Essential Collection

Personnel: Nicolas Quemenar (vocals, whistling, guitar, flute); Mary Black (vocals); Declan Sinnott (guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, keyboards, cymbals); Arty McGlynn (guitar, nylon-string guitar); Don Mescall, Kieran Goss (guitar); Jimmy Smyth (acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Ray Lynam (acoustic guitar); Gerry O'Beirne (12-string guitar, National guitar); Nollaig Casey (violin, viola); Brendan Larrissey, Máire Breatnach (fiddle, viola); James Blennerhassett (cello, double bass, electric bass, bass guitar, 6-string bass, background vocals); Pearse Dunne (strings); Graham Henderson (accordion, piano, keyboards, background vocals); Pat Crowley (accordion, piano); Jackie Daly, Alan Murray (accordion); Gay McIntyre (saxophone); Johnny McDonagh (trombone, bodhran, percussion); Patsy Broderick (piano, keyboards); Peter Fitzpatrick (piano); Garvan Gallagher (acoustic bass); Dave Early, Roy Dodds (drums, percussion); Danny Byrt (drums); Maura O'Connell, Nanci Griffith (background vocals).
Arrangers: Frances Black; Mary Black.