Tuatha na Gael

Tuatha na Gael
Tuatha na Gael
Studio album by Cruachan
Released	April 30, 1995
Recorded	8–12 February 1995
Genre	Celtic metal, black metal
Length	56:51
Label	Nazgul's Eyrie Productions
Producer	Paul Thomas
Cruachan chronology

Tuatha na Gael is the debut studio album by Irish folk metal band Cruachan released in 1995. In 2001, Hammerheart Records reissued the album with three bonus tracks.

Track listing

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No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Am Tuan"	2:23
2.	"The First Battle of Moytura"	7:45
3.	"Maeve's March"	3:32
4.	"Fall of Gondolin"	8:04
5.	"Cúchulainn"	7:05
6.	"Táin Bó Cuailgne"	8:45
7.	"To Invoke the Horned God"	6:13
8.	"Brian Boru"	4:40
9.	"To Moytura We Return"	8:24
Total length:		56:51

2001 reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Return"	6:33
11.	"Erinsong"	4:54
12.	"Óró sé do bheatha abhaile" (traditional)	3:44
Total length:		72:02

"I Am Tuan" also appears on the band's eighth album Nine Years of Blood.
"Erinsong" also appears on the band's fourth album Pagan.
"Óró sé do bheatha abhaile" also appears on the band's second album The Middle Kingdom.

Personnel

Keith Fay - vocals, guitars, mandolin, bodhrán
Leon Bias - guitars, mandolin, bouzouki
John Clohessy - bass
Collete O'Fathaigh - keyboards
John O' Fathaigh - Irish flute, tin whistle, low whistle
Jay O'Niell - drums, percussion

Additional personnel

Paul Kerns - backing vocals on "The First Battle of Moytura" and "Cúchulainn"
Niamh Hanlon - uilleann pipes

References

^ "Cruachan – Tuatha Na Gael - Releases - Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

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[1] "Cruachan – Tuatha Na Gael - Releases - Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

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v t e Cruachan
Keith Fay John Fay John Ryan Kieran Ball Eric Fletcher Mauro Frison
Studio albums	Tuatha na Gael The Middle Kingdom Folk-Lore Pagan The Morrigan's Call Blood on the Black Robe Blood for the Blood God Nine Years of Blood The Living and the Dead