I have first listed the top albums in ranked order, then the top artists, based on counts of all their albums (for individuals, I have included short- term collaborations (e.g. Kevin Burke's work includes his albums with Micheal O'Domhnaill and Jackie Daly) but not longer term ones, so Frankie Gavin merits a separate entry to that for De Dannan. If all collaborations were included, Matt Molloy (as part of the Chieftains, Planxty, the Bothy Band) and Kevin Burke (Bothy Band, Patrick St) would be doing obnoxiously well!
Nr. of votes Artist Title ------ ------ ----- 11 Altan Harvest Storm 10 Altan The Red Crow 10 Bothy Band 1975 (first album) 8 Planxty Planxty (Black Album) 7 Patrick Street Patrick St. 6 Altan Island Angel 6 Martin Hayes Martin Hayes 5 Kevin Burke If the Cap fits 5 Various Music at Matt Molloys 5 Matt Molloy Stony Steps 5 Sharon Shannon Sharon Shannon 4 Mary Bergin Feadoga Stain 4 Bothy Band After Hours - Live in Paris 4 Bothy Band Old Hag you have killed me 4 Chieftains Four 4 Chieftains Live 4 Irvine/Brady Andy Irvine & Paul Brady 4 Planxty Well Bellow the Valley 4 Planxty Cold Blow and the Rainy Night 4 Silly Wizard Live Wizardry 3 Bothy Band Best of 3 Boys of the Lough Welcoming Paddy Home 3 Burke/O'Domhmaill Portland 3 Capercaillie Sidewaulk 3 Cherish the Ladies The Back Door 3 Clannad Clannad 2 3 Four Men and a Dog Barking Mad 3 Paddy Glackin In Full Spate/Rabharta Cheoil 3 Arty McGlynn & Nollaig Casey Lead the Knave 3 Conal O' Grada The Top of Coom 3 Noel Hill & Tony MacMahon I gConc na Grai/In Knocknagree 3 Molloy/Brady/Peoples Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples 3 Kevin Burke/Open House Open House 3 Tommy Peoples High part of the road 3 Andy M Stewart & Manus Lunny Dublin Lady
Nr. of votes Musician/group ----- -------------- 32 Altan 23 Bothy Band 22 Planxty 18 Chieftains 17 Kevin Burke (including Open House first album) 15 Matt Molloy (+5 more for "Music at Matt Molloys") 10 Boys of the Lough 10 De Dannan 10 Patrick Street 8 Clannad 8 Tommy Peoples 6 Martin Hayes 6 Noel Hill 6 Andy Irvine 6 Sharon Shannon 6 Silly Wizard 5 Mary Bergin 5 Capercaillie 5 Cherish the Ladies 5 Paddy Glackin 5 Tony MacMahon (with Noel Hill) 5 Dolores Keane & John Faulkner 5 Sean Keane 4 Paddy Keenan 3 Battlefield Band 3 Paul Brady 3 Four Men and a Dog 3 Frankie Gavin 3 Arty McGlynn & Nollaig Casey 3 Conal O'Grada 3 Mick Moloney & Eugene O'Donnell
10 Altan The Red Crow 2 Altan Ceol Aduaidh 11 Altan Harvest Storm 6 Altan Island Angel 1 Altan Horse with a Heart 2 Altan Altan 1 Archetype Archetype (Breton fiddle) 1 Baal Tinne About Time 1 Aly Bain Aly Bain 1 Aly Bain and others The Silver Bow 1 Patrick Ball Fiona 1 Barra McNeills Traditional Cape Breton Instrumental 2 Battlefield Band Home Ground 1 Battlefield Band New Spring 1 Sarah Bauhan The Untamed Grasses 1 Derek Bell Musical Ireland 4 Mary Bergin Feadoga Stain 1 Mary Bergin Feadoga Stain #2 1 Seamus Begley and Stephen Cooney Meitheal 1 Mary Black Collected 4 Bothy Band After Hours - Live in Paris 10 Bothy Band 1975 4 Bothy Band Old Hag you have killed me 3 Bothy Band Best of 2 Bothy Band Out of the Wind into the Sun 1 Boys of the Lough Live at Carnegie Hall 3 Boys of the Lough Welcoming Paddy Home 2 Boys of the Lough Loughaber No More 1 Boys of the Lough Far From Home 1 Boys of the Lough Sweet Rural Shade 1 Boys of the Lough Farewell and Remember me 1 Boys of the Lough Second Album 2 Paul Brady Welcome kind stranger 1 Donncha O Briain Donncha O Briain 5 Kevin Burke If the Cap fits 2 Kevin Burke Up Close 2 Kevin Burke/Jackie Daly Eavesdropper 3 Kevin Burke/Micheal O'Domhmaill Portland 2 Kevin Burke/Micheal