title: Horse with a Heart
text: # Horse with a Heart
  
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  Horse with a Heart is the first studio album by Altan, released in May 1989 on the Green Linnet Records label.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All titles arranged by Altan.
  
  * "The Curlew/McDermott's/Three Scones of Boxty/Unnamed Reel {= McConnell's}" – 4:11
  * "The Lass of Glenshee" – 4:38
  * "Con Cassidy's & Neil Gow's Highlands/Moll and Tiarna/Mcsweeney's Reels" – 4:27
  * "The Road to Durham" – 3:21
  * "An t-Oileán Úr" – 2:33
  * "An Grianán/Horse With a Heart" – 3:01
  * "A Bhean Udaí Thall" – 3:28
  * "Welcome Home Gráinne/Con McGinley's" – 3:18
  * "Tuirse Mo Chroí" – 4:06
  * "Come Ye by Atholl/Kitty O'Connor" – 3:11
  * "An Feochán" – 4:45
  * "Paddy's Trip to Scotland/Dinky's/The Shetland Fiddler" – 4:47
  
  All titles are traditional, except the following:
  
  * "An Grianán" and "Horse with a Heart" – composed by Frankie Kennedy
  * "The Curlew" – composed by Josephine Keegan
  * "McDermott's" – composed by Josie McDermott
  * "An Feochán" – composed by Tommy Peoples
  * "The Road to Durham" – composed by Armin Barnett and David Molk
  
  See tune identifications for this album at irishtune.info.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Altan
  
  * Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Fiddle, Vocals
  * Frankie Kennedy – Flute
  * Paul O'Shaughnessy — Fiddle
  * Ciarán Curran – Bouzouki
  * Mark Kelly – Guitar
  
  ### Guest musicians
  
  * Marie Askin – Piano on "The Lass of Glenshee"
  * Phil Cunningham – Keyboard, Whistle
  * Dónal Lunny – Bass Bodhrán on "A Bhean Udaí Thall"
  * Colm Murphy – Bodhrán
  * Steve White – Percussion on "A Bhean Udaí Thall"
  
  ## Production
  
  * Phil Cunningham – Producer
  * Dan Fitzgerald – Engineer
  * John W. Davis – Assistant Engineer
  * Stephen Byram – Design
  * Ross Wilson – Artwork
  * Dave Harrold - Back cover photograph
  