Handed Down is Cathal Hayden’s debut solo album, recorded in 1980 with his close friend and mentor Arty McGlynn, who accompanies Hayden on guitar. The album features Hayden on tenor banjo and fiddle and contains music that had been passed down to him by his father.

Cathal went on to become a founding member of Four Men and a Dog and is well known to be one of Ireland’s best traditional fiddle and banjo players.

Farrel O’Gara / Martin Wynne’s (feat. Arty McGlynn)
The Monaghan Jig (feat. Arty McGlynn)
The Drunken Sailor / Unknown Reel (feat. Arty McGlynn)
The Graf Spee (feat. Arty McGlynn)
A Stor Mo Chroi (feat. Arty McGlynn)
Mary Bergin’s / McFadden’s Handsome Daughter / Unknown (feat. Arty McGlynn)
Liz Carrol’s Reels (feat. Arty McGlynn)
The Banks / The Maid Behind The Bar (feat. Arty McGlynn)
The Orphan / Langstern’s Pony (feat. Arty McGlynn)
The Kilavell Fancy / Coleman’s Cross (feat. Arty McGlynn)
Cherish The Ladies / Charlie Lennon’s No. 2 (feat. Arty McGlynn)
UnKnown / Master Crowley’s / Jenny’s Chickenss (feat. Arty McGlynn)

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