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March 10, 2001
Live from Vicar Street in Dublin, Ireland, A Prairie Home Companion welcomes Altan, ballad singer Frank Harte, Maighrëad and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Joe Taylor and Deirdre Monaghan.
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Green Grow The Rushes (Altan)
News from Lake Wobegon
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recorded on March 10, 2001, from Dublin, Ireland.
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| 00:00 | MPR logo |
| 00:11 | Tishomingo Blues With Talk and Merrion Square Verse |
| 03:30 | Applause, GK Talk About Dublin |
| 05:40 | GK Talk With Altan |
| 06:35 | The Kind of Meenasillagh/Laney's/The High Fiddle Reel |
| 09:13 | Applause, GK Talk About Vikings |
| 10:46 | Mournful Oatmeal |
| 11:40 | GK Talk With Frank Harte |
| 12:40 | Frank Harte Talk Into |
| 13:30 | Molly Malone |
| 16:20 | Applause, GK Talk With Frank Harte |
| 17:27 | I Am An Old Man |
| 18:21 | Applause, Into Rhubarb |
| 21:40 | Applause, GK Talk About Dublin, Psychiatric Hospital Poem |
| 28:00 | The Irish |
| 30:17 | Applause, GK Talk With Ni Dhomhnaill sisters |
| 31:25 | Spanish Lady |
| 35:55 | Applause, GK Intro Irish Ballad |
| 36:26 | Unaccompanied Ballad |
| 38:22 | Applause, GK Segue into Powdermilk Break |
| 38:54 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
| 39:40 | Applause, GK Talk With Altan |
| 40:15 | Gusty's Frolics |
| 44:11 | Applause, Altan Teach Audience Chorus to |
| 45:20 | Green Grow The Rushes |
| 49:37 | Applause |
| 49:51 | Guy Noir |
| 1:05:20 | Applause, GK Segue into Intermission |
| 105:56 | Honeysuckle Rose/Lady Be Good |
| 1:10:00 | Applause, GK Segue into |
| 110:23 | The Rose of St. Paul |
| 111:37 | Greetings |
| 1:13:58 | GK Intro to Dancers & Drummers |
| 115:22 | Greg's Rhythm |
| 119:00 | Applause, GK Intro to |
| 1:19:54 | Light From the Lighthouse |
| 1:23:52 | Applause, GK Intro Ni Dhomhnaill sisters |
| 1:24:47 | Amhran Hiudai Phadai Eamoinn |
| 1:29:19 | Applause |
| 1:29:39 | Monologue |
| 1:45:11 | Applause, GK and Frank Harte Intro to |
| 1:46:50 | Red Roses for Me |
| 1:49:10 | Applause, GK Talk with Altan, Band Introductions |
| 1:50:41 | Two Germans |
| 1:53:41 | Applause, into Credits |
| 1:55:15 | Closer - The Parting Glass |
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Photos from the show
Click images to view photos. (Credit: Richard Mosher)
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| Frank Harte |
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Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh of Altan |
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| Joe Taylor |
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Deirdre Monaghan |
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| Irish Drummers |
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Sisters Maighrëad and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill |
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| Pub at the Vicar Street |
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