Charts > Top 10 JUNE 2018
TOWER RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 The Gloaming ~ Live At The NCH ~ Real World
2 Finbar Furey ~ Don’t Stop This Now ~ BMG
3 Lankum ~ Between The Earth & Sky ~ Rough Trade
4 Planxty ~ Between The Jigs & The Reels: A Retrospective ~ Universal
5 Bill Whelan & The RTÉ Orchestra ~ Linen & Lace ~ RTÉ
6 Christy Moore ~ On The Road ~ Sony
7 The Gloaming ~ Gloaming ~ Real World
8 Shaun Davey & Liam O’ Flynn ~ The Brendan Voyage ~ Tara
9 Altan ~ Gap Of Dreams ~ Compass
10 Liam O’ Flynn ~ Piper’s Call ~ Tara
Courtesy of Tower Records, At Easons O’Connell Street and 7 Dawson St, Dublin 2 Celtic Café Store. www.celticcafestore.com
Nenagh TOP TEN
1 Bobby Gardiner ~ Melodeon Mad ~ Own label
2 Brian Hughes ~ This Day 20 Years ~ Own label
3 Kathleen Loughnane ~ The Harpers Connelan ~ Own label
4 Two Time Polka ~ Fourth Time Round ~ Own Label
5 Laurence Nugent ~ White Island ~ Own Label
6 Daire Mulhern ~ Boxman ~ Own Label
7 Kevin Burke & John Brennan ~ Pound Ridge Sessions ~ Loftus Music
8 Fianna Ni Chonaill ~ Dathanna an Cheoil ~ Own Label
9 Bernadette Nic Gabhann ~ Here to Play ~ Own Label
10 The Friel Sisters ~ Before the Sun ~Own Label
Courtesy of Noel McQuaid’s Music Shop Nenagh www.mcquaidsirishmusic.com
ENNIS TOP TEN
1 Shane Mulchrone ~ Solid Ground ~ Own Label
2 Daithí Gormley ~ Fiddling Without A Bow ~ Own Label
3 Bobby Gardiner ~ Melodeon Mad ~ Own Label
4 Declan Folan ~ All In Good Time ~ Own Label
5 Tony O’ Connell ~ ‘Live and Well ~ Own Label
6 Florence Fahy ~ Music From The Flaggy Shore ~ Own Label
7 Tony MacMahon ~ Farewell To Music ~ Own Label
8 Liam O’ Brien ~ The Lane ~ Own Label
9 Dylan Foley ~ Deliriously Happy ~ Own Label
10 Ceol An Chláir ~ Fiddle Music From West Clare ~ CCÉ Inis
Courtesy of Custy’s Irish Music Ennis, Co. Clare www.custysmusic.com
Kenmare TOP TEN
1 Aisling Urwin ~ The Dragonfly Jig ~ Own Label
2 Mary Black ~ Sings Jimmy McCarthy ~ 3u Records
3 Martin Hayes Quartet ~ The Blue Room ~ 251 Records
4 Lasairfhiona ~ One Penny Portion ~ Own Label
5 P.J Murrihy ~ The Wonder of the West ~ Own Label
6 Mary MacNamara ~ Note for Note ~ Own Label
7 Aoife Ni Chaoimhe ~ Didn’t She Dance and Dance ~ Own Label
8 Michael O’Brien ~ Natural Instinct ~ Own Label
9 Eithne Ni Uallachain ~ Bilingua ~ Gael Linn
10 Bernadette Nic Gabhann ~ Here to Play ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Soundz of Muzic, Kenmare, Co. Kerry www.soundzofmuzic.ie
BELFAST TOP 10
1 Mulholland, Lamb & Galway ~ Music In The Glen ~ Own Label
2 The Friel Sisters ~ Before The Sun ~ Own Label
3 Four Men & A Dog ~ And The Band Played On ~ Hook
4 Philomena Begley ~ My Music/My Memories ~ Own Label
5 The Gloaming ~ Live At The NCH ~ Real World
6 Christy Moore ~ On The Road ~ Sony
7 Tommy Fleming ~ Journey Home ~ Universal Music
8 Janet Dowd ~ Home ~ Blue Cow Records
9 Cara Dillon ~ Wanderer ~ Charcoal
10 Owen Mac ~ My Journey ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Premier Record Store, Belfast
