Various Artists

The Essential Irish Folk Collection

Release date 1996

Tracklist

1
Men of Worth
4:02
4:02
2
Anthem for Ireland
3:34
3:34
3
Fields of Athenry
4:35
4:35
4
Bramble and the Rose
3:18
3:18
5
Easy & Slow
3:07
3:07
6
O Carolan's Draught
2:30
2:30
7
Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway
3:17
3:17
8
Slievenamon
2:42
2:42
9
The Wren's Nest
3:31
3:31
10
The Parting Glass
3:21
3:21
11
Salonika
2:35
2:35
12
A Song for Ireland
4:27
4:27
13
Tripping Up the Stairs
2:10
2:10
14
The Crack Was Ninety in the Isle of Man
2:44
2:44
15
The Field Behind the Plough
3:39
3:39
16
Raglan Road
4:17
4:17
17
Where My Eileen Is Waiting for Me
2:40
2:40
18
A Man You Don’t Meet Everyday
3:19
3:19
19
Britches Full of Stiches / Hollow Rock Waltz
3:50
3:50
20
This Love Will Carry
3:57
3:57
21
Rose of Allendale
4:43
4:43
22
The Captains and the Kings
3:04
3:04
23
Rare Old Times
4:25
4:25
24
The Ferryman
2:37
2:37
25
Let It Be
3:28
3:28
26
Banks of the Roses
2:07
2:07
27
Star of The County Down
3:15
3:15
28
Song of the Mira
3:17
3:17
29
From Clare to Here
4:40
4:40
30
Bogey's Bonny Belle
2:48
2:48
31
Spancil Hill
2:46
2:46
32
Cliffs of Dooneen
3:38
3:38
33
Nancy Spain
3:19
3:19
34
Phoenix Reel
2:59
2:59
35
Black Gold
3:22
3:22
36
Sullivan's John
2:54
2:54
37
The Galway Races
2:33
2:33
38
John O'Dreams
3:42
3:42
39
The Town I Loved So Well
6:15
6:15
40
Wheel the Perambulator
2:51
2:51

Current tour

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Various Artists will be next performing at Huntington Bank Pavilion on Saturday 06 June 2026, and is scheduled to play 4 concerts across 2 countries in 2026.

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