Charts > January/February Top 10
DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Nicolas Toibín ~ Amhrán Aneas ~ Gael-Linn
2 Sonny Knowles ~ Very Best Of ~ Dolphin
3 Eimear Quinn ~ O Holy Night ~ Own Label
4 Dolores Keane ~ The Essential Collection ~ Dolphin
5 Deirdre Ní Chinneide ~ Celtic Passage ~ Sounds True
6 Colm O’Snodaigh ~ Giving ~ Kíla Records
7 Mozaik ~ Changing Trains ~ Mozaik
8 Luke Kelly ~ Working Class Hero ~ All Media
9 Four Men and a Dog ~ Wallop the Spot ~ Own Label
10 Frank Harte with Donal Lunny ~ There’s Gangs of Them Digging ~ Daisy
Courtesy of Celtic Note, Dublin, www.celticnote.com
WATERFORD TOP TEN
1 Sonny Knowles ~ Very Best Of ~ Dolphin
2 Frank Harte ~ There’s Gangs of Them ~ Daisy
3 Tommy Fleming ~ The Journey Home ~ Universal
4 Ronan Collins ~ Showband Hits ~ Dolphin
5 Luke Kelly ~ Working Class Hero ~ All Media
6 Finbar Furey ~ No Farewells, No Goodbyes ~ Sony/BMG
7 Dana ~ A Thing Called Love ~ Dolphin
8 Dolores Keane ~ Essential Collection ~ Dolphin
9 Isla Grant ~ Down Memory Lane ~ CMR
10 Sharon Shannon ~ Renegade ~ Daisy Discs
Courtesy of Sinnotts, Waterford
CORK TOP TEN
1 Nicolas Toibín ~ Amhrán Aneas ~ Gael-Linn
2 Moving Hearts ~ Live in Dublin ~ Ruby Works
3 Four Men and a Dog ~ Wallop the Spot ~ Own Label
4 Tommie Cunniffe ~ Unbuttoned ~ Own Label
5 Dervish ~ Travelling Show ~ Own Label
6 Sharon Shannon ~ Renegade ~ Daisy Discs
7 Diarmuid O’ Brien ~ Cairde Cairdín ~ Own Label
8 Brian McNamara & Tim Collins ~ Reed Only ~ Own Label
9 Kíla ~ Gamblers’ Ballet ~ Kíla Records
10 Mozaik ~ Changing Trains ~ Own Label
Courtesy of the Living Tradition, Cork www.thelivingtradition.com
GALWAY TOP TEN
1 Dolores Keane ~ Essential Collection ~ Dolphin
2 Kíla - Gamblers’ Ballet ~ Kíla Records
3 Matt Keane ~ Out in the Fields ~ Own Label
4 Edel Fox & Ronan O’Flaherty ~ Own Label
5 Sharon Shannon ~ Renegade ~ Daisy Discs
6 Mike Denver ~ Galway Boy ~ Shape
7 Don Stiffe ~ Start of a Dream ~ Mayfly Music
8 Mike Denver ~ Seasons in the Sun ~ Shape
9 Clannad ~ Best of ~ NLS
10 Liam Clancy ~ Essential Collection ~ Dolphin
Courtesy of Zhivago Music Store, Galway, www.zhivagomusic.ie
ENNIS TOP TEN
1 Dympna O’Sullivan ~ Bean Chairdín ~ Own Label
2 Bobby Casey ~ The Spirit of West Clare ~ Own Label
3 Four Men and a Dog ~ Wallop the Spot ~ Own Label
4 James Carty ~ Upon My Soul ~ Own Label
5 John Wynne & John McEvoy ~ Pride of the West ~ Cló Iar Chonnachta
6 Old Time Records ~ Volume II US Recordings ~ OTR
7 Joe Burke/Brian Conway/Felix Dolan ~ A Tribute to Andy McGann ~ Cló Iar Chonnachta
8 Feakle Festival ~ Reeling Through the Years ~ Own Label
9 Laichtain Naofa Ceilí Band ~ Come to an Irish Dance Party ~ CCE
10 Christy McNamara ~ The House I was Reared In ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Custy’s Irish Music Ennis, Co. Clare, www.custysmusic.com
BELFAST TOP TEN
1Tommy Fleming ~ The Journey Home ~ Universal
2 Daniel O’Donnell & Mary Duff ~ Together Again ~ Rossette
