenor saxophone [6, 8, 10];
Mick McAuley: button accordion [3, 5];
Pat Fitzpatrick: keyboards [3, 6, 8];
Robert Harris: congas [3], bodhrán [3, 5], djembe [8], snare drum [9];
John McSherry: low whistle [4, 10], uillean pipes [6];
Colm Fitzpatrick: drums [6, 10], bongos [10];
Fran McPhail: vocals [7];
Roger Filgate: lap steel guitar [9];
Jerry O’Sullivan: uillean pipes [10]

Tracks

1. The Big Bad Wolf / Cajun Wolff (4.16)
2. Seeing Things (5.19)
3. Fancy Waistcoat (3.32)
4. Clohinne Winds (4.44)
5. Gently Born / Micky Dans (4.10)
6. Closer to You (3.56)
7. The Briar and the Rose (3.22)
8. I Know My Faith (Is Worth Much More Than Me) (3.51)
9. Heartbound Express (3.21)
10. Loosen Up: The Hunter’s Purse / Andy Renwick’s Ferret (5.11)
11. Reconciliation (4.16)

Tracks 1a-3, 5a, 6, 8-9 Dee Moore;
Track 1b Dee Moore, Alan Kelly;
Track 4 Briege Murphy;
Track 5b Michael McAuley;
Track 7 Tom Waits;
Track 10a trad.;
Track 10b Gordon Duncan;
Track 11 Ron Kavana

Produced by Niamh Parsons, Gavin Ralston, Alan Whelan;
Executive producer: Steve Dunford;
Recorded by Alan Whelan at Marguerite Studios, Dublin, in November/December 1998;
Mixed by Niamh Parsons, Gavin Ralston and Alan Whelan at Marguerite Studios;
Additional mixing by Paul Avgerinos, Studio Unicorn, Redding, CT;
Mastered by Randy LeRoy;
Photography by John Kuczala;
Design by Greenberg Kingsley, NYC;
Artwork by Leigh Wells

Musicians

Niamh Parsons: vocals;
Gavin Ralston: guitar [1-2, 4-5, 10, 12];
John McSherry: pipes [1, 12], low whistle [1-2, 12];
Dee Moore: bass [1, 5, 12];
Paul Kelly: fiddle [1, 12], viola [1, 12], mandolin [10];
Steve Dunford: bodhrán [1, 5, 12];
Anna Parsons Dunne: backing vocals [3];
Dave Munnely: piano [5];
Seamus Brett: piano [7];
Josephine Marsh: button accordion [9];
Ciáran Ó Gealbháin: vocals [11]

Tracks

1. Blackbirds and Thrushes (Roud 329) / The Blackbird Waltz (3.32)
2. Flower of Finae (Roud 25067) (6.38)
3. Sally Sits Weeping (Roud 170) (3.15)
4. Kilnarmartyra Exile (Roud 32278) (5.38)
5. Fear a’ Bhata (Roud 4356; Henry H834) (5.18)
6. The Banks of the Nile (Roud 950; Laws N9; G/D 1:99; Henry H238a) (5.24)
7. The Water Is Wide (Roud 87; Child 204) (4.45)
8. The Maid on the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27) (3.38)
9. The Wounded Huzzar (Roud 2699) (5.41)
10. Alexander (Roud 6247; G/D 4:829) (2.31)
11. Droimeann Donn Dilis (4.52)
12. The Flower of Magherally O (Roud 3009; Henry H220) (3.57)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1b Patrick Desaunay;
Track 2 Thomas Davis;
Track 4 John Brown

Produced by Niamh Parsons and Alan Whelan;
Executive producer: Steve Dunford;
Recorded by Alan Whelan at Solitaire Studios, Dublin, in November 1999;
Mixed by Alan Whelan and Niamh Parsons at Solitaire Studios;
Mastered by Paul Avgerinos, Studio Unicorn, Redding, CT;
Design by Greenberg Kingsley, NYC;
Illustration by Leigh Wells

Musicians

Niamh Parsons: vocals, backing vocals [1], vocal drones [3];
Anna Parsons Dunne: vocals [3, 9];
Graham Dunne: guitar [1-2, 4, 6-8, 11];
Paul Kelly: fiddle [1, 6, 11], mandolin [4, 6, 11];
Mick Kinsella: harmonica [1, 6-7];
Alan Whelan: keyboard bass [1, 4];
Josephine Marsh: button accordion [4, 6, 11];
Siobhán Peoples: fiddle [4, 7, 11];
Seamus Brett: piano [4, 6, 10];
Steve Dunford: shaker [4, 11]

