This album is a trip down memory lane and features Ireland’s best female artists heard in the early days of Radio Eireann. They are household names and bring back fond memories of Ireland in the 50s & 60s. It was a golden era of Irish music and song.

The 40 tracks include The Spinning Wheel, 3 Lovely Lasses, The Boy From the Co Armagh, Softly Softly and many more hit songs.


Delia Murphy – Spinning Wheel, Three Lovely Lasses, If I Were a Blackbird, Down by the Glenside, The Moonshiner, Bantry Girl Lament, What Will You Do Love

Bridie Gallagher – The Boys From the Co Armagh, Forty shades of Green, The Girl from Donegal, If We Only Had Old Ireland Over Here, The Homes of Donegal, A Mother’s Love’s A Blessing, The Whistling Gypsy, The Half Door, The Road to Cresslough, Noreen Bawn

Ruby Murray – Heart Beat, Softly Softly, Let me Go Lover, Happy Days & Lonely Nights, If Anyone Finds This I Love, Get Well Soon, Danny Boy, You’re My First Love, Teddy O’Neill

Mary O’Hara – Castle of Dromore, The Weaving Song, My Lagan Love, Down by the Sally Gardens, Spanish Lady, Is Ar Eirinn Ni N Eosfhainn Ce H I (And For Ireland I’d Not Tell Her Name), The Quiet Land of Erin, I Know My Love

Margaret Barry – She Moved Thru the Fair, Come Back Paddy Reilly, The Blarney Stone, Lovely Derry on the Banks of the Foyle, If You Ever Go Over to Ireland, Cottage With the Horseshoe

This album is a trip down memory lane and features Ireland’s best female artists heard in the early days of Radio Eireann. They are household names and bring back fond memories of Ireland in the 50s & 60s. It was a golden era of Irish music and song.

The 40 tracks include The Spinning Wheel, 3 Lovely Lasses, The Boy From the Co Armagh, Softly Softly and many more hit songs.

Lineup

Delia Murphy
Bridie Gallagher
Ruby Murray
Mary O’Hara
Margaret Barry