Charts > Top 10 ANNUAL 2020

TOWER RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Lankum ~ Livelong Day ~ Rough Trade
2 Sibéal ~ Sibéal ~ Universal
3 Mary Black, & The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra ~ Orchestrated ~ RTÉ
4 Lankum ~ Between The Earth & Sky ~ Rough Trade
5 The Gloaming ~ The Gloaming 3 ~ Real World
6 Martin Hayes & Brooklyn Rider~ Butterfly : 251 Records
7 Planxty ~ Between The Jigs & The Reels : A Retrospective ~ Universal
8 Colm Mac Con Iomaire ~ River Holds Its Breath (Tost Ar An Abhainn) ~ Plateau
9  Donnacha Dennehy ~ Hunger ~ Nonesuch Records
10 Daniel O’ Donnell ~ Halfway To Paradise ~ Demon
Courtesy of Tower Records, At Easons O’Connell Street and 7 Dawson St, Dublin 2 Celtic Café Store. www.celticcafestore.com

Nenagh TOP TEN
1 Patsy Moloney ~ The Temple in the Glen ~ Own Label
2 Two Time Polka ~ About Time Two ~ Own Label
3 Sean Ryan & PJ Maloney ~ Traditional Music of Ireland ~ Own Label
4 Kathleen Loughnane ~ Harping On ~ Own Label
5 Eileen O’Brien ~ The Compositions of Paddy O’ Brien ~ Own Label
6 Denis Carey ~ Moving On ~ Own Label
7 John Spillane ~ Songs We Learned In School Ar Ais Aris ~ Own label
8 Declan Folan ~ All in good Time ~ Own Label
9 Sean Ryan ~ A Collection Of His Own Compositions ~ Own Label
10 Jimmy O’ Sullivan & John Gorman ~ Premier Sound ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Noel McQuaid’s Music Shop Nenagh www.mcquaidsirishmusic.com

ENNIS TOP TEN
1 Aidan Connolly and John Daly ~ Away On Up The Road ~ Own Label
2 Katie Theasby ~ I Remember You Singing ~ Own Label
3 Aoibheann and Pamela Queally ~ Between the Bellows and the Bow ~ Own Label
4 Leonard Barry, Declan Folan and Shane McGowan ~ Hurry The Jug ~ Own Label
5 Paddy Canny,Peter O’ Loughlin and Paddy Murphy ~ Friends Of Note ~ Cois na hAbhna
6 Brian McGrath and Kanako Machida ~ Bridging the Gap ~ Own Label
7 Fergus Bogue ~ Díreach Ón gCroí ~ Own Label
8 Frankie Gavin and Alec Finn ~ Traditional Irish Music on Fiddle and Bouzouki  Volume2 ~ Own Label
9 Padraig Rynne ~ Conscious ~ Own Label
10 Kevin Crawford,Colin Farrell and Patrick Doocey ~ Music and Mischief ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Custy’s Irish Music Ennis, Co. Clare www.custysmusic.com

Kenmare TOP TEN
1 Jeremy Spencer ~ The Lions Head ~ Own Label
2 Dermot Byrne, Éamonn Coyne and John Doyle ~ Liag ~ Own Label
3 Colm MacCon Iomaire ~ River Holds Its Breath (Tost Ar An Abhainn ~ Plateau
4 Billy Clifford and Gerry Harrington ~ Now She’s Purring ~ Own Label
5 Leonard Barry, Declan Folan and Shane McGowan ~ Hurry The Jug ~ Own Label
6 Ye Vagabonds ~ Hares Lament ~ River Lee
7 Daniel O’ Donnell ~ Halfway To Paradise ~ Demon
8 Mossie Martin ~ The Humours of Derrynacoosan ~ Own Label
9 Kevin Crawford, Colin Farrell and Patrick Doocey ~ Music and Mischief ~ Own Label
10 Pádraig Rynne ~ Concsious ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Soundz of Muzic, Kenmare, Co. Kerry www.soundzofmuzic.ie