Tracks

1. Bonny Woodhall (Roud 3778; G/D 5:947; Henry H476) (4.45)
2. Green Grass It Grows Bonny (Roud 858; G/D 1:52, 6:1139) (6.49)
3. In My Prime (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (2.58)
4. Horo Johnny (3.31)
5. Annan Waters (Roud 6562) (5.27)
6. Orphan’s Wedding (5.26)
7. An Páistín Fionn (Roud V23209) (5.06)
8. Black Is the Colour (Roud 3103) (5.22)
9. Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (3.19)
10. Lakes of Coolfin (Roud 189; Laws Q33; G/D 2:228; Henry H176) (4.01)
11. Bold Doherty (Roud 2992) (4.28)
12. So Here’s to You (3.45)

All tracks trad. except
Track 4 Sean McCarthy,
Track 6 Andy M. Stewart;
Track 12 Alan Bell

Produced by Dennis Cahill;
Recorded by Alastair MacMillan;
Mastered by Charlie Johnson;
Artwork and illustration by Gwen Sale;
Cover by Graham Dunne;
Design by Brad Wrolstad;
Photography by Mike Mulcaire

Musicians

Niamh Parsons: vocals [1-8, 10-14], percussion [6];
Graham Dunne: steel string guitar [2-3, 6-7, 9, 13], nylon string guitar [4, 11, 14];
Dennis Cahill: mandolin [2-3, 11], harmony guitar [2], nylon string guitar [3, 9];
Terry Coyne: low whistle [4], backing vocals [2, 4, 10];
Tony Gibbons: backing vocals [2, 4, 10];
Josephine Marsh: accordion [6, 12];
Mick Kinsella: harmonica [7, 11];
Anne Parsons Dunne: backing vocals [13]

Tracks

1. My Lagan Love (Roud 1418) (3.08)
2. Rigs of Rye (Roud 985; Laws O11; G/D 5:1054) (4.23)
3. Jenny Picking Cockles / Colliers reels (2.40)
4. West Coast of Clare (4.43)
5. Banks of the Clyde (Roud 3815; Henry H812) (5.44)
6. A Kiss in the Morning Early (Roud 3807; G/D 1:50) (2.51)
7. Done With Bonaparte (3.19)
8. New Holland Grove (3.44)
9. The Brown Bull of Cill na Móna / The Tipperary Temptress jigs (3.00)
10. Brokenhearted I’ll Wander (Roud 1185; G/D 8:1584; Henry H122a) (5.58)
11. Syracuse (4.46)
12. Tide Full In (2.23)
13. Sweet Inniscarra (Roud 12492) (4.41)
14. Bramblethorn (3.04)

All tracks trad. except
Track 4 Andy Irvine;
Track 6 trad., added lyrics Mick Hanley;
Track 7 words Mark Knopfler, music trad.;
Track 8 Sean Mone;
Tracks 9ab Graham Dunne;
Track 11 Bill Caddick;
Track 12 Francis A. Fahy;
Track 14 Sarah Daniels

Produced by Dennis Cahill;
Co-Producer Victor Sanders;
Recorded in Chicago at Lakeside Media;
Recorded and mastered by Victor Sanders;
Photo by Dennis Cahill;
Design by Brad Wrolstad

Musicians

Niamh Parsons: vocals;
Kat Eggleston: harmony vocals [10-11, 14];
Graham Dunne: guitar [1-3, 5-9, 11-12, 14];
Dennis Cahill: high guitar [2], mandolin [6-7], bass [7], bouzouki [9, 12];
Steve Gibbons: violin [1, 14];
Liz Knowles: strings [6];
John Williams: accordion [6, 14];
Larry Grey: bass [1, 3, 8, 11, 14]

Tracks

1. 1917 (The French Prostitute) (4.41)
2. Poor Irish Stranger (Roud 1629) (6.02)
3. Cumha An Ghrá (2.04)
4. Ye Rambling Boys of Pleasure (Roud 386) (3.37)
5. No Half Measures (The Song of the Drinking Man’s Wife) (3.52)
6. No Telling (4.58)
7. The Old Simplicity (4.34)
8. John Condon (4.04)
9. Moll and Poll Ha’penny tunes (4.38)
10. Blue Murder (1.52)
11. He Fades Away (3.59)
12. Long Cookstown (Roud 883; G/D 3:603; Henry H745) (2.34)
13. The Peddler (2.05)
14. The Men That God Made Mad / L’Entrada De L’Angustura (3.54)