O'Domhnaill Promenade 3 Capercaillie Sidewaulk 2 Capercaillie Crosswinds 1 Liz Carroll Liz Carroll 1 Bobby Casey Casey in the Cowhouse 1 Ceilidh House Band On the Road 2 Celtic Fiddle Festival 1 Ceolbeg Seeds to the Wind 1 Ceolteoiri Cualann O'Riada sa Gaiety 1 Maire Ni Chathasaigh The New-Strung Harp 2 Cherish the Ladies Out and About 3 Cherish the Ladies The Back Door 1 Chieftains One 1 Chieftains Three 4 Chieftains Four 2 Chieftains Five 2 Chieftains Seven 4 Chieftains Live 2 Chieftains Bonapartes Retreat 1 Chieftains Best of 1 Chieftains and Van M. Irish Heartbeat 1 Clancy Brothers Live at Carnegie Hall 1 Liam Clancy & Tommy Makem The Makem & Clancy Collection 2 Wilie Clancy The Minstrel from Clare 3 Clannad Clannad 2 1 Clannad Dulaman 2 Clannad Fuaim 2 Clannad Clannad in Concert 1 Michael Coleman Michael Coleman 1891-1945 1 Joe Cooley 1 Seamus Connolly Here and There 1 Craobh Rua Not A Word About It 1 Jimmy Crowley Camp House Ballads 1 Phil Cunningham Palomino Waltz 1 Johnny Cunningham Fair Warning 1 Mary Custy & Eoin O' Neill With a lot of Help from their Friends 1 McCusker Bros Ceili Band Irish Country Dances 1 Deanta Deanta 1 Deanta Ready for the Storm 2 De Dannan Ballroom 2 De Dannan Best of 1 De Dannan Selected Jigs and Reels 1 De Dannan Jacket of Batteries 1 De Dannan Anthem 1 De Dannan The Star Spangled Molly 1 De Dannan The Mist Covered Mountains 1 De Dannan Half set in Harlem 1 Deiseal The Long Long Note 1 Joe Derrane (Rego album) 1 John Doherty Bundle and Go 1 Mairead Ni Dhomhmaill No Dowry 1 Triona Ni Dhomhnaill Triona 1 Eugene O'Donnell Slow Airs and Set Dances 1 Dordan Irish Traditional and Baroque 1 Connie Dover The Wishing Well 1 Chris Droney 1 Dubliners 25th Anniversary Celebration 1 Seamus Egan A Week in January 1 Seamus Ennis Irish Pipe & Tin Whistle Tunes 1 Seamus Ennis Feidhim Tonn Ri's Castle 1 Fairport Convention Liege and Lief 1 Na Fili Na Fili 1 Archie Fisher Will Ye Gang 3 Four Men and a Dog Barking Mad 1 Liam O' Flynn Liam O' Flynn 1 Liam O' Flynn/Shaun Davey The Brendan Voyage 1 Alisdair Fraser and Paul Machlis Skyedance 1 Alisdair Fraser Portrait of a Scottish Fiddler 1 Albert Fry Second LP 1 Dick Gaughin Handful of Earth 1 Bobby Gardiner Memories of Clare 1 Frankie Gavin and Paul Brock A Tribute to Joe Cooley 1 Frankie Gavin Up and away 1 Frankie Gavin Quartet+Stephane Grapelli Jigs and Jazz 1 General Humbert General Humbert 2 3 Paddy Glackin In Full Spate/Rabharta Cheoil 1 Paddy Glackin/Jolyon Jackson Hidden Ground 1 Glackin Brothers Northern Lights 3 Arty McGlynn/Nollaig Casey Lead the Knave 3 Conal O' Grada The Top of Coom 1 Len Graham Ye Lovers All 2 Green Fields of America Live in Concert 1 Charles Guard Avenging and Bright 1 Manus McGuire/John Linn The Missing Reel 1 Tom McHaile All Ireland Whistle Champion 1 O'Halloran Brothers The men of the island 1 Mick Hanly As I went over Blackwater 1 Robbie Hannan Trad Irish Music played on the Uileann pipes 6 Martin Hayes Martin Hayes 1 Helicon Helicon 1 Noel Hill The Irish Concertina 3 Noel Hill/Tony MacMahon In Knocknagree (I gConc na Grai) 2 Noel Hill & Tony MacMahon, Iarla O Lionard Aisling Ceoil 1 House Band Another Setting 1 House Band Word of Mouth 1 Hent Sant Jakez 1 Honey, Therese /Johnson, Mark Christmas Presence 1 Horslips Drive The Cold Winter Away 1 Ironhorse 4 Andy Irvine & Paul Brady 2 Andy Irvine & Dick Gaughan Parallel Lines 1 Nic Jones Penguin Eggs 1 Nic Jones The Noah's Ark Trap 1 Ron Kavana Homefire 1 Tommy Keane Piper's Apron 1 Sean Keane Jig it in style 2 Dolores Keane/John Faulkner Broken Hearted I'll Wander 1 Dolores Keane/John Faulkner Farewell to Erin 2 Dolores Keane/John Faulkner