Irish singer Margo has released 22 studio albums, 30 compilation albums, six video albums, six extended plays, and 43 singles. She charted 13 songs on the Irish Singles Chart between 1968 and 1989, including the number one single "I'll Forgive and I'll Try to Forget".

Margo discography
Margo in concert.
Studio albums22
Compilation albums30
Video albums6
EPs6
Singles43

Studio albums edit

List of studio albums
Title Details
Margo and the Country Folk[1]
(with the Country Folk)
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Ruby
  • Format: LP
From Margo with Love...[2]
  • Released: October 1971[3]
  • Label: ARA
  • Format: LP
Country Lovin'[4]
  • Released: January 1972[3]
  • Label: ARA
  • Format: LP
...At Home in Ireland[5]
  • Released: August 1973[3]
  • Label: ARA
  • Format: LP
The Girl from Donegal[6]
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: IRL, Release
  • Format: LP
Yes! Mr. Peters
(with Larry Cunningham)
  • Released: December 1976[7]
  • Label: Release
  • Format: LP
A Toast to Claddagh[8]
  • Released: July 1977[9]
  • Label: ARA
  • Format: LP
A Toast from an Irish Colleen[10]
  • Released: August 1981[11]
  • Label: Release
  • Format: LP
Ireland Must Be Heaven[12]
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Rosses
  • Format: LP
The Irish Songs I Love to Sing[13][a]
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Smashed
  • Format: LP, cassette
Margo Now[14]
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Unicorn
  • Format: LP, cassette
A Trip Through Ireland[12][b]
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: I + B
  • Format: LP
Ireland on My Mind[15]
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Ritz
  • Format: CD, cassette
New Beginnings[16]
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Ritz
  • Format: CD, cassette
Old Friends of Mine[17][c]
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Hazel
  • Format: CD, cassette
Old Friends Share Old Memories[18][d]
(with Philomena Begley)
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Music Box
  • Format: CD, cassette
The Highway of My Life: Shade of the Family Tree[19]
  • Released: 27 November 1998
  • Label: Tulip
  • Format: CD, cassette
I'm Still Here[20]
  • Released: 27 June 2002
  • Label: Tulip
  • Format: CD, cassette
Parcel of Dreams[21]
  • Released: 11 August 2006
  • Label: Celtic Arts
  • Format: CD, digital download
Stories in Song[22]
  • Released: 13 August 2010[23]
  • Label: Arran
  • Format: CD, digital download
The World Through My Eyes[24]
  • Released: 14 July 2012
  • Label: Arran
  • Format: CD, digital download
The Promise & the Dream[25]
  • Released: 19 September 2014
  • Label: Arran
  • Format: CD, digital download

Compilation albums edit

List of compilation albums
Title Details
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1[26]
  • Released: December 1974[3]
  • Label: ARA
  • Format: LP
Now & Then[27]
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: IMS
  • Format: LP
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2[28]
  • Released: November 1978[3]
  • Label: ARA
  • Format: LP
Irish Startime[29][e]
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Release
  • Format: LP
Irish Requests[30]
  • Released: December 1979[3]
  • Label: ARA, Outlet, Homespun
  • Format: LP
Country Style[31]
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: ARA, Outlet, Homespun
  • Format: LP
Country Girl[32]
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Outlet, Homespun
  • Format: LP
Margo's Favourites[33]
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Harp, Pickwick
  • Format: LP
Three Leaf Shamrock[12]
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Homespun
  • Format: LP
Trip to Ireland[34]
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Homespun
  • Format: LP
Destination Donegal[12]
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: ARA
  • Format: LP
18 Irish Songs[35]
  • Released: November 1982[36]
  • Label: ARA
  • Format: LP
Grádh Mo Chroí (I Long to See Old Ireland Free Once More)[37]
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Derry
  • Format: LP
The Margo Album
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: K-Tel
  • Format: LP
Share Our World[12]
(with Larry Cunningham)
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Harp
  • Format: LP
The Heart That Beats in Ireland[38]
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Music Box
  • Format: CD, cassette
To My Children I'm Irish[39]
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Music Box
  • Format: CD, cassette
Tribute to Daniel O'Donnell[40]
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Music Box
  • Format: CD, cassette
The Margo Collection[41]
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Ritz
  • Format: CD
The Girl & Boy from Donegal[42][f]
(with Daniel O'Donnell)
  • Released: 6 June 2002
  • Label: Prism Leisure
  • Format: CD
Two Sides of Margo[43]
  • Released: 1 October 2006
  • Label: Arran
  • Format: CD, digital download
Country & Irish[44]
  • Released: 27 July 2007
  • Label: AMC, Sony, CMR
  • Format: CD, digital download
Golden Favourites[45]
  • Released: 27 June 2008
  • Label: Arran
  • Format: CD, digital download
Songs of Inspiration[46]
  • Released: 5 June 2009
  • Label: Arran
  • Format: CD, digital download
Ireland's Showband Queens[47]
(with Philomena Begley and Bridie Gallagher)
  • Released: 5 March 2009
  • Label: IML Music Licensing
  • Format: CD, digital download
Margo & Friends[48]
  • Released: 5 August 2011
  • Label: Arran
  • Format: CD, digital download
Songs for Mother[49]
  • Released: 8 March 2012
  • Label: Arran
  • Format: CD, digital download
50 Songs 50 Years[50]
  • Released: 7 March 2014
  • Label: Celtic Airs
  • Format: CD, digital download
Old & New[51]
  • Released: 1 February 2019
  • Label: Crashed
  • Format: CD, digital download
70 Songs[52]
  • Released: 8 April 2022
  • Label: Crashed
  • Format: CD, digital download

