Track Listing. 1. Diamond Jig + The Piper's Chair + The Maid in the Meadow (jigs) 2. Ryan's Rant + Corney is Coming + King of the Clans (reel) 3. Kitty in the Lane + Michael Relihan's + The Mother & Child Reel (reels) 4. Shandon's Bells +The One That Was Lost + Anthony Frawley's (jigs) 5. The West Wind + The Corner House + The Connaught Heifers (reels) 6. Colonel Fraser's + The Highest Hill in Sligo + The Rookeery (reels) 7. The Green Fields of Canada (air) 8. The Pinch of Sniff + Cleaning the Henhouse + Follow Me Down to Carlow (reels) 9. Peter O'Byrne's Fancy + Come Along With Me + The Besom in Bloom (jigs) 10. Jim O'Donohue's O'Reilly's Greyhound + Lawson's Favourite + Dunboyne Strawplatter (reels) 11. The Humours of Tullycryan + The Humours of Ballyconnell (hornpipes) 12. Lord McDonald's + The Fairhaired Boy + Miss Ramsey's + The Ivy Leaf (reels) 13. The Sporting Pitchfork + The Woods of Old Limerick + The Lark on the Strand (jigs) 14. Ambrose Moloney's + Dowd's Favourite Toss The Feathers (reels) Click on underscored titles to hear sound samples with Real Player.

We are delighted to announce our release of this recording.

MÍCHEÁL Ó RAGHALLAIGH (Michael O 'Reilly)
With
Michael Rooney (harp) Eoghan O'Brien (guitar)and Triona Ní Dhómhnaill (keyboards)

INSIDE OUT
MOR CD 002

www.LiveIreland.com: "This is Irish music in its best and most soulful expression". Bill Margeson

Froots Magazine October 2002
" a near masterpiece" Garnished by droll, but informative liner notes, this is an unequivocally essential album.

Taplas June/July. The Welsh Folk Magazine
"A gem of a CD. They don't get much better than this".

Pay The Reckoning Web Site
"If you're only going to buy one trad album this year, then choose this one"!

The above are just some of the critical comment which made Micheal's album of 2002, The Nervous Man, one of the albums of the year in 2002. Here he is back with the winning formula, great music played with a brilliant amount of fun, which portray the man's own character.

Mícheál hails from a very musical family in County Meath. He has played concertina and accordion from an early age. Micheál has taught workshops and has toured all over Europe and the USA. He is a founding member of the group, Providence. He also is a member of the All-Ireland winning Naomh Padraig and Táin Céilí Bands.

We feel sure this release will delight his many fans, and make many more. Stand by to be amazed by a brilliant young musician at the top of his game reacting to some of Ireland's finest accompanists, a wonderful hour listening awaits you, music just don't come any better that this! Enjoy.

We at Copperplate are delighted and proud to be associated with this mighty release.

Micheal's previous solo album, The Nervous Man is available from Copperplate
as are his first two outings with his band, Providence: The Debut Album
Providence: A Fig For a Kiss

Press Reaction

THE Living Tradition 3.07
The title could refer to Micheal's mastery of the concertina, or his knowledge of the Irish repertoire: either way it'd be spot on! One of County Meath's best kept secrets, Micheal O'Raghallaigh deserves wider recognition and Inside Out could get it for him.

The fourteen tracks here contain over forty tunes: favourites like Connaught Heifers or The Pinch of Snuff, heavyweights like Colonel Fraser and Ryan's Rant, old chestnuts like Shandon Bells roasted 'til they're piping hot and tasty, and a whole rake of rarer tunes whose names at least were new to me. Cleaning the Henhouse is a great wee reel, which I can identify with. Peter O'Byrne's Fancy slipped on to The Storm in the eighties but hasn't been heard much since.
Jim Donoghue's, O'Reilly's Greyhound, Lawson's Favourite and Dunbovne Strawplatter are dug out of the archives (and O'Neill's in one case), but are still as fresh as ever.
Micheal plays a couple of big beefy Anglo concertinas, and gets an amazing sound out of them. There's no jerkiness, plenty of bass, and the neatest rolls and triplets. The final four tracks return to well-known material, allowing comparisons with other musicians. There's a pair of silky smooth minor hornpipes, fancy fingerwork aplenty on Lord MacDonald's, a lovely swagger to The Sporting Pitchfork, and a rousing finish with Ambrose Moloney's.

Micheal is sparingly accompanied by Michael Rooney on harp, Eoghan O'Brien on guitar, and a still youthful Triona Nf Dhomhnaill on piano. What better backers could you want? Alex Monaghan

LiveIreland.com Sept 06
Many of the best albums out of Ireland are being distributed and promoted by Copperplate, based in London. You have heard us rave before about Alan O'Leary and his fab organization before. The best. We know anything that shows up from Copperplate will be special, indeed. So, we opened the new Michael O Raghallaigh album with eagerness. Alan had told us to really watch for this one. Holy Moley!

This is a master concertina player--with a great, great album. Michael's people are from Meath. Lots of great musicians around there. What style! We have heard a lot of concertina players. We are most partial to Jackie McCarthy out of Orranmore, and now, Michael O Rallaigh. If Gan Bua and Millish are not for the purist, this album, Inside Out, is.

It is hard to imagine the concertina being played better. There are lots of concertina and button box players who have plenty of technique. O Raghallaigh has soul. The innnnyaaaaah. Down to the socks, this is a stunner. Get thee to the Copperplate site and order it. This is Irish music in its best and most soulful expression. A gift. Bill Margeson Rating: Four Harps

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