Track 1 David Olney;
Tracks 2, 4, 9, 12 trad.;
Tracks 3, 14b Graham Dunne;
Tracks 5, 10-11 Alistair Hulett;
Track 6 Linda Thompson;
Track 7 Kieran Halpin;
Track 8 The Song Shed, R. Laird, S. Starrett, T. McRory;
Track 13 Maria Dunn;
Track 14a Ron Kavana

Produced by Niamh Parsons and Graham Dunne for Gramsham Records;
Live performance recorded by Alistair Russell at the Marine Hall, Fleetwood, Lancashire, during the Fylde Folk Festival 2005;
Edited, mixed and mastered by Listair Rossell, Glade Rec ordings, at the Music Room;
Photography by Roger Liptrot and Giulia Aiazzi;
Graphic design by Kevin Boyle

Musicians

Niamh Parsons: vocals;
Graham Dunne: guitars

with
Tony Gibbons: vocals [9]

Tracks

1. The Boys of Barr na Sráide (Roud 24291) (4.59)
2. Rigs of Rye (Roud 985; Laws O11; G/D 5:1054) (4.20)
3. One Morning in May (Roud 140; Laws P14; TYG 34) (4.18)
4. Blackbirds and Thrushes (Roud 329) (2.01)
5. An Páistín Fionn (Roud V23209) (5.47)
6. Southwest Wind / Petticoat Loose jigs (4.07)
7. The Kilnarmartyra Exile (Roud 32278) (6.27)
8. The Men That God Made Mad / L’Entrada De L’Angustura (4.22)
9. The Briar and the Rose (4.01)
10. Black Is the Colour (Roud 3103) (4.35)
11. The Flower of Magherally O (Roud 3009; Henry H220) (3.25)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 words by Sigerson Clifford (1913–1985);
Track 7 John Brown;
Track 8a Ron Kavana;
Track 8b Graham Dunne;
Track 9 Tom Waits

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Graham Dunne
Voice and piano recorded at CSIS Masters Studio, University of Limerick, January and July 2014;
Guitars, software synthesisers, and signal processing by Graham Dunne at Caherbannagh Garden Studio, Kilnamona, 2014/15;
Photography by Colm Keating;
Design by Kevin Boyle

Musicians

Niamh Parsons: vocals;
Graham Dunne: backing vocals [2], guitars;
Elena Alekseeva : piano [12]

Tracks

1. Across the Blue Mountain (Roud 3132, 25278) (4.02)
2. The Road to La Coruna (4.41)
3. Willie O (Roud 22567) (3.24)
4. Sweet Daffodil Mulligan (2.41)
5. Shores of Lough Bran (Roud 9658) (4.03)
6. Valentine O’Hara (Roud 1553) (4.23)
7. Lappin (5.27)
8. When Fortune Turns Her Wheel (Roud 3798; G/D 3:667) (2.50)
9. The Slave’s Lament (Roud V29702) (3.34)
10. The Monaghan Jig (5.41)
11. After Aughrim’s Great Disaster (Roud 16907) (5.55)
12. Carrickfergus (Roud 26183) (6.55)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Maurice McGrath;
Track 4 Harry O’Donovan (1896-1973);
Track 7 Briege Murphy;
Track 9 Robert Burns;
Track 11 Patrick Augustine Sheehan (1852-1913)

Desk recording by Peter Wesserling at the Arsenaal Theatre in Vlissingen in April 2001;
Mastered by Graham Dunne

Musicians

Niamh Parsons: vocals;
Graham Dunne: guitar;
Terry Clarke-Coyne: vocals, low whistle, tin whistle, flute;
Tony Gibbons: vocals, cittern

Tracks

1. Bonny Woodhall (Roud 3778; G/D 5:947; Henry H476) (4.48)
2. The Rambling Irishman (Roud 3572) (3.42)
3. The Brown Bull of Cill na Móna / The Tipperary Temptress jigs (3.26)
4. Annan Waters (Roud 6562) (5.09)
5. Any Mick’ll Do (4.01)
6. An Páistín Fionn (Roud V23209) (5.49)
7. Inisheer air / The Boys of Ballisodare slip jig / Over the Moor to Maggie reel (6.54)
8. Fear a’ Bhata (Roud 4356; Henry H834) (6.43)
9. Blackbirds and Thrushes (Roud 329) / The Musical Priest (3.57)
10. So Here’s to You song / The Flogging Reel / Trim the Velvet / Fred Finn’s reels (8.10)

Probably all tracks trad. except
Track 5 Brian McNeill;
Track 10a Alan Bell