Margaret Barry (1917 - 1989/90)

Irish singer of mainly traditional songs. 

(Margaret accompanied herself on banjo)

Albums.

Title.year. Label. Number
The Blarney Stone1962 Prestige  IRLP-35001
Her Mantle So Green1958 Topic 12T 123
[Reissue] 1994Topic TSCD 474
Ireland's Own Street Singer ?Outlet 
Ireland's Queen of the Tinkers Sings ?Top Rank 
Songs From the Hills of Donegal ?Washington 
I Sang Through the Fairs (*) 1999Rounder  11661-1774-2
Travelin' People From Ireland 2002Emerald 
Queen of the Gypsies?Emerald 

(* recorded 1952 - 57)

Collaboration - Margaret Barry and Michael Gorman.

Title. year. Label. number.
Come Back, Paddy Riley1968 EmeraldGEM 1003
Margaret Barry and Michael Gorman 1975Smithsonian Folkways FW08729

Best albums(*).

Title.year.
Her Mantle So Green 1958

(*) Based on critical opinion.

Anthology - various artists including Margaret Barry, Joe Heaney, Seamus Ennis.

Title. year. Label. number.
Irish Music in London Pubs1965 FolkwaysFW03575

Anthology - various artists including Margaret Barry, Elizabeth Cronin, Johnny McDonagh, Seamus Ennis.

Title. year. Label. number.
World Library of Folk and Primitive Music Vol 2 - Ireland1955 ColumbiaAKL4941
[Reissue]1998 RounderCD1741
[Reissue]2003 TopicTSCDE600

Anthology - Angela Brazil, Phoebe Smith, Jeannie Robertson, Margaret Barry, Davie Stewart et al.

Title.year.Label.No.
Songs of the Travelling People1994 SaydiscSDL 407

Anthologies.

Title. year. Label. number.
Come Let Us Buy The LicenCe - The Voice of the People vol 1 (+)1998Topic 
Who's That At My Bed Window - The Voice of the People vol 10 (++)1998Topic 
They ordered their pints of beer - The Voice of the People vol 13 (+++)1998TopicTSCD 663

(+ One track only - The Blarney Stone)
(++ One track only - She Moved Through the Fair)
(+++ One track only - Two Hundred Years a-Brewing)


Last updated on 19/06/2009