title: Harvest Storm
text: # Harvest Storm
  
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  Harvest Storm is the third studio album by Altan, released in April 1992 on the Green Linnet label.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All titles arranged by Altan.
  
  * "Pretty Peg/New Ships A-Sailing/The Bird's Nest/The Man From Bundoran" (reels) – 3:37
  * "Dónal Agus Mórag/The New-Rigged Ship" (song and reel) – 4:27
  * "King of the Pipers" (jig) – 3:08
  * "Séamus O'Shanahan's/Walking in Liffey Street" (jigs) – 2:33
  * "Mo Choill" (song) – 4:10
  * "The Snowy Path" (slip jig) – 2:12
  * "Drowsy Maggie/Rakish Paddy/Harvest Storm" (reels) – 2:57
  * "Sí Do Mhaimeo Í" (song) – 2:50
  * "McFarley's/Mill Na Máidí" (reels) – 2:25
  * "The Rosses Highlands" (highlands) – 2:58
  * "A Nobleman's Wedding" (song) – 6:35
  * "Bog An Lochain/Margaree Reel/The Humours of Westport" (strathspey and reels) – 3:34
  * "Dobbin's Flowery Vale" (slow air and reel) – 4:20
  
  All titles are traditional except the following:
  
  * "Séamus O'Shanahan's/Walking in Liffey Street" composed by Paul O'Shaughnessy
  * "The Snowy Path" composed by Mark Kelly
  * "Harvest Storm" composed by Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
  
  "Mo Choill" ("My Love") is a song from a lady called "Rose of the songs" who had so many songs that she was known all over Ireland by a lot of people. It's a sad song about a man who goes off to sea and leaves his beloved one behind.
  
  ## Live recordings
  
  A live recording of the medley "Drowsie Maggie" performed by Altan in 1999 at the Cambridge Folk Festival is available on the Cambridge Folk Festival - A Celebration of Roots Music 1998-99 1-CD collective album. Released in 2000, this compilation includes a total of 17 live recordings from the Cambridge Folk Festivals 1998 & 1999.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Altan
  
  * Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Fiddle, vocals
  * Frankie Kennedy – Flute, whistle, backing vocals
  * Ciarán Tourish – Fiddle, whistle, backing vocals
  * Paul O'Shaughnessy – Fiddle
  * Ciarán Curran – Bouzouki, bouzouki-guitar
  * Mark Kelly – Guitar, backing vocals
  * Dáithí Sproule – Guitar on "The Rosses Highlands", backing vocals
  
  ### Guest musicians
  
  * Frieda Gray – Dancing on "Mill na Máidí"
  * Tommy Hayes – Bodhrán, bass bodhrán, percussion, jaw harp
  * Dónal Lunny – Keyboards, bass bodhrán on "Dónal Agus Mórag"
  * Liam Ó Maonlaí – Didgeridoo on "Sí Do Mhaimeo Í"
  
  ## Production
  
  * P.J. Curtis – Producer
  * Brian Masterson – Engineer
  * Aidan McGovern – Assistant Engineer
  * Ciaran Byrne – Assistant Engineer
  * Greenberg Kingsley – Design
  * Ross Wilson – Artwork
  * Colm Henry – Photography
  