Cover photos: Charlie Lennon, Kit Hodge, Sean McNamara and Sean Murphy of the Liverpool Ceili Band, unknown, singer Sile Ni Fhlatharta; unknown flute player; Liam Farrell, banjo (all on RTE set, 1968) Presented, researched and compiled by Nicholas Carolan Running time 152 minutes Suitable for all regions

Track Listing: 1. Mary Brogan, mouth organ. Jigs: Blooming Meadows, Sixpenny Money 2. Frankie Gavin, Jackie Daly & Alec Finn, flddle, accordion & bouzouki. Reels: Boys of Malin, An Gliomach 3. Mullagh Half-Set, set dancing, & Musicians 4. Kevin Burke. Song: Mrs Gilhooley's Party 5. Michael Cooney, uilleann pipes. Reels: The Belles of Tipperary, Mrs Galvin's 6. The Bridge Ceili Band. Reels: Jackson's, Hunter's House 7. Bobby & Peggy Clancy. Song: Mrs McGrath 8. Francie Byrne, John Gallagher, Vincent Campbell, James Byrne, Con Cassidy, Peter Carr, fiddles. Reels: Mountain Reel, Moneymusk 9. larla O'Lionaird. Song: Cailin Deas Rua 10. Liz King, whistle. Reels: Jackson's, Colonel McBain 11. Peadar O'Loughlin & Paddy Murphy, flute & concertina. Reels: The Dublin Reel, Trim the Vetvet 12. Brid Harpur, Donegal, fiddle. Jigs: Castleblaney Piper, The Bank of Turf 13. Maighread Ni Driomhnaill. Song: Foil, ran, a Shagairt 14. Jimmy O'Brien Moran, uilleann pipes. Air: Dark Lochnagar 15. Ella Mae Dwyer, concertina. Fling: Behind the Bush in Parkhanna 16. Reel Union. Song: Craigie Hills 17. Martin Coyne, Johnny Cleary & Phil McTigue, flddle, accordion & flute. Hornpipe: The Plains of Boyle 18. Ronnie Drew. Song: The Kerry Recruit 19. The Ormond Ceili Band. Reels: Iniscealtra, Ormond Sound 20. Danny Kelleher, & Diarmaid, Eoini Maidhci& Danny O'Suilleabhain. Song: Glenlea 21. Micheal O'Riabhaigh, uilleann pipes. Air: Lament for Staker Wallace; reel: Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel 22. Josephine Keegan, fiddle. Reels: Micky Fearon's, The Crosses of Annagh 23. Aileach. Song: Bonny Labouring Boy 24. Paidi Ban O'Broin & Dessie O'Connor, step dancing & whistle 25. Antoin Mac Gabhann & Feilim O'Raghallaigh, fiddles. Reels: O'Connell'sTrip to Parliament, Green Fields of America 26. Larry McDonagh & Tom Munnelly, flute & music collector. Reel: Cat that Ate the Candle; Air: Farewell to Whisky 27. Andy Irvine, Paul Brady & Donal Lunny, vocal, mandolin, guitar & bouzouki. Song: The Plains of Kildare 28. Michael Gallagher, fiddle. Reels: The Jug of Punch, The Blockers 29. Triona Ni Dhomhnaill & Liam Rowsome, vocal, keyboards & fiddle. Song: Casadh Cam na Feadamai 30. Horslips. Set dance: King of the Fairies 31. Fionnuala Mac Lochlainn, Song: Little Jimmy Murphy 32. Enniscorthy Set Dancers, set dancing, & Enniscorthy Musicians 33. Martin Reidy. Song: The Girl I Left behind Me 34. Maire Ni Chathasaigh, harp. Air: Taimse im' Chodhladh is na Duistear Me 35. Joe Burke & Paddy Glackin, accordion & fiddle. Reels: Lord McDonald's, Ballinasloe Fair 36. The Dubliners. Song: Home, Boys, Home 37. McCaffrey Dancers & Musicians. Exhibition dance: Tara Brooch 38. Bobby Gardiner & Johnny McDonagh, melodeon & bodhran. Jig: Humours of Glendart; Reel: Swallow's Tail 39. Planxty. Song: Little Musgrave 40. Conor Tully, Sean Casey & Frank Hogan, fiddle, banjo & mandola. Reels: Pigeon on the Gate, Drogheda Lassies 41. Na Fili. Air: An Londubh is an Cheirseach 42. Fred Finn & Peter Horan, fiddle & flute. Reels: Martin Mulhaire's No 9, Music in the Glen, McFadden's 43. Michael & Paddy Rafferty, lilting. Jig: Queen of the Rushes 44. Seosamh O'hEanai. Song: Cunla 45. Arty McGlynn, guitar. Jigs: Peter Byrne's Fancy, Creeping Docken 46. Seamus Ennis, uilleann pipes. Reel: Mountain Thrush 47. Micheal O'Domhnaill & Kevin Burke, vocal, guitar & fiddle. Song: Casadh an tSugain 48. Packie Russell & Marcus Walsh, concertina & bodhran. Reds: Milliner's Daughter, First House in Connacht 49. Con Curtin, fiddle. Reel: Off in the Morning 50. Conal O'Grada, flute. Jigs: The Eavesdropper, Strop the Razor 51. Mick Mulkerrins & Seamus O'Mealoid, step-dancing, & Rath Cairn Musicians 52. Kilfenora Ceili Band. Single jigs: Old Kilfenora Jig, Old Favourite, Greensleeves

