Horse with a Heart

Horse with a Heart is the first studio album by Altan, released in May 1989 on the Green Linnet Records label.

Horse with a Heart
Studio album by Altan
Released	29 May 1989
Genre	Celtic
Length	45:46
Label	Green Linnet
Producer	Phil Cunningham
Altan chronology
Horse with a Heart (1989) The Red Crow (1990)
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy chronology
Altan (1987)

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Track listing

All titles arranged by Altan.

1. "The Curlew/McDermott's/Three Scones of Boxty/Unnamed Reel {= McConnell's}" – 4:11
2. "The Lass of Glenshee" – 4:38
3. "Con Cassidy's & Neil Gow's Highlands/Moll and Tiarna/Mcsweeney's Reels" – 4:27
4. "The Road to Durham" – 3:21
5. "An t-Oileán Úr" – 2:33
6. "An Grianán/Horse With a Heart" – 3:01
7. "A Bhean Udaí Thall" – 3:28
8. "Welcome Home Gráinne/Con McGinley's" – 3:18
9. "Tuirse Mo Chroí" – 4:06
10. "Come Ye by Atholl/Kitty O'Connor" – 3:11
11. "An Feochán" – 4:45
12. "Paddy's Trip to Scotland/Dinky's/The Shetland Fiddler" – 4:47

All titles are traditional, except the following:

• "An Grianán" and "Horse with a Heart" – composed by Frankie Kennedy
• "The Curlew" – composed by Josephine Keegan
• "McDermott's" – composed by Josie McDermott
• "An Feochán" – composed by Tommy Peoples
• "The Road to Durham" – composed by Armin Barnett and David Molk

See tune identifications for this album at irishtune.info.

Personnel

Altan

• Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Fiddle, Vocals
• Frankie Kennedy – Flute
• Paul O'Shaughnessy — Fiddle
• Ciarán Curran – Bouzouki
• Mark Kelly – Guitar

Guest musicians

• Marie Askin – Piano on "The Lass of Glenshee"
• Phil Cunningham – Keyboard, Whistle
• Dónal Lunny – Bass Bodhrán on "A Bhean Udaí Thall"
• Colm Murphy – Bodhrán
• Steve White – Percussion on "A Bhean Udaí Thall"

Production

• Phil Cunningham – Producer
• Dan Fitzgerald – Engineer
• John W. Davis – Assistant Engineer
• Stephen Byram – Design
• Ross Wilson – Artwork
• Dave Harrold - Back cover photograph