Tír na nÓg (album)

Tír na nÓg
Original UK album cover. The photo was taken in 1970 during the first photography session of the band, on the rooftops over Oxford.
Studio album by Tír na nÓg
Released	May 1971 (1971-05)
Recorded	1971 (1971), Livingstone Studios, Barnet, London
Genre	Folk
Length	44:24
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Bill Leader
Tír na nÓg chronology
Tír na nÓg (1971) A Tear and a Smile (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Radio Centraal (Psyche van het folk)	[2]

Tír na nÓg is the first album by Irish band Tír na nÓg. It was released in May 1971 in the United Kingdom by Chrysalis Records and distributed by Island Records but was not published in the United States because Leo O'Kelly and Sonny Condell refused to record a cover of Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" for the album, a song they regularly played live.^[3]
German and Spanish presses of the LP have an Island label although the Chrysalis logo also appears on them.

Track listing

LP track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Time Is Like A Promise"	Sonny Condell	2:56
2.	"Mariner Blues"	Condell	4:12
3.	"Daisy Lady"	Leo O'Kelly	2:21
4.	"Tir Na Nog"	O'Kelly	5:20
5.	"Aberdeen Angus"	Condell	1:50
6.	"Looking Up"	O'Kelly	4:51

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Boat Song"	O'Kelly	3:24
2.	"Our Love Will Not Decay"	Condell	3:04
3.	"Hey Friend"	Ray Dolan	3:01
4.	"Dance Of Years"	Condell	3:50
5.	"Live A Day"	Condell	3:04
6.	"Piccadilly"	O'Kelly	5:35
7.	"Dante"	Condell	2:56
Total length:			44:24

Compact Cassette track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Time Is Like A Promise"	Sonny Condell	2:56
2.	"Mariner Blues"	Condell	4:12
3.	"Daisy Lady"	Leo O'Kelly	2:21
4.	"Tir Na Nog"	O'Kelly	5:20
5.	"Boat Song"	O'Kelly	3:24
6.	"Looking Up"	O'Kelly	4:51

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Aberdeen Angus"	Condell	1:50
2.	"Our Love Will Not Decay"	Condell	3:04
3.	"Hey Friend"	Ray Dolan	3:01
4.	"Dance Of Years"	Condell	3:50
5.	"Live A Day"	Condell	3:04
6.	"Piccadilly"	O'Kelly	5:35
7.	"Dante"	Condell	2:56
Total length:			44:24

Personnel

• Sonny Condell – vocals, guitar, Moroccan pottery drums, tablas, jews harp
• Leo O'Kelly – vocals, guitar, dulcimer, electric bass, tin whistle
• Nic Kinsey – engineering
• Nick Harrison – arranger
• Bill Leader – production

Additional personnel

• Barry Dransfield – fiddle on "Tir Na Nog"
• Annie Crozier – psaltery on "Time Is Like A Promise"

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	May 1971 (1971-05)	Chrysalis Records	stereo LP	ILPS 9153
United Kingdom	1971	Chrysalis, Island Records	stereo Compact Cassette	ZCI 9153
Germany	1971	Chrysalis, Island	LP	85 547 IT
Spain	1971	Chrysalis, Island	LP	85 547 IT
United Kingdom	1992	BGO Records	remastered CD	BGOCD53

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Radio Centraal (Psyche van het folk) review
3. "Leo tells me that the first album was not released in the states because Tir Na Nog would not record Bob Dylan's Maggie's Farm, which the duo used to perform live.", Alan Hadwin, Camouflage fanzine no.3 (summer 1995) - p.2. Retrieved on September 30, 2008.