Aoife (album)

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Aoife
Studio album by Aoife Ní Fhearraigh
Released	1996
Recorded	S.T.A.R.C. Studios
Genre	Traditional Irish music
Length	44:38
Label	Gael-linn
Producer(s)	Máire Brennan and Denis Woods
Aoife Ní Fhearraigh chronology
Loinneog Cheoil (1991)	Aoife (1996)	The turning of the tide (2003)

Aoife is the second album released by Irish singer Aoife Ní Fhearraigh. It consists of a wide selection of Traditional Irish songs, and its lyrics are entirely sung in Irish.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Ansacht na nAnsacht" (My love and my delight)
2. "Seacht Suáilcí na Maighdine Muire" (The seven consolations of the Virgin Mary)
3. "Níl sé 'na Lá" (It's not yet day)
4. "Nuair a bhí Mise Óg" (When I was young)
5. "Cailín na Gruaige Báine" (The girl with the fair hair)
6. "Ainnir Dheas na gCiabhfholt Donn" (The lovely maid with the brown tresses)
7. "A Neansaí 'Mhíle Grá" (Nancy, my sweetest darling)
8. "Caitlín Triall" (Caitlín of the tresses)
9. "Mo Ghrá Thú" (Salm 17) (My Lord, I love Thee)
10. "Cailín a' tSléibhe Ruaidh" (The girl from the russet moor)
11. "Úrchnoc Chéin Mhic Cáinte" (The fair hill of Cian Mac Cáinte)

[edit] Personnel

• Aoife Ní Fhearraigh - lead vocals
• Noel Eccles - percussion
• Des Moore - acoustic guitars
• Anthony Drennan - spanish and electric guitar
• Mel Mercier - Bodhrán
• Máirtín O'Connor - accordion
• Nollaig Ní Chathasaigh - fiddle and viola
• John Mc Sherry - uilleann pipes and low whistle
• Joe Csibi - bass guitar
• Denis Woods - keyboards
• Máire and Brídín Brennan - backing vocals