Beauty an Oileáin: Music and Song of the Blasket Islands

This limited edition book and CD set commemorates and preserves the music and song of The Blasket Islands - a collection of islands nestled in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Co. Kerry, the most south-westerly point of Ireland. Originally released on CD in 1992 on Claddagh Records, 'Beauty an Oileáin' included a selection of 17 tracks of music, song and spoken word from formerBlasket Islanders and their descendants.

Special Features

68-page hardbook

1: The Swallow's Tail (Reel)/Gan Ainm (Jig)/Pop Goes the Weasel (Jig) - Various Performers
2: Gan Ainm (Polka)/Neilí, an Fuacht (Polka)/I Have a Bonnet Trimmed With Blue (Polka) - Various Performers
3: An Staicín Eornan (Couple Dance)/Gan Ainm (Slide) - Various Performers
4: Beannacht Ó Rí Na Haoine (Song) - Various Performers
5: An Goirtín Eorna (Song) - Various Performers
6: Bruach Na Carraige Báine (Song) - Various Performers
7: The Irish Washerwoman (Jig)/Delaney's Drummers (Jig)/The Fairy Reel (Reel) - Various Performers
8: Mursheen Durkin (Polka)/Gan Ainm (Slide) - Various Performers
9: Bánta an Bhlascaoid Mhóir (Song) - Various Performers
10: Port Na Bpúcaí (Spoken Introduction and Slow Air) - Various Performers
11: Raghadsa Is Mo Cheaití (Song) - Various Performers
12: Réidhchnoc Mná Duibhe (Song) - Various Performers
13: The Barren Rocks of Aden (Polka) - Various Performers
14: Gan Ainm (Jig)/An Rógaire Dubh (Jig) - Various Performers
15: The Leg of the Duck (Jig)/Cúnla (Jig)/Off She Goes (Jig)/The Harvest Home (Hornpipe) - Various Performers
16: Beauty Deas an Oileáin (Song) - Various Performers
17: Beauty Deas an Oileáin (Slow Air) - Various Performers

Number of Discs: 1

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