There is a magnificent cassette, with booklet, Early Ballads in Ireland, 1968-1985, edited by Tom Munnelly and Hugh Shields, European Ethinc Oral Traditions. I fear it is no more available (I have put its content on a cd-r, and if Frances is looking for a specific ballad that is in this collection, I could send him a file. One is a version of James Harris (The Daemon Lover) (#243), titled The Banks of Sweet Viledee, sung by Frank Browne. Cathy Jordan, of the Irish group Dervish, recently recorded this Frank Browne's version). Another great cassette is Singing Men of Ulster, Traditional Songs from Northern Ireland, Green Linnet CSIF 1005. Most songs are not ballads, but it contents The Dark Eyed Gypsies (#200) sung by Cathal O'Boyle. Another version of this ballad is on the above mentioned cassette, Early ballads in Ireland: The Dark-Eyed Gipsy sung by Joe Holmes. Then, of course, there is Elizabeth Cronin, The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin, Daibhi O Croinin Editor, Four Courts Press, 2000, with 2 CDs included. Recordings by sarah Makem, John Reilly, and others, can be heard on Topic. R