Charts > Top 10 July 2017

CLADDAGH RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Irvine, Lunny, Glackin McGoldrick and Doyle ~ Ushers Island ~ Vertical
2 Dan Brouder & Angelina Carberry ~ A Waltz for Joy ~ Own Label
3 Moya Brennan ~ Canvas ~ Beo Records
4 Orla Fallon ~ Sweet By and By ~ Own Label
5 The Maguires ~ Little Giants and Other Oxymorans ~ Own Label
6 Damien McGeehan ~ The Tin Fiddle ~ Own Label
7 Noel Hill ~ Live in New York ~ Raelach
8 Fergal Scahill ~ Wayfaring ~ Own Label
9 Claddagh’s Choice – 2CD ~ An Anthology of Traditional Irish Music ~ Claddagh
10 Laoise Kelly & Tiarnan O Duinnchinn ~ On The Shoulders Of Giants ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Claddagh Records, 5 Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2. www.claddaghrecords.com

TOWER RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Sharon Shannon ~ Sacred Earth ~ Celtic Collections
2 Kíla ~ Alive Beo ~ Own Label
3 Planxty ~ Between The Jigs & The Reels: A Retrospective ~ Universal Music
4 The Gloaming ~ Gloaming ~ Real World
5 The Gloaming ~ Gloaming 2 ~ Real world
6 Darling ~ Darling ~ Rapture
7 John Spillane, So Far So Good Like: The Best Of ~ Own Label
8 Finbar Furey ~ Paddy Dear ~ Ban Music ~  Banshee Music
9 Irvine, Lunny, Glackin McGoldrick and Doyle~ Ushers Island ~Vertical
10 Mick Flavin ~Country & Gospel ~ Rosette
Courtesy of Tower Records, At Easons O’Connell Street and 7 Dawson St, Dublin 2. www.towerrecords.ie

Nenagh TOP TEN
1 Planxty ~ A Retrospective ~ Universal
2 Sharon Shannon ~ Sacred Earth ~ Celtic Collections
3 Irvine, Lunny, Glackin McGoldrick and Doyle ~ Ushers Island ~ Vertical
4 Two Time Polka ~ Fourth Time Round ~ Own Label
5 Noel McQuaid and Friends ~ Live at 38 ~ Own label
6 Kevin Burke & John Brennan ~ The Pound Ridge Sessions ~ Loftus Records
7 Finbar Furey ~ Paddy Dear ~ Banshee Music
8 Sean Keane ~ New day Dawning ~ Circin Rua
9 The Henry Girls ~ Far beyond the stars ~ Own Label
10  Two Time Polka ~ New Road ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Noel McQuaid’s Music Shop Nenagh www.mcquaidsirishmusic.com

ENNIS TOP TEN
1 Dan Brouder & Angelina Carberry ~ Waltz For Joy ~ Own Label
2 Cormac Begley ~ Cormac Begley ~ Own Label
3 John & Maggie Carty ~ Settle Out Of Court ~ Own Label
4 Noel Hill ~ Irish Concertina 3 ~ Own Label
5 Bríd O’ Gorman with Eoin O’Neill ~ Bluebells are Blooming ~ Own Label
6 Floriane Blancke ~ Kaleidoscope ~ Own Label
7 Johnny Óg Connolly ~ Siar ~ Own Label
8 Jack Talty ~ In Flow ~ Raelach Records
9 Mike Butler, Aidan McMahon & Michael Landers ~ Yield Up The Night Time ~ Own Label
10 Tommy Peoples ~ Recorded At Fiddler’s Hearth ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Custy’s Irish Music Ennis, Co. Clare www.custysmusic.com

Kenmare TOP TEN
1 Cillian Vallely ~ The Raven’s Rock ~ Own Label
2 Reidun Schlesinger and Paul De Grae ~ Amala / Resonance ~ Own Label
3 Laoise Kelly ~ Failte Uí Cheallaigh ~ Own Label
4 Claire Egan ~ Turning Tides ~ Own Label
5 Dylan Foley & Dan Gurney ~ Music From The Hudson Valley ~ Own Label
6 Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne ~ Kind Providence ~ Own Label
7 David Power and Willie Kelly ~ Apples in Winter ~ Own Label
8 Irish Concertina Ensemble ~ Zero ~ Own Label
9  Willie Kelly & Mike Rafferty with Dónal Clancy ~ The New Broom ~ Own Label
10 The Wild Atlantic Way ~ Various artists ~ Indi Entertainment
Courtesy of Soundz of Muzic, Kenmare, Co. Kerry www.soundzofmuzic.ie

BELFAST TOP 10
1 Janet Dowd ~ Home ~ Blue Cow
2 Donna Taggart ~ Celtic Lady Volume 2 ~ Own Label
3 Foy Vance ~ Wild Swan ~ Gingerbread Man
4 Whistling Donkeys ~ Sung Like A Donkey ~ Enaberts Records
5 Owen Mac ~ Heart And Soul ~ Own Label
6 Planxty ~ Retrospective ~ Universal
7 Red Hurley ~ Essential ~ Dolphin
8 Tommy Fleming ~ Stories ~ Beaumex
9 Johnny McEvoy ~ Into The Cauldron ~ Dolphin
10 Réalta ~ Clear Skies ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Premier Record Store, Belfast

