Charts > April 2012 Top 10

DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 John Montague & Paddy Moloney ~ The Wild Dog Rose ~ Own Label
2 Cormac Breathnach ~ Ealu ~ Own Label
3 Transatlantic Sessions ~ Series 5 DVD ~ Whirlie
4 The Bonny Men ~ The Bonny Men ~ Own Label
5 Dan Gurney ~ Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion ~ Own Label
6 Fergal Scahill ~ Wayfaring ~ Own Label
7 Piper’s Choice ~ DVD Vol 4 ~ NPU
8 Cathy Jordan ~ All The Way Home ~ Own Label
9 Dominic Mac Giolla Bhride ~ Smuidghealach ~ Own Label
10 Brian Boru Céilí Band ~ House At Home ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Claddagh Records Dublin www.claddaghrecords.com

GALWAY TOP TEN
1 Eddie Clarke ~ Unheard ~ Own Label
2 Lúnasa ~ The Story So Far ~ Compass
3 Líadan ~ Casadh Na Taoide ~ Own Label
4 Gerry ‘Banjo’ O’Connor ~ High Up Low Down ~ Own Label
5 Enda Scahill ~ Pick it Up ~ Sun Records
6 Brian McGrath ~ Pure Banjo ~ Own Label
7 Angelina Carberry ~ An Traidiun Beo ~ Own Label
8 Vncent Campbell ~ The Purple Heather ~ Own Label
9 Buffalo in the Castle ~ Buffalo In the Castle ~ Own Label
10 Paul Brady ~ Welcome Here Kind Stranger ~ PB Music
Courtesy of Powell’s Music, Shop Street, Galway

ENNIS TOP TEN
1 John Blake, Cormac Cannon and Lamond Gillespie ~ The Trip to Carrick ~ Own Label
2 Maurice Egan ~ The Holly Tree ~ Own Label
3 Denis Liddy and Elvie Miller ~ Tradaree ~ Own Label
4 Dan Gurney ~ Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion ~ Own Label
5 Danny O’ Mahony ~ In Retrospect ~ Own Label
6 Martin and P.J Hayes ~ The Shores of Lough Graney ~ Own Label
7 Dan Brouder ~ The Lark’s Air ~ Own Label
8 Pauline Mc Glinchey ~ The Boys of the Town ~ Own Label
9 Fidil ~ The Old Wheel of Fortune ~ Own Label
10 Andrew MacNamara , Orla Harrington and Jim Higgins ~ Flagstone Memories ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Custy’s Irish Music Ennis, Co. Clare, www.custysmusic.com

KENMARE TOP TEN
1 The Bonny Men ~ The Bonny Men ~ Own Label
2 Paul McGlinchey ~ The Boys of the Town ~ Own Label
3 Ciorras ~ Silver Lining ~ Own Label
4 Dan Brouder ~ The Lark’s Air ~ Own Label
5 Fidil ~ The Old Wheel of Fortune ~ Own Label
6 Brendan O’Sullivan ~ Took a Notion ~ Own Label
7 Deluce’s Patent ~ Deluce’s Patent ~ Own Label
8 Matt Cranitch & Jackie Daly ~ The Living Stream ~ Own Label
9 Beoga ~ How to Tune a Fish ~ Own Label
10Billy Clifford ~ Echoes of Sliabh Luachra ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Soundz of Muzic, Kenmare, Kerry, www.soundzofmuzic.ie

CELTIC NOTE TOP TEN
1 Various Artists ~ A Stór Mo Chroí ~ Songs of Love & Loss ~ Celtic Airs
2 Peadar O Riada, Caoimhín O Raghallagh, Martin Hayes ~ Triúr Arís ~ Own Label
3 Pádraigín Ní Uallachain ~ Songs of the Scribe ~ Ceoltaí Eireann
4 Camille O’Sullivan ~ Changeling ~ Own Label
5 Horslips ~ Happy To Meet, Sorry To Part ~ Horslips Records
6 Noriana Kennedy ~ Ebb n Flow ~ Own Label
7 At First Light ~ Idir ~ Own Label
8 Various Artists ~ The Music Of Dingle ~ Dingle Music
9 Fullset ~ Notes At Liberty ~ FullSet Records
10 Alan Kelly Gang ~ Small Towns & Famous Nights ~ Black Box
Courtesy of Celtic Note Nassau Street Dublin. www.celticnote.com

BELFAST TOP 10
1 Donna Taggart ~ Celtic Lady Volume 1 ~ Celtic Lady Productions
2 Rapparrees ~ Wrapped Up ~ Own Label
3 At First Light ~ Idir ~ Own Label
4 Mary Black ~ Stories From The Steeples ~ 3ú
5 Christy Moore ~ Folk Tale ~ Sony/BMG
6 Grainne Holland ~ Language Of The Gael ~ Own Label
7 Seamus Moore ~ Seamus Just Wants To Be Famous ~ Hazel
8 Beoga ~ How To Tune A Fish ~ Compass
9 John Spillane ~ A Rock To Cling To ~ EMI
10 The Bonny Men ~ The Bonny Men ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Premier Record Store, Belfast

