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<h6>The Fields of Athenry (feat. Jamey Johnson)</h6>
Jamey Johnson – vocals<br />
Cathy Jordan – bodhrán, vocals<br />
Liam Kelly – low whistle<br />
Shane Mitchell – accordion<br />
Tom Morrow – fiddle<br />
Michael Holmes – bouzouki<br />
Brian McDonagh – mandola<br />
Eddie Lee – bass<br />
Graham Henderson – harmonium<br />
Recorded by Brian McDonagh and TW Cargile at The Magicroom, Sligo and Big Gassed Studio, Nashville<br />
Mixed by Brian McDonagh, Kieran Lynch and Ken Irwin<br />
This song was written in 1970 by Pete St John, which makes it one of the youngest songs featured on this album. The song is set during the Great Irish Famine (an Gorta Mór, or Great Irish Hunger (1845–1850). In this song a man named Michael from near Athenry in County Galway is sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay, Australia, for stealing Trevelyan's corn for his starving family. Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan was quoted as saying the famine was “an effective mechanism for reducing surplus population” while exporting corn from the beleaguered island of Ireland. The Famine resulted in the death and migration of millions and the decimation of the Irish population.<br />
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