The Given Note title was suggested by Liam's good friend Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer. He lives in Dublin. Heaney has received the Nobel Prize in Literature , the Golden Wreath of Poetry , T. S. Eliot Prize and two Whitbread prizes...

 winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature, Seamus also wrote a fine tribute to Liam which can be found in the sleeve notes of the album.

Tracks

1) O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick

2) O'Rourke's, The Merry Sisters, Colonel Fraser

3) Come with me over the Mountain, A Smile in the Dark

4) Farewell To Govan

5) Joyce's Tune

6) The Green Island, Spellan The Fiddler

7) Foliada de Elviña

8) Ag Taisteal Na Blárnan (Travelling Through Blarney)

9) The Rambler, The Aherlow Jig

10) The Smith's a Gallant Fireman

11) Romeo's Exile

12) The Rocks of Bawn

13) Cailín na Gruaige Doinne (The Girl of the Brown Hair)

14) a) Teño un Amor Na Montaña b.) Alborada - Unha Noite no Santo Cristo

Musicians

Liam O'Flynn

Liam O'Flynn

Liam O'Flynn is a master uilleann piper and prominent Irish folk musician. In addition to an impressive solo career and his work with the Irish traditional group Planxty, O'Flynn has recorded with many prominent international musical artists, including Mark Knopfler, the Everly Brothers, Enya,...

 : Uilleann Pipes

Uilleann pipes

The uilleann pipes or //; ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland, their current name, earlier known in English as "union pipes", is a part translation of the Irish-language term píobaí uilleann , from their method of inflation.The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a...

, Whistle

Arty McGlynn

Arty McGlynn

Arty McGlynn is an Irish guitarist born in Omagh, County Tyrone. In addition to his solo work, he has collaborated with different notable groups such as Patrick Street, Planxty, Four Men and a Dog, De Dannan and the Van Morrison Band. He played guitar on the critically acclaimed 1989 Van Morrison...

 : Guitar

Steve Cooney : Guitar, Bass Guitar, Digeridoo

Rod McVey : Synthesizers, Hammond Organ,, Harmonium

Noel Eccles : Percussion

Sean Keane : Fiddle

Rodrigo Romani : (Milladoiro

Milladoiro

Milladoiro is a music band from Galicia. Often compared to the Chieftains, it is among the world's top Celtic music groups.- Biography :Rodrigo Romaní and Antón Seoane had released in 1978 an album named Milladoiro, on which they were joined by Xosé V. Ferreirós, then credited as a guest artist...

) Harp

Xose V. Ferreirós : (Milladoiro) Gaita (Galician bagpipes), Tambourine, Oboe

Nando Casal : (Milladoiro) Gaita (Galician Bagpipes),Clarinet

Ciaran Mordaunt : Side Drums (Track 10)

Guests

Andy Irvine

Andy Irvine (musician)

Andrew Kennedy 'Andy' Irvine is a folk musician, singer, and songwriter, and a founding member of the popular band Planxty. He is an accomplished player of the mandolin, bouzouki, mandola, guitar-bouzouki, harmonica and hurdy-gurdy....

 : Vocals, Mandolin

Paul Brady

Paul Brady

Paul Joseph Brady is an Irish singer-songwriter, whose work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age...

: Vocals, Mandolin, Piano