Sail Og Rua 2 Paddy Keenan Poirt a' Phoibaire 1 Paddy Keenan Paddy Keenan 1 Paddy Keenan/Paddy Glackin Doublin' 1 Tony Kelliher Tony Kelliher 1 James Kelly Capel Street 1 Loreena McKennitt The Visit 1 John McKenna His Original Recordings 1 Kornog Ar Seizh Avel 1 Joe and Antoinette McKenna Farewell to Fine Weather 1 Kilfenora Ceili Band (EMI STAL 1013) 1 Charlie Lennon The Imigrant Suite 2 Donal Lunny Donal Lunny 1 Kirk Lynch A Private Recording 1 Sean Maguire & Four Star Quartet (Avoca 33AV139) 1 Natalie MacMaster Fit As A Fiddle 1 Macalla Mna na hEireann 1 Mac-talla Mairidh gaol is ceol 1 Joanie Madden A Whistle On The Wind 1 Declan Masterson End of the Harvest 1 Milladoiro Castellum Honesti 1 Pat Mitchell Uilleann pipes 1 Christy Moore Ordinary Man 2 Moving Hearts The Storm 5 Music at Matt Molloys 3 Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples 5 Matt Molloy Stony Steps 2 Matt Molloy Matt Molloy 1 Matt Molloy Heathery Breeze 1 Molloy/Keane Contentment is Wealth 1 Molloy/Keane The Missing Reel 2 Molloy/Keane/O'Flynn The Fire Aflame 2 Moloney/Keane/O'Donnell There Were Roses 1 Moloney/O'Donnell Slow Airs and Set Dances 1 M Mulhair, S Connolly, J Coen Warming Up 1 Mulvihill, Brendan The Flax in Bloom 1 Chris Norman The Man with the Wooden Flute 1 Oige Live in Glasgow 1 Oisin Oisin 1 Ossian St. Kilda Wedding 1 Old Blind Dogs Close to the Bone 3 Open House/Kevin Burke Open House 1 Niamh Parsons Loosely Connected 7 Patrick Street Patrick St 2 Patrick Street Nr. 2 Patrick Street 1 Patrick Street Irish Times 1 Pentangle Sweet Child 3 Tommy Peoples High part of the road 1 Tommy Peoples Tommy Peoples (? Comhaltas) 1 Tommy Peoples A Traditional Experience With.. 1 Cahtherine-Ann MacPhee Canan na Gaidheal 8 Planxty Planxty (Black Album) 4 Planxty Well Bellow the Valley 4 Planxty Cold Blow and the Rainy Night 2 Planxty Collection 1 Planxty After the Break 2 Planxty Words and Music 1 Planxty Woman I loved so well 2 Tommy Potts Liffey Banks 1 Rankin Family The Rankin Family 2 Tommy Reck The Stone in the Field 1 Relativity Relativity 1 Sean O'Riada O'Riada 1 Sue Richards Morning Aire 2 Leo Rowsome King of the Pipers 1 The Russell Family 1 Tommy Sands Singing of the Times 1 Maggie Sansone Mist & Stone 2 Scartaglen Last Night's Fun 1 Joe Shannon Noonday Feast 5 Sharon Shannon Sharon Shannon 1 Sharon Shannon Out the Gap 1 Sileas Delighted with Harps 1 Silly Sisters Silly Sisters 4 Silly Wizard Live Wizardry 1 Silly Wizard A Glint of Silver 1 Silly Wizard So Many Partings 2 Skara Brae Skara Brae 1 John Skelton One At A Time 1 Davy Spillane, Robbie Hannon.. Pipers rock 2 Daithi Sproule Heart of Glass 1 Steeleye Span Hark the Village Wait 3 Andy Stewart/Manus Lunny Dublin Lady 2 Stockton's Wing Collection 1 Rod Strandling Rhythms from the Wold 1 Micheal O'Suilleabhain Dolphin's Way 1 Sweeney's Men Time Was Never Here 1 Sweeney's Men Sweeney's Men 2 Tannahill Weavers Land of Light 1 Kathryn Tickell On Kielder Side 1 Touchstone The New Land 1 Touchstone Jealousy 2 Trian Trian 1 Michael Tubridy The Eagle's Whistle 1 Sean Tyrrell Cry of a Dreamer 1 Various A Woman's Heart 1 The Watersons Country Life 1 Grainne Yeats The Belfast Harp Festival Compilations 1 Various Pipers The Drones and Chanters (Claddagh) 2 From Galway to Dublin (Rounder 1087) 1 Light Through the Leaves(Rounder 6014) 1 Maiden Voyage (live pub session from Co. Clare) 1 The Best of Irish Folk Music (Fiesta FCD1029) 1 Celtic Folkweave 1 Traditional Fiddling from Cape Breton 1 My Love is in America (Boston College Fiddle Fest) 1 Fiddlesticks (from Cork festival) 2 Dear Old Erin's Isle (from Cork festival)Copyright (c) Ceolas, 1994.