CLADDAGH RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Tony O’Connell ~ Live And Well ~ Own Label
2 Tiarnan O’Duinnchinn ~ Reggish Paddy ~ Own Label
3 The Keane Family ~ Muintir Chathain ~ Own Label
4 Marie & Seamus O’Beaglaoich ~ An Ciarraioch Mallaithe ~ Own Label
5 Socks In The Frying Pan ~ Without A Paddle ~ Own Label
6 The Friel Sisters ~ Before The Sun ~ Own Label
7 Martin Hayes Quartet ~ The Blue Room ~ Own Label
8 Padraigín Ní Uallachain ~ Let The Faries In ~ Ceoltaí Éireann
9 Len Graham ~ Over The Hills And Far Away ~ Cranagh
10 Danny Diamond ~ Elbow Room ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Claddagh Records, www.claddaghrecords.com
LONDON TOP TEN
1 Open The Door For Three ~ The Joyful Hour ~ Own Label
2 We Banjo 3 ~ Live in Galway ~ Own Label
3 Muireann Nic Amhlaobh ~ The Small Hours ~ Own Label
4 We Banjo 3 ~ String Theory ~ Own Label
5 The Mulcahys ~ The Reel Note ~ Clo Iar Chonnacht
6 Tommy Guihen ~ The Torn Jacket ~ Cló Iar-Chonnacht
7 Niamh Ní Charra ~ Cuz ~ IMCD004
8 Eilis Kennedy ~ Westward ~ Own Label
9 Goitse ~ Inspired By Chance ~ Own Label
10 Brian Hughes ~ 20 Years From Now ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Copperplate Distribution, London www.copperplatemailorder.com
WATERFORD TOP TEN
1 Danú ~ Ten Thousand Miles ~ Own Label
2 Brendan Mulholland, Conor Lamb, Deirdre Galway ~ Music In The Glen ~ Own Label
3 Brian Hughes ~ This Day 20 Years ~ Own Label
4 Eithne Ní Uallacháin, Gerry O’Connor, Desi Wilkinson ~ Cosa gan Bhróga ~ Gael Linn
5 The Gloaming ~ The Gloaming ~ Real World
6 Finbar Furey ~ Paddy Dear ~ Banshee
7 Luke Kelly ~ The Definitive Collection ~ Celtic Airs
8 Sharon Shannon ~ Sacred Earth ~ Celtic Collections
9 Phil, John and Pip Murphy ~ The Trip to Cullenstown ~ Claddagh Records
10 Dónal Clancy ~ Songs of a Roving Blade ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Ben O’Neill Music Shop, O’Connell Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
EUROPEAN TOP TEN
1 Lúnasa ~ CAS ~ Own Label
2 Cozin ~ Burst ~ Cricket Hill Music
3 Ross Daly & Kelly Thoma ~ Lunar ~ Own Label
4 Dom Flemons ~ Black Cowboys ~ Smithsonian Folkways
5 The Rheingans Sisters ~ Bright Field ~ Rootbeat Records
6 The Decemberists ~ I’ll Be Your Girl ~ Rough Trade
7 Markku Lepisto ~ Solos ~ Rapusaari Records,
8 Wereldbrand ~ Frontier Café Band ~ Appel Rekords
9 Belcirque ~ The Tallest Man ~ Surmesure
10 Aoife O’ Donovan ~ In the Magic Hour ~ Yep Roc Records
Courtesy of Folk Centre Den Appel, Belgium, www.tsmiske.be/appel
Scotland Top Ten
1 Chris Stout & Fiona Mckay ~ Bare Knuckle ~ Bare Knuckle
2 Salt House ~ Undersong ~ Make Believe
3 Ross Ainslie ~ Sanctuary ~ Great White
4 Julie Fowlis ~ Alterum ~ Machair
5 Boreas ~ Ahoy Hoy ~ Isle Music
6 John McCusker, John Doyle & Michael McGoldrick ~ The Wishing Tree ~ Own Label
7 Blazin Fiddles ~ The Key ~ Blazin Fiddles
8 Pete Clark Muriel Johnstone ~ Neil Gow’s Fiddle ~ Inver
9 Martin Hayes Qrt ~ The Blue Room ~ 251
10 Hannah Read ~ Way Out I’ll Wander ~ Hudson
Courtesy of CODA Music, Edinburgh, Scotland www.codamusic.co.uk
