Album Contents: Back to the Island by Matt Molloy

Basic album data
Artist Name	Matt Molloy
Album Title	Back to the Island
Musicians	Matt Molloy (flute), with Arty McGlynn (guitar), Brian McGrath (keyboard), Joe McNulty (bodhrán)
Source and other information	[Self-published], no date. Recorded in Westport, Co. Mayo "over two days" but without more specific date information. Presumably recorded in 2018 based on the RTE radio interview with Molloy published at <https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/21807974/>, broadcast 16 December 2018, accessed 30 April 2025, in which he refers to his plan to record the album as "decided last year" (Molloy 31:10). Released 25 October 2018 according to <https://www.mattmolloy.com/gigs-2/csdg362lxyac8t5eh2ke8zsycxrwn9> accessed 30 April 2025.

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Track	Tune	? Rhythm	Link to verified tune identity	Titles as listed on this album
1	1	JigD	Spider's Web	Spider's Web
	2	JigD	Lost and Found	Boys of the Town
	3	JigD	Leg of the Duck	The Leg of the Duck
2	1	Reel	Colonel Fraser	Colonel Frazier
3	1	Hpipe	Second Star	Second Star
	2	Hpipe	Galway Bay	Galway Bay
4	1	Reel	Maid I Ne'er Forgot	The girl I'll ne'er forget Performer: (B flute)
5	1	Slide	Get Up Old Woman and Shake Yourself	Get up old woman and shake yourself
	2	Slide	[untitled]	Anon
	3	SgJig	Smash the Windows	Smash the Windows
	4	Slide	Sergt. Cahill's Favorite	Sergeant Cahill's
6	1	JigD	Monaghan Jig	Monaghan Jig Performer: (B flute)
7	1	Reel	Spey in Spate	Spey in Spate
	2	Reel	De'il among the Tailors	Devil among the Tailors
	3	Hpipe	Arthur's Seat	Arthur's Seat
8	1	Reel	Lough Mountain	Lough Mountain Performer: (B flute)
	2	Reel	O'Reilly's Greyhound	O'Reilly's Greyhound Performer: (B flute)
	3	Reel	PJ & Eddie Moloney's	PJ & Eddie Moloney's Performer: (B flute)
9	1	Reel	Hut in the Bog	The Hut on the Bog
	2	Reel	My Love and I in the Garden	I wish I never Saw you
	3	Reel	Ivy Leaf	The Ivy Leaf
10	1	JigD	Glens of Mayo	The Glens of Mayo
	2	JigD	Whistler at the Wake	The Whistler at the Wake
11	1	Reel	Eileen O'Brien's	Eileen O'Brien's Reel
	2	Reel	Low Road to Glin	The Low Road to Glin
12	1	Air	Paddy's Rambles through the Park	Paddy's Rambles through the Field
13	1	Reel	Pigeon on the Gate	Pigeon on the Gate
14	1	Reel	Back to the Island	Back to the Island
	2	Reel	Ketch Called "Sullivan John"	The Skipper Sean Prendergast
15	1	SgJig	Willie's Fling	Willie's Fling
16	1	Reel	Porthole of the Kelp	Porthole of the 'Kelp'
	2	Reel	Streams of Poulaphouca	Streams of Poulaphouca

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