As 2024 wraps up, Katie Marie and Joe look back on all the fabulous releases that dropped over the past year. There were so many Celtic delights in 2024 that we couldn’t touch on them all this hour, so we’ll be revisiting these releases as 2025 progresses.
The artists this week: The Friel Sisters; Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O’Leary; Breen, Rynne, & Murray; Portage; Olivia Barrett; Elaine Reilly; CUAS; Open The Door For Three; Lúnasa; Tradify; Rachel Walker & Aaron Jones; Macdara Yeates; Pat Fleming, Steve Cooney, & Timmy O’Conner; Seán McKeon & Liam O’Connor; and Cullen Vance.
Our FairPlé score this week: 60
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | Sporting Nell-The Black Mare of Fanad-Lough Isle Castle (Reels) | The Friel Sisters | Northern Sky |
| 3 | Willie-O | Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O’Leary | Hydra |
| 4 | Sirius reel-The Garavogue-Pedalling patterns | Breen, Rynne, & Murray | Odyssey |
| 5 | «Teddy Boy» Set (Roulette’s-Drops Of Brandy-Trade Song) | Portage | Portage |
| 6 | The Miller of Drone-Palmer’s Gate-Laura’s Reel | Olivia Barrett | Elsewhere |
| 7 | Miss Lyons Fancy-Lough Mountain (Reels) | Elaine Reilly | Epiphany-Irish Traditional Music on the Tenor Banjo |
| 8 | Sleamhnáin Deálaí-The Peeler and the Goat | CUAS | CUAS |
| 9 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 10 | Fineen The Rover | Open The Door For Three | A Prosperous Gale |
| 11 | Bal Loudieg | Lúnasa | Live in Kyoto |
| 12 | The Fairy Dance & The Bucks of Oranmore | Tradify | Take Flight |
| 13 | Beggarman | Rachel Walker & Aaron Jones | Amongst The Wild Rowans |
| 14 | One Starry Night | Macdara Yeates | Traditional Singing from Dublin |
| 15 | Slides-Eily Keating’s Slides | Pat Fleming, Steve Cooney, Timmy O’Conner | Tunes From Toureendarby |
| 16 | Paddy Killoran’s-The Merry Harriers | Seán McKeon & Liam O’Connor | Dublin Made Me |
| 17 | Mouse in the Kitchen | Cullen Vance | Faol |