Charts > Top 10 ANNUAL 2021
TOWER RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Lankum ~ Livelong Day ~ Rough Trade
2 John Sheahan ~ Flirting Fiddles ~ TY4TM
3 Stocktons Wing ~ A Beautiful Affair: A Retrospective ~ Tara
4 Mary Coughlan ~ Life Stories ~ Owen Label
5 Sibeal ~ Sibeal ~ Universal
6 Clannad ~ In A Lifetime ~ Sony/BMG
7 Ye Vagabonds ~ Hares Lament ~ Rive Lea
8 Christy Moore ~ Magic Nights ~ Columbia
9 Caoimhin O Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett ~ Caoimhin O Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett ~ Real World Records
10 Colm Mac Con Iomaire ~ River Holds Its Breath (Tost Ar An Abhainn) ~ Plateau
Courtesy of Tower Records, At Easons O’Connell Street and 7 Dawson St, Dublin 2,
www.towerrecords.ie
Nenagh TOP TEN
1 Steve Cooney ~ Ceol Arsa Clairsi/ Tunes For Solo Guitar ~ Own Label
2 Kevin Crawford, Colin Farrell, Patrick Doocey ~ Music and Mischief ~ Brooklyn Boy
3 Daoirí Farrell ~ A Lifetime Of Happiness ~ Own Label
4 Arty McGlynn ~ McGlynn’s Fancy ~ Own Label
5 Stockton’s Wing ~ Retrospective ~ Tara
6 Fidil ~ Decade ~ Raelach Records
7 Paul Brady ~ Live At Rockpalast ~ Own Label
8 Andy Irvine ~ Old Dog Long Roads Volume 1 ~ Own Label
9 Mozaik ~ The Long And The Short Of It ~ Own Label
10 Damien Ó Reilly ~ Duchas ~ Raelach Records
Courtesy of Noel McQuaid’s Music Shop Nenagh
www.mcquaidsirishmusic.com
ENNIS TOP TEN
1 John Dwyer ~ The Dursey Sound ~ Own Label
2 Cli Donnellan ~ Beneath the Hedgerow ~ Own Label
3 Benny McCarthy ~ Press and Draw ~ Own Label
4 Pat Walsh ~ Simply Whistle ~ Own Label
5 John & James Carty ~ The Wavy Bow Collection ~ Own Label
6 Caroline Keane ~ Shine ~ Own Label
7 Desi Wilkinson ~ Two For Joy ~ Own Label
8 SíFiddlers ~ Donegal Fiddle ~ Own Label
9 Shaskeen ~ Live and Kickin’ ~ Own Label
10 Eoin Turner and Johnny “Bongos” Horgan ~ Keep It Simple ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Custy’s Irish Music Ennis, County Clare
www.custysmusic.com
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 ~ Music Bank
10 Daniel O’ Donnell ~ Gold Collection ~ Crimson
Courtesy of Premier Record Store, Belfast
CLADDAGH RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Steve Cooney ~ Ceol Ársa Cláirsí : Tunes Of The Irish Harpers For Solo Guitar ~ Own Label
2 John Doyle ~ The Path Of Stones ~ Own Label
3 Caoimhín Ó Fearghail ~ Uilleann Piping From County Waterford ~ NPU
4 Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh ~ Thar Toinn/Seaborne ~ Own Label
5 Shaskeen ~ Live And Kicking ~ Own Label
6 John Sheahan ~ Flirting Fiddles ~ Own Label
7 Éilís Kennedy ~ So Ends This Day ~ Own Label
8 Cool Céilí ~ Contemporary Irish Music ~ Stargazer Records
9 Rowan Leslie ~ Contemporary Fiddle Tunes From the Northeast of Ireland ~ Mel Bay
10 Stockton’s Wing ~ A Retrospective ~ Tara/Universal
Courtesy of Claddagh Records,
www.claddaghrecords.com
LONDON TOP TEN
1 The Outside Track ~ Christmas Star ~ Lorrimer
2 Éilís Kennedy ~ So Ends This Day ~ Own Label
3 We Banjo 3 ~ Haven ~ Own Label
4 Eilis Kennedy ~ Westward ~ Own Label
5 Noel Hill ~ Live in New York ~ Raelach Records
6 Kevin Burke ~ Sligo Made ~ Loftus Music
7 Crawford/Farrell/Doocey ~ Music & Mischief ~ Brooklyn Boy
8 Hendry & Toman ~ Living Roots ~ Own Label
9 Outside Track ~ Rise Up ~ Lorrimer
10 Goitse ~ Ur ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Copperplate Distribution, London
www.copperplatemailorder.com
WATERFORD TOP TEN
1 The Local ~ Déise Sessions ~ Own Label
2 Kerbdog ~ On the Turn ~ Hassle Hindsight
3 Christy Moore ~ The Early Years 1969~81~ UMC
4 Mick Flannery ~ Alive Cork Opera House 2019 ~ Own Label
5 Cárthach Mac Craith ~ An Tobar Séimh ~ Own Label
6 Dermot Kennedy ~ Without Fear ~ Island
7 Cór Fear na nDéise ~ Ceolta Néata ~ Own Label
8 Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett ~ Real World
9 Bleeding Heart Pigeons ~ Stir ~ Hlym Records
10 The Gloaming ~ 3 ~ Real World
Courtesy of Ben O’Neill Music Shop,
O’Connell Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, www.siopaceoil.com
EUROPEAN TOP TEN
1 WÖR ~ About Towers ~ Appel Rekords
2 Naragonia ~ Silentski ~ Trad Records
3 The Rheingans Sisters ~ Receiver ~ ARC
4 ZEF ~ Armagnac Maniaque ~ artist
5 Ben Bedford ~ Portraits ~ Cavalier
6 Dreamers’ Circus ~ Blue White Gold ~ Vertical
7 The Secret Sisters ~ Saturn Return ~ New West
8 La Crapaude ~ Gote d’Ewe ~ Home
9 Spilar ~ Stormweere ~ Trad Records
10 Lankum ~ The Livelong Day ~ Rough Trade
Courtesy of Folk Centre Den Appel, Belgium, www.tsmiske.be
