Festival and Anthology recordings
Ulster's Flowery Vale
1968 – BBC REC 28M LP
Side One
Mrs. McLeod's Reel - Sean McAloon (Uileann Pipes), Tommy Gunn (Fiddle) & Cathal McConnell (Flute)
The Lowlands of Holland - Sung by David Hammond
Jig: Drops of Brandy - Barney McKenna (Banjo)
Red Red Rose - Sung by Sarah Makem
Pair of Jigs: The Maid in the Meadow/The Battering Ram - Sean McAloon (Uileann Pipes), Tommy Gunn (Fiddle) and Cathal McConnell (Flute)
The Maid Behind the Bar - Lilted by Michael McCann
Old Arboe - Sung by George Hanna
Reel: The Mason's Apron - Barney McKenna (Banjo) & Sean Maguire (Fiddle)
True Lovers' Discourse - Sung by Jerry Hicks
Pair of Reels: O'Rourke's Reel/The Wild Irishman - Sean Maguire (Fiddle) & Barney McKenna (Banjo)
Side Two
Jig: Paddy's Return - Lilted by Michael McCann
Slow Air: Tá Sí Na Codhladh - Cathal McConnell (Flute)
Reel: The Maid Behind the Bar - Sean McAloon (Uileann Pipes)
Dobbin's Flowery Vale - Sung by Jerry Hicks
Pair of Jigs: The Lark in the Morning/The Wandering Minstrel - Sean McAloon (Uileann Pipes), Tommy Gunn (Fiddle) and Cathal McConnell (Flute)
The Lisburn Lass - Sung by George Hanna
Hornpipe: The Black Swan - Sean Maguire (Fiddle)
The Blackbird of Mullaghmore - Sung by David Hammond
March: The Pikeman - Cathal McConnell (Flute) and Tommy Gunn (Fiddle)
Sailor Cut Down in his Prime - Sung by Sarah Makem
Pair of Reels: Hunters' Purse/The Copperplate - Sean McAloon (Uileann Pipes), Tommy Gunn (Fiddle) and Cathal McConnell (Flute)
Credits
Produced by David Hammond
Music recorded by Michael O'Donnell
Music Liaison: Brian ODonnell
First broadcast N.I.H.S. July and August 1968
TAKING PART:
Sarah Makem from Keady, Co. Armagh - Grandmother, singer of a thousand songs.
Tommy Gunn from Derrylin, Co. Fermanagh - Fiddler, Hirer, dancer.
David Hammond from Belfast - Performer and producer.
George Hanna from Derrytresk, Co. Tyrone - Coalminer, head of a singing family.
Jerry Hicks from Armagh - Teacher, singer, poet.
Sean Maguire from Belfast - Musician extraordinary, virtuoso on the fiddle.
Sean McAloon from Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh - "Ireland's natural piper".
Michael McCann from Dromore, Co. Tyrone - A delightful lilter.
Cathal McConnell from Ballinaleck, Co. Fermanagh - Flute player, quietly and totally committed to music.
Barney McKenna from Dublin - "Banjo Barney", lifelong student, superb instrumentalist