''Home Fire'' is the fourth album by Irish musician/songwriter

Ron Kavana Ron Kavana (born 25 December 1950) is an Irish singer, songwriter, guitarist and band leader. Born in the County Cork town of Fermoy, he is the son of an Irish father and an American mother from Chicago with Cajun roots. Performing with a len ...

. Released in

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on the Special Delivery label of

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(and the next year in America on Green Linnet), the album is really a joint project with

Terry Woods Terence Woods (born 4 December 1947 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish folk musician, songwriter/singer and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for his membership in such folk and folk-rock groups as The Pogues, Steeleye Span, Sweeney's Men, T ...

, formerly of

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. The album features two Kavana/Woods co-writes, including "Young Ned Of The Hill", previously recorded by The Pogues on the album '' Peace and Love''. About half the tracks are performed by Kavana and Woods unaccompanied, the other half with other musicians. In 2009 ''Reconciliation'' was included in Topic's 70 year anniversary boxed set ''

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'' as track ten on the fifth CD.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ron Kavana; except where indicated #"Home Fire/Beyond The Pale" (3:05) (Ashley Dreese, Kavana, Tomas Lynch) #"Johnny Go Easy" (4:04) #"Blind Sheehan" (5:06) (Traditional) #"Handcuffs/Gran' Sheriff of Ballydaheen" (3:20) #"Kilshannig Wager" (1:32) #"Lovely Cottage/Gold Ochra at Killarney Point to Points" (3:30) #"Sands of Time Lament" (3:11) (Kavana, Purdon) #"Barleycorn/Kerry Polka/Wren's Polka" (4:28) (Traditional) #"Reconciliation" (4:34) #"The Cricklade Culchee/Down The Lane" (3:47) (Kavana,

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" (3:18) #"Fermoy Regatta/Tom's Tavern" (2:45) (Kavana,

) #"Young Ned Of The Hill" (4:59) (Kavana, Terry Woods)

Personnel

*Ron Kavana - Banjo, Vocals, Mandola, Tenor Banjo, Bodhran, Mandolin, Percussion, Guitar, Bouzouki *

- Mandolin, Vocals, Concertina *Kevin Rowsome - Uilleann pipes *Ashley Dreese - Fiddle *

- Button Accordion *Tomas Lynch - Uilleann pipes, Tin Whistle, Backing Vocals *Fran Byrne - Bodhran *Alan Dunn - Piano Accordion *Mick Flynn - Tin Whistle, Backing Vocals {{Authority control 1991 albums Ron Kavana albums Topic Records albums