3 Crawford Howard ~ Worst of Spring ~ Own Label
4 Isla Grant ~ Dueist ~ CMR
5 Four Men and a Dog ~ Wallop the Spot ~ Own Label
6 Various Artists ~ Tuesday’s Child ~ Own Label
7 Charlie Landsborough ~ The Story Teller ~ Rossette
8 Dolores Keane ~ Essential Collection ~ Dolphin
9 Dervish ~ Travelling Show ~ Whirling Discs
10 Patrick Street ~ On the Fly ~ Loftus
Courtesy of Premier Records, Belfast
DINGLE TOP TEN
1 Brendan Begley ~ Oíche Go Maidean ~ Own Label
2 Eoin Duignan ~ Ancient Rite ~ Own Label
3 Eilís Kennedy ~ Time To Sail ~ Own Label
4 Shaun Davey ~ May We Never Have To Say Goodbye ~ Tara
5 Dessie Kelleher ~ Banjoed ~ Own Label
6 Gerry O’ Beirne ~ Halfmoon Bay ~ Own Label
7 Seamus Heaney/Liam O’ Flynn ~ The Poet And The Piper ~ Claddagh
8 Aoife Granville ~ Sraid Eoin Shuffle ~ Own Label
9 Tommy Sullivan ~ Songs Ablaze ~ Own Label
10 Begley & Cooney ~ Meitheal ~ Kells
Courtesy of Siopa Ceoil an Daingin, Kerry, www.siopaceoil.ie
USA TOP TEN
1 Frank Harte ~ There’s Gangs of Them Digging ~ Daisy Discs
2 Diarmuid O’Brien ~ Cairde Cairdin ~ Own Label
3 Con Cassidy ~ Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal ~ Own Label
4 Frankie Gavin & Paul Brock ~ Tribute To Joe Cooley ~ Gael-Linn
5 Breda Keville ~ The Hop Down ~ Own Label
6 John Wynne & John McEvoy ~ Pride Of The West ~ Cló Iar Chonnachta
7 Joe Burke/Brian Conway/Felix Dolan ~ A Tribute To Andy McGann ~ Cló Iar Chonnachta
8 Brian McNamara & Tim Collins ~ Reed Only ~ Own Label
9 Padraic O’Reilly ~ Highly Strung ~ Own Label
10 Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington ~ The Merry Love To Play - Cló Iar Chonnachta
Courtesy of Celtic Grooves Imports, Maryland, USA,
www.celticgrooves.com
LONDON TOP TEN
1 Joe Burke, Brian Conway, Felix Dolan ~ A Tribute to Andy McGann ~ CIC
2 Niamh Ní Charra ~ From Both Sides ~ Own Label
3 Con Cassidy ~ Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal ~ Own Label
4 Tim Dennehy ~ Old Boots & Flying Sandals ~ Own Label
5 Charlie Lennon ~ Turning the Tune ~ Cló Iar Chonnachta
6 Nioclas Toibín ~ Amhrain Aneas ~ Gael-Linn
7 Padraic O’Reilly ~ Highly Strung ~ Own Label
8 Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington ~ The Merry Love to Play ~ Cló Iar Chonnachta
9 John Wynne & John McEvoy ~ The Strayaway Child ~ Cló Iar Chonnachta
10 Ron Kavana ~ Irish Ways ~ Proper
Courtesy of Copperplate Distribution, London, www.copperplatemailorder.com
EUROPEAN TOP TEN
1 Kadril ~ Eva ~ Actie Maand
2 Ambrozijn ~ Ambrozijn ~ Eur ~ Benelux
3 Yevgueni ~ Kannibaal ~ Eur ~ Benelux
4 Twalseree ~ Balswaree ~ Actie Maand Vlaamse Folk
5 Ambrozijn ~ Botsjeribo ~ Eur ~ Benelux
6 Naragonia ~ Tandem ~ Eur ~ Benelux
7 Olla Vogala ~ Gnamono ~ Eur ~ Benelux
8 Helen Flaherty ~ Oft Times I’ve Been Cheery ~ Vlaamse Folk
9 Jan De Wilde ~ Oude Maan ~ Eur ~ Benelux
10 Didier François & Alicantes ~ Alicantes ~ Eur ~ Benelux
Courtesy of Folk Centre Den Appel, Belgium, www.welcome.to/appel