Mohill singer, Gerry Dunleavy, as recorded by American Folk-song scholar and collector  D.K. Wilgus, in Mohill. Co. Leitrim in the late 60's. This song appeared on a few ballad broadsheets but was also resurrected and printed in the local paper by Fr. Peter Conefrey during the 1930's as part of his strenuous mission to promote Irish music, song and dance.

Gerry Dunleavy singing "Billy O Rourke"

A haunting ballad with Guitar, violin and bass sparingly weaving a tale of turbulence and the chase on a stormy night, building to a full chorus of strings- Mandolin, Banjo, mandola, dobro, drums, and vocal harmonies with imagery of sacrifice redeemed through love to salvation.

4. Saviour

These are part of a series of recordings made by Helen Creighton at the behest of the Smithsonian. All of these tracks are from the singer Angelo Dornan, who lived in Elgin, NB at the time of recording. He was raised in New Brunswick - but spent most of his life in Saskatchewan, farming. When he was a child, he heard both of his parents singing, and it must have made a deep impression on him, as 60 years later, when he retired back to NB he remembered 125 songs that his parents used to sing when he was a child. Most of the repertoire is from Northern Ireland - as that's where his family came from.

Overn's Flowery Vale &  As I Roved Out One Evening

Two reels from my album 'twill Do. 

Shane Meehan - fiddle

Macdara Ó'Faoláin - bouzouki

Copyright Shane Meehan 2019

Farewell to Old Erin, Ah Surely

Pauline Hanly and Máire Hanly The Forgers Farewell

Traditional singer, composer, collector and teacher from Leitrim, Ireland.

Gerry Dunleavy singing "Billy O Rourke"

Fionnuala Maxwell

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