Irish & Celtic Christmas #287

Merry Christmas with Irish & Celtic Christmas music from The Irish Rovers, The Gothard Sisters, Jennifer Licko, Cherish the Ladies, Eddie Biggins, Caitriona O'Leary, Rosanne Cash, Rose and Thistle Band, Haggis Rampant, Heather Dale, De Ceadaoin, Irish School of Music, Golden Bough, Celtic Woman, The Barra MacNeils, Steel City Rovers.

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This Week in Celtic Music

0:37 "Christmas Morning" by The Irish Rovers from Merry Merry Time of Year

4:13 "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" by The Gothard Sisters from Falling Snow

9:37 "Soilse na Nollag" by Jennifer Licko from The Lights of Christmas

14:20 "O Christmas Tree/Road Dust Slip Jigs" by Cherish the Ladies from Christmas in Ireland

19:21 "Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake" by Eddie Biggins from To Drive the Cold Winter Away

22:31 "Behould Three Kings" by Caitriona O'Leary Rosanne Cash from The Wexford Carols

26:49 "The Cherry Tree Carol" by Rose and Thistle Band from Celtic Christmas

30:43 "Canon in D" by Haggis Rampant from Burly! Haggis Rampant Plugged IN

34:07 "Two Cornish Carols" by Heather Dale from Spark

37:44 "Christmas Eve" by De Ceadaoin from Savor the Notes

43:39 "Don Oiche Ud I Mbeithil" by Irish School of Music from Winter Air

47:41 "The O'Rourke's Feast" by Golden Bough from Christmas in a Celtic Land

51:57 "Joy to the World" by Celtic Woman from Voices of Angels

55:21 "Children's Winter" by The Barra MacNeils from The Christmas Album

59:18 "Christmas Eve Reverie" by Steel City Rovers from Grand Misadventures

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