The ''25th Anniversary'' album is the fifteenth album by the
Irish folk
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In ''A History of Irish Music'' (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Ireland, there w ...
and rebel band
The Wolfe Tones
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, released in 1989 by
Shanachie Records
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. It is both a new studio album and a greatest hits release as it features both new recordings unique to this record and old recordings from previous albums. New recordings include "
Broad Black Brimmer" with an electric guitar and drums played during the final verse, "
James Connolly
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", "
Banna Strand
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", "
Monsignor Horan", and "
Come Out Ye Black and Tans
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*Come (American band), an American indie rock band formed in 1990
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", among others.
This album was the last to feature founding member
Derek Warfield
Derek Warfield (born 15 September 1943) is an Irish singer, songwriter, historian, and a former member of the musical group The Wolfe Tones.
Personal life
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prior to his departure in 2001; it was also the last album to be recorded until the same year due to contract issues.
Track listing
CD One
# "Celtic Symphony"
# "Merry Ploughboy"
# "Women of Ireland
# "Rock on Rockall"
# "The Foggy Dew"
# "James Connolly"
# "The Man From Mullingar"
# "Flow Liffy Waters"
# "First of May"
# "The Piper That Played Before Moses"
# "The Big Strong Man"
# "Janie I'm Nearly Forty"
# "Give Me Your Hand"
# "The Boys of the Old Brigade"
# "Dingle Bay"
# "Monsignor Horan"
CD Two
# "Boston Rose"
# "The Zoological Gardens"
# "The Broad Black Brimmer"
# "Newgrange (Bru Na Boinne)"
# "Treat Me Daughter Kindly"
# "Come Out Ye Black and Tans"
# "Slieve Na Mban"
# "Far Away in Australia"
# "Goodbye"
# "Helicopter Song"
# "An Dord Feinne (Oro Se Do Bhatha Abhaile)"
# "The Merman"
# "The Teddy Bears Head"
# "Banna Stand"
# "Many Young Men of Twenty"
# "The West's Awake"
The Wolfe Tones albums
1989 albums
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