Anthologies   •   The Best of Irish Folk Music (IRL)

• The Best Of Irish Folk
  • 1977 - EMI One-Up OU 2180 LP (IRL)

• Side One
  1. Gem Of the Roe (Trad. Arr. Crubeen) — Crubeen
  2. Finnegans Mill (Trad. Arr. The Sands Family) — The Sands Family
  3. Dan Malone (McCarthy) — Gemma Hasson
  4. Three Drunken Maidens ( Trad. Arr. Planxty) — Planxty
  5. Arthur McBride (Trad. Arr. The Blacksmiths) — The Blacksmiths
  6. Four Drunken Nights (Trad. Arr. Aileach) — Aileach
  7. Ard Ti Cuain (Trad. Arr. The Sands Family) — The Sands Family
  8. Willie Archer (Trad. Arr. Crubeen) — Crubeen

• Side Two
  9. P Stands for Paddy (Trad. Arr. Aileach) — Aileach
  10. Streets Of Derry (Trad. Arr. The Sands Family) — The Sands Family
  11. Building Up and Tearing England Down (Dominic Behan) — Crubeen
  12. Galway Races (Trad. Arr. Barrett) — Gemma Hasson
  13. Whiskey In the Jar (Trad. Arr. The Blacksmiths) — The Blacksmiths
  14. Si-Beaz, Si-Mo'r (Trad. Arr. Planxty) — Planxty
  15. The Bonny Labouring Boy (Trad. Arr. Aileach) — Aileach
  16. Rathdrum Fair (Michael Fitzgerald) — Gemma Hasson

• Credits
  • Compiled by David Lale
  • Front cover photo shows the Gap of Dunloe, Killarney, Co. Kerry
  • Photo by Peter Baker-Clevedon
  • Cover Design: Feref
  • All Tracks Produced by Leo O'Kelly — except:
    • Tracks: 4 & 14 — Prodcued by Dónal Lunny
    • Tracks: 5 & 13 — Prodcued by David Gaffney

• Track Sources
  • Tracks: 1, 8 & 11 are from Eagle's Whistle (1976)
  • Tracks: 2, 7 & 10 are from After The Morning (1976)
  • Tracks: 3, 12 & 16 are from Looking for the Morning (1975)
  • Tracks: 4 & 14 are from Three Drunken Maidens & Sí Bheag Sí Mhór (1972)
  • Tracks: 5 & 13 are from Merrily Kissed the Quaker (1972)
  • Tracks: 6 & 9 are from Ard Rí (1977)
  • Track: 15 is from Aileach (1975)

• Other releases include …
  • The Best Of Irish Folk (1980, USA)