BELFAST TOP 10
1 Tommy Fleming ~ Voice Of Hope 2 ~ Beaumex
2 Big Tom ~ The Pleasure Has Been Mine ~ BTP
3 Derek Ryan ~ Ten ~ Sharpe
4 Various Artists ~ Country Roads Volume 1 ~ Celtic Collection
5 Charlie Landsborough ~ Attic Collection ~ Own Label
6 Christy Moore ~ On The Road ~ Sony
7 Damien Dempsey ~ Union ~ Sony
8 Arty McGlynn ~ Botera ~ Own Label
9 Jim McCann ~ Ireland’s Greatest Love Songs ~ Musicbank
10 Daniel O’ Donnell ~ Gold Collection ~ Crimson
Courtesy of Premier Record Store, Belfast

CLADDAGH RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Kevin Burke ~ Sligo Made ~ Loftus
2 Jeremy Spencer ~ The Lion’s Head ~ Own Label
3 Frederick May ~ String Quartet in C minor ~ Claddagh Records
4 Goitse ~ Úr ~ Own Label
5 Gay McKeon ~ The Turning Of The Geese ~ Own Label
6 Kevin Crawford, Dylan Foley & Patrick Doocey ~ The Drunken Gaugers ~ Own Label
7 The Blackwater Céili Band ~ Music in the Valley ~ Own Label
8 Leonard Barry, Declan Folan and Shane McGowan ~ Hurry The Jug ~ Own Label
9 Damien O’Reilly ~ Duchas ~ Raelach
10 Gatehouse ~ Heather Down The Moor ~ Gael Linn
Courtesy of Claddagh Records,
www.claddaghrecords.com

LONDON TOP TEN
1 We Banjo 3 ~ Roots to Rise Live ~ Own Label
2 Goitse ~ Úr ~ Own Label
3 Crawford/Farrell/Doocey ~ Music & Mischief ~ Brooklyn Boy
4 The Outside Track ~ Rise Up ~ Lorrimer
5 Hession/Cunningham/Coughlan ~ Urnua ~ Own Label
6 Patsy Moloney ~ Temple in the Glen ~ Own Label
7 Donal Clancy ~ On The Lonesome Plain ~ Own Label
8 Paul Brennan ~ Airs & Graces ~ Own Label
9 Cúig ~ The Theory of Chaos ~ Own Label
10 Treasa Ní Mhiollain ~ Lan Mara ~ CIC
Courtesy of Copperplate Distribution, London
www.copperplatemailorder.com

WATERFORD TOP TEN
1 Murray/Gavin/Corbett/Hession ~ By Heck ~ Own Label
2 Aoibheann and Pamela Queally ~ Beyond the Bellows and the Bow ~ Own Label
3 Dónal Clancy ~ On the Lonesome Plain ~ Own label
4 Caoimhín Ó Fearghail agus Paddy Tutty ~ Flute and Fiddle ~ Own Label
5 Cárthach Mac Craith ~ An Tobar Séimh ~ ALM
6 Billy Clifford and Gerry Harrington ~ Now She’s Purring ~ Own Label
7 Coffey/Gavin/Finn/Murphy ~ The Corner House Set ~ Riverboat Records
8 The Gloaming ~ The Gloaming 3 ~ Real World Records
9 Iona Ritchie ~ Iona ~ Own Label
10 Lisa O’Neill ~ Heard A Long Gone Song ~ River Lea Records
Courtesy of Ben O’Neill Music Shop,
O’Connell Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

EUROPEAN TOP TEN
1 Ben Walker ~ Echo ~ Folkroom Records
2 Rowan Rheingans ~ The Lines We Draw Together ~ Red Dress Records
3 Habib Koité ~ Kharifa ~ Contre-jour
4 Shantalla ~ From The East Into The West ~ Appel Rekords
5 Anne Niepold ~ Vita Brevis ~ Artist
6 Quentin Dujardin & Didier Laloy ~Water & Fire ~ Agua Music
7 Tuuletar ~ Rajatila/Borderline ~ Nordic Notes
8 Le Vent du Nord ~Territoires ~ Borealis
9 Refugees for Refugees ~Amina ~ Muziekpublique/Galileo
10 Sirus ~ Lummen ~ Appel Rekords
Courtesy of Folk Centre Den Appel,
Belgium, www.tsmiske.be/appel