Japan Top 10
1 Usher’s Island ~ Usher’s Island ~ Vertical
2 Trad Attack! ~ “Ah!” ~ Nordic Notes
3 Siobhan Miller ~ Strata ~ Own Label
4 Chris Foster ~ Hadelin ~ Own Label
5 Sharon Shannon ~ Sacred Earth ~ Celtic Connections
6 Moya Brennan: ~ Canvas ~ Own Label
7 Amy McAllister ~ String On String ~ Own Label
8 Folk’avant ~ Gryningsland ~ Nordic Notes
9 Estbel ~ Saar ~ Nordic Notes
10 Anne Rynne ~ Anne Rynne ~ Big Sky
Courtesy of Tambourine, Japan www.tambourine–japan.com

Chicago TOP TEN (USA)
1 Kíla ~ Alive Beo ~ Own Label
2 Pauline Conneely ~ All Because ~ Own Label
3 RUNA ~ Live ~ Own Label
4 Socks in the Frying Pan ~ Without a Paddle ~ Own Label
5 Jim Sullivan ~ Catch the Heart Off Guard ~ Own Label
6 Cassie and Maggie MacDonald ~ The Willow Collection ~ Own Label
7 We Banjo 3 ~ String Theory ~ Own Label
8 John Blake/Mairead Hurley/Nathan Gourley ~ The Truckley Howl ~ Own Label
9 Songs of Leinster & Connacht ~ Seamus Kennedy ~ Irelands 32, Volume 2 ~ Gransha Records
10 Connla ~ River Waiting ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Rampant Lion Music Store Chicago www.rampantlion.com

LONDON TOP TEN
1 Eilis Kennedy ~ Westward ~ Own Label
2 We Banjo 3 ~ String Theory ~ Own Label
3 Cillian Vallely ~ The Raven’s Rock ~ Own Label
4 Muireann Nic Amhlaobh ~ The Small Hours ~ Own Label
5 Brendan Hendry & Jonny Toman ~ Living Roots ~ Own Label
6 The Mulcahy Family ~ The Reel Note ~ Cló Iar-Chonnachta
7 Donal Clancy ~ Songs of a Roving Blade ~ Own Label
8 The Hydes ~ Green & Blue ~ Own Label
9 Goitse ~ Inspired By Chance ~ Own Label
10 We Banjo 3 ~ Gather The Good ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Copperplate Distribution, London www.copperplatemailorder.com

WATERFORD TOP TEN
1 Dónal Clancy ~ On The Lonesome Plain ~ Own Label
2 Aidan Coffey, Frankie Gavin, Alec Finn & Colm Murphy ~ The Corner House Set ~ Riverboat Records
3 Sharon Shannon ~ Sacred Earth ~ Celtic Connections
4  Johnny McEvoy ~ Into The Cauldron ~  Own Label
5 Christy Moore – Live at the Point ~ Vinyl ~ Columbia
6 Tony Mac Mahon ~ Farewell To Music ~ Own Label
7 Noel Hill ~ Live in New York ~ Raelach
8 Colm Mac Con Iomaire ~ Agus Anois An Aimsir ~ Own Label
9 Dan Brouder & Angelina Carberry ~ A Waltz for Joy ~ Own Label
10 Sean Keane ~ New Day Dawning ~ Circin Rua
Courtesy of Ben O’Neill Music Shop, O’Connell Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

EUROPEAN TOP TEN
1 Piccard ~ Masure Webbesnaren ~ Own Label
2 Melanie ~ The Album (2CD) ~ Own Label
3 Sean Tyrrell ~ The Orchard ~ Own Label
4 Linda Thompson ~ Fashionably Late ~ Own Label
5 Susan McKeown ~ Sweet Liberty ~ Own Label
6 Het zesde metal ~ Ploegsteert ~ Own Label
7 Mandolinman ~ Mandolinman Plays Bossa Nova ~ Own Label
8 Julie Murphy ~ Lilac Tree ~ Own Label
9 The Urban Folk Quartet ~ The Urban Folk Quartet ~ Own Label
10 The New Lost City Ramblers ~ Six Classic Albums (4CD) ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Folk Centre Den Appel, Belgium, www.tsmiske.be/appel

Scotland Top Ten
1 Chris Wood ~ So Much To Defend ~ Own Label
2 Polwart Carthy ~ Songs Of Separation Folk Awards ~ Own Label
3 John Doyle, John McCusker, Mike McGoldrick ~ The Wishing Tree ~ One Sky Records
4 Father John Misty ~ Pure Comedy ~ Bella Union
5 Old Blind Dogs ~ Room With A View ~ Own Label
6 Bob Dylan ~ Triplicate Box Set ~ Own Label
7 Andy Irvine Lunny Glackin Mcgoldrick Doyle ~ Ushers Island ~ Own Label
8 Twelfth Day ~ Cracks In The Room ~ Orange Feather Records
9 Rhiannon Giddens ~ Freedom Highway ~ Own Label
10 Amy Duncan ~ Antidote ~ Filly Records
Courtesy of CODA Music, Edinburgh, Scotland www.codamusic.co.uk