TAYBERRY MUSIC TOP TEN (USA)
1 Altan ~ The Poison Glen (Gleann Nimhe) ~ Compass
2 John Doyle ~ Shadow and Light ~ Compass
3 Karan Casey & John Doyle ~ Exiles Return ~ Compass
4 Beoga ~ How To Tune A Fish ~ Compass
5 The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem ~ In Person at Carnegie Hal ~ Columbia
6 Various Artists ~ The Best of The Thistle & Shamrock, Vol 1~ Hearts O’Space
7 Various Artists ~ Lullabies of Love ~ Compass
8 Solas ~ Reunion: A Decade of Solas ~ Compass
9 Lumiere ~ Lumiere ~ Song/BMG
10 Seamus Ennis ~ 40 Years of Irish Piping ~ Green Linnet
Courtesy of Tayberry Music, USA, www.tayberry.com

CELTIC GROOVES IMPORTS, TOP TEN (USA)
1 Peadar O’Riada, Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh, Martin Hayes ~ Triur Aris ~ Own Label
2 Gerry O’Connor, Gabriel McArdle, Martin Quinn ~ Jig Away The Donkey ~ Lughnasa Music
3 The Swallow’s Tail Céilí Band ~ Suas Leat ~ Own Label
4 Nic Gaviskey ~ Home Away From Home ~ Own Label
5 Mick O’Brien & Caoimhin O Raghallaigh ~ Deadly Buzz ~ Own Label
6 Paul McGlinchey ~ The Boys Of The Town ~ Own Label
7 Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh, Micheal Ó Raghallaigh ~ Comb Your Hair And Curl It ~ Own Label
8 Matt Cranitch & Jackie Daly ~ The Living Stream ~ Own Label
9 Mike Rafferty & Willie Kelly ~ The New Broom ~ Own Label
10 Maurice Egan ~ The Holytree ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Celtic Grooves Imports, Maryland, USA, www.celticgrooves.com

LONDON TOP TEN
1 Tyrrell/Glackin/Browne ~ And So The Story Goes ~ CIC
2 The Outside Track ~ Curious Things Given Wings ~ Own Label
3 Paddy O’Brien ~ The Sailor’s Cravat ~ CIC
4 Oonagh Derby ~ Harmony Street ~ Own Label
5 Hynes/Lennon/Cooney ~ Ceoil Sidhe ~ CIC
6 Michael Coleman ~ 1891 –1945 ~ Coleman Centre
7 Cathal Clohessy & Eamonn Costello ~ Bosca Ceoil & Fiddle ~ Own Label
8 The Basque Irish Connection ~ Eusheirea ~ Own Label
9 Various Artists ~ Tuning The Radio ~ RTE
10 Daithí Sproule ~ Lost River Vol 1 ~ CIC
Courtesy of Copperplate Distribution, London, www.copperplatemailorder.com

WATERFORD TOP TEN
1 The Pride of Erin ~ Mary Daly, Mick Dalton & Aidan Daly ~ Own Label
2 Bobby Gardiner ~ The High Level ~ Own Label
3 Dan Gurney ~ Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion ~ Own Label
4 Peadar O’Riada, Caoimhín O Raghallagh, Martin Hayes ~ Triúr Arís ~ Own Label
5 Fergal Scahill ~ Wayfaring ~ Own Label
6 Sessions Found 1995 ~ 2002 ~ Gough, Clancy, Bracken & McCarthy ~ Own Label
7 John Montague & Paddy Moloney ~ The Wild Dog Rose ~ Own Label
8 Dan Brouder ~ The Lark’s Air ~ Lark Records
9 Dominic Mac Giolla Bhride ~ Smuidghealach ~ Own Label
10 Billy Clifford ~ Echoes of Sliabh Luachra ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Ben O’Neill Music Shop, O’Connell Street, Dungarvan

EUROPEAN TOP TEN
1 Naragonia ~ Carabel ~ Benelux
2 Amadou & Mariam ~ Paris Bamako (CD+ 2DVD) ~ Benelux
3 Niamh Parsons ~ Heart’s Desire ~ Own Label
4 Orion ~ Blue Room ~ Belgique
5 Richard Galliano Septet ~ Piazzolla Forever ~ Italiamo
6 David Munnelly ~ By Heck ~ Own Label
7 Fairport Convention ~ Liege & Lief ~ UK Artistes
8 Maria Kalaniemi ~ Bellow Poetry ~ Euro Ethnic
9 Pennou Skoulm ~ Trinkan ~ Brittany
10 Snaarmaarwaar ~ Phosphor Bronze ~ Belgique
Courtesy of Folk Centre Den Appel ~ Belgium ~ www.tsmiske.be/appel

SCOTLAND TOP TEN
1 Aly Bain & Jerry Douglas ~ Transatlantic Sessions 5 Vol 1 ~ Whirlie
2 Eddi Reader ~ Songs of Robert Burns ~ Own Label
3 Ishbel MacAskill ~ Sioda ~ Macmeanmna
4 Isobel Ann Martin ~ Duslach Is ‘Or ~ Own Label
5 Manran ~ Manran ~ Own Label
6 Skipinnish ~ Live from the Ceilidh House ~ Skipinnish Records
7 Paula MacAskill ~ This is Me ~ Pan Records
8 Scotland The What ~ Best of ~ Ross Records
9 Annie Grace ~ The Bell ~ Own Label
10 Jim Lindsay & His SDB ~ Reel of the Puffins ~ Highlander Music
Courtesy of Celtic Chords, Scotland www.celtic-chords.co.uk