Folk-Lore

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Folk-Lore
Cruachan FolkLore.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 4, 2002
Genre Celtic metal
Length45:41
Label Hammerheart
Producer Denis Buckley, Shane MacGowan
Cruachan chronology
The Middle Kingdom
(2000)
Folk-Lore
(2002)
Pagan
(2004)
Singles from Folk-Lore
  1. "Ride On"
    Released: 2001

Folk-Lore is the third studio album by Irish folk metal band Cruachan released in 2002 on Hammerheart Records.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Bloody Sunday"4:15
2."The Victory Reel" (instrumental)1:21
3."Death of a Gael"5:38
4."The Rocky Road to Dublin" (traditional)3:07
5."Ossian's Return"4:44
6."Spancill Hill" (traditional)6:00
7."The Children of Lir"5:08
8."Ride On"4:41
9."Susie Moran"4:11
10."Exiles"6:36
11."To Invoke the Horned God" (digipack version bonus track)6:02
Total length:51:43

Personnel

Additional personnel

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