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The Irish Album is a 2002 album of easy listening

Easy listening

Easy listening is a broad style of popular music and radio format that emerged in the 1950s, evolving out of big band music, and related to MOR music as played on many AM radio stations. It encompasses the exotica, beautiful music, light music, lounge music, ambient music, and space age pop genres...

, gospel

Gospel

A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...

, and country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

. The album was released by Irish

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

artist Daniel O'Donnell

Daniel O'Donnell (Irish singer)

Daniel Francis Noel O'Donnell is an Irish singer, television presenter and philanthropist. O'Donnell came to public attention in 1983 and has since become a household name in Ireland and the UK. He has also had considerable success in the US. He is known for his close relationship with his...

, who hails from Donegal

Donegal

Donegal or Donegal Town is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. Its name, which was historically written in English as Dunnagall or Dunagall, translates from Irish as "stronghold of the foreigners" ....

Track listing

Pretty Little Girl From Omagh
The Isle of Innisfree
Isle of Innisfree
The Isle of Innisfree is a song composed by Dick Farrelly , born Richard Farrelly, who wrote both the music and lyrics. Dick got the inspiration for "Isle of Innisfree", the song for which he is best remembered, while on a bus journey from his native Kells, County Meath to Dublin...
Sing An Old Irish Song
Forty Shades Of Green
Three Leaf Shamrock
Dublin In The Rare Auld Times
Blue Hills Of Breffni
Green Glens Of Antrim
The Old Dungarven Oak
My Donegal Shore
Home Is Where The Heart Is
The Mountains of Mourne
The Mountains of Mourne
The lyrics to the song "The Mountains of Mourne" were written by Irish musician Percy French. It is normally sung to the traditional Irish folk tune Carrigdonn or Carrigdhoun as it is sometimes spelt. This was the same tune used by Thomas Moore for his song "Bendemeer's Stream".The song is...
Far Far From Home
Danny Boy
Danny Boy
-Background:The words to "Danny Boy" were written by English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly in 1910. Although the lyrics were originally written for a different tune, Weatherly modified them to fit the "Londonderry Air" in 1913, after his sister-in-law in the U.S. sent him a copy. Ernestine...
Any Tipperary Town
Irish Eyes
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" is a lighthearted song in tribute to Ireland. Its lyrics were written by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Jr., set to music composed by Ernest Ball, for Olcott's production of The Isle O' Dreams, and Olcott sang the song in the show...
Our House Is A Home
Galway Bay
Come Back Paddy Reilly To Ballyjamesduff
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
An Exiles Dream
Heaven Around Galway Bay
Hometown On The Foyle
Lovely Rose Of Clare
Roads Of Kildare
Cutting The Corn At Creeslough
An Irish Lullaby
Dear Old Galway Town
The Banks Of My Own Lovely Lee
Pat Murphy's Meadow
Destination Donegal
Lough Melvin's Rocky Shore
Mary From Dungloe
The Green Hills Of Sligo
The Rose Of Mooncoin
Your Friendly Irish Way
Limerick Your A Lady
These Are My Mountains
Home To Donegal
Belfast

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