Emmet Spiceland were an amalgamation of the Emmet and Spiceland folk groups, and when they recorded they comprised of English born brothers Brian and Michael Byrne and the boul' Dónal Lunny from Newbridge in County Kildare. Brian Byrne took the lead vocals on "Mary from Dungloe.

Note Emmet is spelled with one "t", as in the surname of the patriot Robert Emmet, executed in 1803.

Brian Byrne later made a solo album "Brian Byrne" on Hawk Records (HALP 105), and I would love to get a digital copy of it!

Little known fact department; In 1989 a band called Marxman was founded in London, and among it's members was Oisín Lunny (son of Dónal) and Michael Byrne (AKA (MC) Hollis) son of (one of) the Byrnes. Their album "33 Revolutions per Minute" is bloody good, but might scare some of the more delicate members of the Mudcat.