Altan is the second album by Frankie Kennedy

Frankie Kennedy

Frankie Kennedy was a flute and tin whistle player born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was also the co-founder of the band Altan, formed with his wife Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh...

 and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh is an Irish fiddler and the lead vocalist for the Irish traditional band Altan.-Biography:Ní Mhaonaigh grew up in Gweedore , County Donegal, on the northwest coast of Ireland....

 (founders of the Irish

Ireland

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 band Altan), originally released in 1987 by Green Linnet Records

Green Linnet Records

Green Linnet Records was an American independent record label that specialized in Celtic music. Founded by Lisa Null and Patrick Sky as Innisfree Records in 1973, the label was initially based in Null's house in New Canaan, Connecticut. In 1975, the label became Innisfree/Green Linnet and Wendy...

. The musicians appearing on this album are substantially those that became the early incarnation of the band Altan. The said band have later called the album their debut album.

Track listing

1. "The Highlandman/The Cliffs of Glencolumbkille/Old Cuffe Street" – 3:12
2. "An tSeanchailleach Gallda/Dermot Byrne's" – 3:04
3. "Tá Mo Cleamhnas a Dhéanamh" – 5:15
4. "The Cat That Ate The Candle/Over the Water to Bessie" – 3:10
5. "Ceol A'Phíobaire" – 3:50
6. "Tommy Peoples'/Loch Altan/Danny Meehan's" – 3:28
7. "Rogha an Ghabha/Charlie O'Donnell's" – 2:40
8. "The Sunset" – 3:38
9. "Thug Mé Rúide" – 4:25
10. "Humours of Whiskey/The Fairy Jig/Humours of Whiskey" – 3:18
11. "Jimmy Lyons'/Leslie's Reel" – 2:21
12. "Cití na gCumann" – 3:57
13. "Con Cassidy's Highland/Neilly O'Boyle's Highland & Reel" – 3:05

Tracks 1,2,5,6,7,9,11,12,13 arranged by Kennedy, Ní Mhaonaigh, Kelly, Curran.

Tracks 3,4,8.10 arranged by Kennedy, Ní Mhaonaigh, Kelly, Curran, Lunny.

All titles are traditionals, except the following:

• "The Sunset" – composed by Cathal McConnell and Seamus Quinn
• "Loch Altan" – composed by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
  Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
  Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh is an Irish fiddler and the lead vocalist for the Irish traditional band Altan.-Biography:Ní Mhaonaigh grew up in Gweedore , County Donegal, on the northwest coast of Ireland....
  
  

Personnel

• Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
  Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
  Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh is an Irish fiddler and the lead vocalist for the Irish traditional band Altan.-Biography:Ní Mhaonaigh grew up in Gweedore , County Donegal, on the northwest coast of Ireland....
  
   – Fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
  , Vocals
• Frankie Kennedy
  Frankie Kennedy
  Frankie Kennedy was a flute and tin whistle player born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was also the co-founder of the band Altan, formed with his wife Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh...
  
   – Flute
  Flute
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• Ciarán Curran – Bouzouki
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• Mark Kelly – Guitar
  Guitar
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• Dónal Lunny
  Dónal Lunny
  Dónal Lunny is an Irish folk musician. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period...
  
   – Bodhrán
  Bodhrán
  The bodhrán is an Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65 cm in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45 cm . The sides of the drum are 9 to 20 cm deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side...
  
  , Keyboards
  Musical keyboard
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• Anna Ní Mhaonaigh – Vocals on "Ceol a'Phíobaire"