Folk-Lore

Folk-Lore
Studio album by Cruachan
Released	February 4, 2002
Genre	Celtic metal
Length	45:41
Label	Hammerheart
Producer	Denis Buckley, Shane MacGowan
Cruachan chronology
The Middle Kingdom (2000) Folk-Lore (2002) Pagan (2004)
Singles from Folk-Lore
"Ride On" Released: 2001

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

It received a 9.5 out of ten rating from Chronicles of Chaos. ^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

• Keith Fay - lead and acoustic guitars, vocals, keyboards, bouzouki, mandolin, banjo, bodhrán, percussion
• Karen Gilligan - vocals, percussion
• Joe Farrell - drums, percussion
• John Clohessy - bass, vocals (backing)
• John O'Fathaigh - Irish flute, tin whistle, low whistle, recorder, cover art

Additional personnel

• Shane MacGowan - vocals on "Spancill Hill" and "Ride On", producer
• Louise Fay - spoken on "Ossian's Return"
• Liz Keller - fiddle, violin
• Diane O'Keefe - cello
• Denis Buckley - producer, engineering
• Marco Jeurissen - artwork, layout

References

1. "CoC : Cruachan - Folk-Lore : Review". Chroniclesofchaos.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.