Tuatha na Gael

Studio album by Cruachan

Released

April 30, 1995

Recorded

February 1995

Genre

Celtic metal, black metal

Length

56:51

Label

Nazgul's Eyrie Productions

Producer

Paul Thomas

Cruachan chronology

Tuatha na Gael
(1995)

The Middle Kingdom
(2002)

Tuatha na Gael is the debut studio album by the Irish celtic metal band Cruachan released in 1995. In 2001, Hammerheart Records reissued the album with three bonus tracks.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Am Tuan"	02:23
2.	"The First Battle of Moytura"	07:45
3.	"Maeve's March"	03:32
4.	"Fall of Gondolin"	08:04
5.	"Cúchulainn"	07:05
6.	"Táin Bó Cuailgne"	08:45
7.	"To Invoke the Horned God"	06:13
8.	"Brian Boru"	04:40
9.	"To Moytura We Return"	08:24
Total length:		56:51

2011 reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Return"	06:33
11.	"Erinsong"	04:54
12.	"Óró sé do bheatha abhaile" (traditional)	03:44
Total length:		72:02

"Erinsong" also appears on the band's fourth album Pagan.
"Óró sé do bheatha abhaile" also appears on the band's second album The Middle Kingdom.

Personnel

Keith Fay - vocals, guitars, mandolin, bodhrán
Leon Bias - guitars, mandolin, bouzouki
John Clohessy - bass
Collete O'Fathaigh - keyboards
John O' Fathaigh - Irish flute, tin whistle, low whistle
Jay O'Niell - drums, percussion

Additional personnel

Paul Kerns - backing vocals on "The First Battle of Moytura" and "Cúchulainn"
Niamh Hanlon - uilleann pipes

Cruachan

Keith Fay John Fay John Ryan Kieran Ball Eric Fletcher Mauro Frison

Studio albums	Tuatha na Gael (1995) The Middle Kingdom (2000) Folk-Lore (2002) Pagan (2004) The Morrigan's Call (2006) Blood on the Black Robe (2011)