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Sorcha, Matt & Shannon Heaton, Fialla, Arise & Go, Marc Gunn, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, The Byrne Brothers, Cherish The Ladies, Poitín, Ian Fontova, The Gothard Sisters, Dancing With Hobbits,, Mànran, Screaming Orphans

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0:06 - Sorcha "Stomp the Floor / Slide from Grace / The Mouse in the Kitchen" from Stomp the Floor

4:07 - WELCOME

7:24 - Matt & Shannon Heaton "Limerick Liftoff/Little - Leaf Linden (slip jigs)" from Whirring Wings

10:15 - Fialla "Little Drummer" from Home & Away

14:00 - Arise & Go "The Dirty Bee: La Grondeuse / Mutt's Favourite / Break Yer Bass Drone /

The Dirty Bee" from Meeting Place

19:11 - Marc Gunn "Selkie's Life" from Come Adventure With Me

22:48 - FEEDBACK

25:57 - Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer "John Lover" from Twelve Months & A Day

30:24 - The Byrne Brothers "Trip to Herve's" from single

32:42 - Cherish The Ladies "Broken Wings" from One And All, The Best of Cherish the Ladies

37:56 - Poitín "The Maid Of Amsterdam" from One For The Road

40:50 - THANKS

44:34 - Ian Fontova "The Giants Path" from Tales of Olden, Vol. 2

46:55 - The Gothard Sisters "Wise One" from Dragonfly

51:08 - Marc Gunn and Dancing With Hobbits "Prancing Pony" from Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits

53:40 - Mànran "Foghar" from Ùrar

58:04 - CLOSING

1:01:00 - Screaming Orphans "This Is the Life" from Paper Daisies

1:03:36 - CREDITS

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