{"id":50785,"date":"2021-02-05T09:57:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T09:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.celticthunder.com\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=50785"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:07:04","slug":"john-mccormack-the-essential-irish-collection-cd","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.celticthunder.com\/shop\/product\/john-mccormack-the-essential-irish-collection-cd\/","title":{"rendered":"JOHN MCCORMACK &#8211; THE ESSENTIAL IRISH BALLAD COLLECTION &#8211; CD 25 Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<h1 class=\"h2\">JOHN MCCORMACK &#8211; THE ESSENTIAL IRISH COLLECTION\u00a0 CD, 25 GREAT IRISH BALLAD TRACKS.<\/h1>\n<p><strong>This album contains 25 of the greatest Irish ballads sung by the great Irish singer\/tenor John McCormack. Every song on this collection is an Irish classic known throughout the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Count John McCormack\u00a0 was a world-famous Irish tenor, celebrated for his performances of the operatic and popular song repertoires, and renowned for his diction and breath control. He was also a Papal Count. His success was international and was in comparsion to the Irish rock Band U2 today. This album features him singing 25 great Irish songs including his massive hit &#8220;I hear You Calling&#8221; and the very special song &#8220;The Fairy Tree&#8221; about the Irish Blackthorn tree and Christ&#8217;s Crucifixion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"product-description rte\">\n<p>Track Listing:<\/p>\n<p>1. Maggie<br \/>\n2. Ireland Mother Ireland<br \/>\n3. My Wild Irish Rose<br \/>\n4. Trottin to the Fair<br \/>\n5. I Hear You Calling Me<br \/>\n6. She Moves Through the Fair\/Our Wedding Day(The theme song for the Film MICHAEL COLLINS)<br \/>\n7. The Star of the County Down<br \/>\n8. Dawning of the Day (Raglan Road)<br \/>\n9. Sonny Boy<br \/>\n10. The Kerry Dance<br \/>\n11. The Foggy Dew<br \/>\n12. The Bard of Armagh<br \/>\n13. Oft in the Stilly Night<br \/>\n14. The Meeting of the Waters<br \/>\n15. My Lagan Love<br \/>\n16. The Old House<br \/>\n17. Down by the Sally Gardens<br \/>\n18. Mary Dear (Derry Air \/ Danny Boy)<br \/>\n19. Love Thee Dearest<br \/>\n20. The Fairy Tree<br \/>\n21. The Rose of Tralee<br \/>\n22. Ave Maria<br \/>\n23. Where the River Shannon Flows<br \/>\n24. The Old Refrain<br \/>\n25. A Nation Once Again<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"social-sharing is-default\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This album contains 25 of the greatest Irish ballads sung by the great Irish singer\/tenor John McCormack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Including\u00a0 My Wild Irish Rover, She Moved Through The Fair, Ave Maria, A Nation Once Again, When You and I Were Young , Maggie\u00a0 and many more<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":50786,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21,120],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-50785","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cds","7":"product_cat-other-artists","8":"product_shipping_class-dvds-ship","10":"first","11":"onbackorder","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celticthunder.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/50785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celticthunder.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celticthunder.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celticthunder.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celticthunder.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celticthunder.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=50785"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celticthunder.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=50785"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celticthunder.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=50785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}