We are delighted to announce our release of this historic DVD.

Come West Along The Road, VOL 2
Various Artists.

Irish traditional music treasures from RTE TV archives 1960s - 1980s.

Songs from singers in Irish and English; jigs, reels, hornpipes and airs from solo musicians and groups; set dances and ceili dances - two and a half hours of outstanding performances by people including Frankie Gavin, Jackie Daly, Kevin Burke, Iarla O'Lionaird, Brid Harpur, Ormond Ceili Band, Josephine Keegan, Horslips, Andy Irvine, Paul Brady, Donal Lunny, Joe Burke And Paddy Glackin and many more household names of Irish music!!

COME WEST ALONG THE ROAD 2
Irish Traditional Music Treasures from RTfi TV Archives 1960s- 1980s
Come West along the Road is a popular long-running television series of Irish traditional music, broadcast since 1994 by RTE, the Irish national broadcaster, and in its Irish-language version Star an Bothar since 2001 by TG4, the national Irish-language channel. The series takes its tide from a well known traditional reel and is an invitation to the West, traditionally the Irish region of the past.
Researched and presented since its inception by Nicholas Carolan, Director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive in Dublin, the series was devised and first produced by Tony Mac Mahon, and it has since been produced by Michael McCarthy, Tony McHugh, Colm O'Callaghan, Michael Kealy and Niamh White for RTE.
In over 200 programmes to date, the two series have presented and contextualised discoveries from across the varied spectrum of Irish traditional music, bringing older viewers performances often forgotten or never seen and introducing new generations to significant musicians and music of the past, and to the social and technological history inherent in die material. Footage, in black-and-white and colour, is drawn chiefly from the holdings of RTfi's TV Programme Library for the stations first three decades, from 1961 to 1989, but also from the archives of other television stations and from film and newsreel archives.

Also see
COME WEST ALONG THE ROAD 1
COME WEST ALONG THE ROAD 3

Press Reviews
www.LiveIreland.com Christmas Recommendations
6.Right in the middle here, we are going to throw you a curve. There is a set of DVD’s, now out, called Come West Along the Road. It seems to feature videos of every great traditional Irish music artist in the history of the universe. This is the ultimate stocking stuffer. Forget the stocking stuffer part. This is the perfect gift. Wrap it up beautifully and give it pride of place. An unbelievable achievement. God bless RTE, and God bless us all. Everyone.