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This Week in Celtic Music

1:36 "The I-Hop" by Jameson's Revenge from While Yer Up

4:10 "Retreat Jump" by Fiddlinda: Linda Relph from There & Then - Here & Now

9:36 "Mairi's Wedding" by The Shanties from Fear Not

13:13 "Party Pieces" by New Shilling from New Shilling

17:26 "The Golden Door" by Patrick Clifford from American Wake

21:34 "Oro, Se Do Bheatha 'Bhaile" by Ockham's Razor from Wolves in the Walls

24:32 "Grumpy Old Man Growling Old Woman/Maudabawn Chapel/Tuttle's Reel" by Giant's Dance from Giant's Dance

30:40 "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" by The Barley Boys from The Days of Abundence

35:31 "The Newry Highwayman" by Bill Grogan's Goat

39:21 "The Hexamshire Lass" by Avalon Rising from Storming Heaven

42:23 "The Congress Reel/Unknown Reel" by Poitin from Poitin

45:30 "Courtin' in the Kitchen" by Beatnik Turtles from Sham Rock

48:05 "Crabs In The Skillet/The Dusty Windowsill/The Return Home" by Mithril from The Return Home

52:22 "On She Goes" by West of Eden from Safe Crossing

58:18 "Broken Mist" by Birch Creek from Celtic Enchantment

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