"Women of Ireland" is an instrumental piece by musician

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, originally released in 1996. It is a version of the folk song, "

Mná na hÉireann "''Mná na hÉireann''" ( en, Women of Ireland) is a poem written by Ulster poet Peadar Ó Doirnín (1704–1796), most famous as a song, and especially set to an air composed by Seán Ó Riada (1931–1971). As a modern song, ''Mná na hÉire ...

" (''Women of Ireland''), credited as traditional but actually written by

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. Originally from the 1996 album ''Voyager'', it also appeared on the compilation '' XXV: The Essential''. The

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release "Women of Ireland XXV" includes two mixes of the song along with a

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tune, similar to the ending pieces of the first two ''

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'' albums.

Charts

Track listing

CD single (Germany, 1996)

# "Women of Ireland" (edit) - 3:37 # "Women of Ireland" (12" Lurker mix – 9:10 # "Women of Ireland" (Transient mix) – 9:38

CD single (1997)

# "Women of Ireland" (Lurker edit) (Traditional) – 3:37 # "Women of Ireland" (Album version) (Traditional) – 6:27 # "Mike's Reel" (Mike Oldfield) – 3:51 The Lurker edit remix is by

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and

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Remix CD single (1997)

# "Women of Ireland" (Lurker edit) (Traditional) – 3:37 # "Women of Ireland" (System 7 12" mix) (Traditional) – 9:00 # "Women of Ireland" (12" Lurker mix (Traditional)– 9:08 # "Women of Ireland" (Transient mix) (Traditional) – 9:37

References

* {{Authority control Mike Oldfield songs 1997 singles Year of song unknown Warner Records singles Warner Music Group singles