Video albums edit

List of video albums
Title Details
A Musical Journey[g]
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: I + B
  • Format: VHS
Old Friends Share Old Memories[h]
(with Philomena Begley)
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Music Box
  • Format: VHS
Margo's Ireland
  • Released: October 2006
  • Label: Arran, CMP, Sony
  • Format: DVD + CD
Margo Live
  • Released: 30 September 2014
  • Label: Arran
  • Format: DVD
Margo, the Girl from Donegal: Queen of Country and Irish Music
  • Released: 16 April 2016
  • Label: Irish TV
  • Format: DVD
An Evening with Margo
  • Released: 5 June 2020
  • Label: Crashed
  • Format: DVD

Extended plays edit

List of extended plays, showing selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart
position
IRE
[53]
Shamrock from Glenore
  • Released: February 1973
  • Label: ARA
  • Format: 7"
2
The Deepening Snow
  • Released: October 1973
  • Label: ARA
  • Format: 7"
11
Destination Donegal
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: IRL
  • Format: 7"
Tipperary Far Away
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Smashed
  • Format: 7"
Two's Company
(with Daniel O'Donnell)
  • Released: January 1988
  • Label: Ritz
  • Format: 7"
3

Singles edit

List of singles, showing selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart
position
Album
IRE
[53]
"Bonny Irish Boy"
(with the Keynotes)
1968 18 From Margo with Love...
"Road by the River"
(with the Keynotes)
2 Non-album single
"Once a Day"
(with the Keynotes)
1969
"Grádh Mo Chroí"
(with the Country Folk)
1970 6
"I'll Forgive and I'll Try to Forget"
(with the Country Folk)
1
"Deep Sheephaven Bay"
(with the Country Folk)
1971 From Margo with Love...
"Don't Read the Letter"
(with the Country Folk)
Non-album single
"The Girl from Donegal" 1974 6 The Girl from Donegal
"Yes! Mr. Peters"
(with Larry Cunningham)
1976 15 Yes! Mr. Peters
"Irish Eyes" 2 Non-album single
"West of the Old River Shannon" 1977
"Lonely Hearts Club" 1978 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
"Good Evening Henry" 1979 19 Non-album single
"Thank You for the Roses" 1980 A Toast from an Irish Colleen
"Back Home to Donegal" 1981
"Two Little Orphans"
"Coal Miner's Daughter" Non-album single
"Isle of Ireland" 1984 12 The Irish Songs I Love to Sing
"We Haven't Tried" 1985 Non-album single
"Goodbye Johnny Dear" The Irish Songs I Love to Sing
"The Violet and the Rose" 1987 Margo Now
"A New Tomorrow" 1989 26 A Trip Through Ireland
"God's Colouring Book"
(with Dolly Parton)
1997 The Highway of My Life:
Shade of the Family Tree
"My Dear Father I've Loved You" 2010 Stories in Song
"The Missing Mary Boyle" 2011 Non-album single
"Christmas Spirit"
(with Joe McShane)
"Walking Tall in Donegal" 2012
"Blue Are the Violets" 2013
"Learning to Say Goodbye" 2014 50 Songs 50 Years
"Sr. Consilio (You Are Our Guide)" Non-album single
"Pocketful of Dreams" The Promise & the Dream
"Memories Precious Memories"
(with Dermot Moriarty)
Non-album single
"Let's Make a Difference" 2015 The Promise & the Dream
"Fly Me West" 2016 Non-album single
"My Kind of Woman, My Kind of Man"
(with Ciarán Rosney)
"A Love That's Lasted Through the Years"
(with Big Tom)
2017
"Have You Got Time?" 2019 Old & New
"A Million Reasons"
"Thanks for the Memories" 2020 Non-album single
"This House (A Home)" 2021
"The Two Go's"
(with Hugo Duncan)
2022
"Memories Live On"
"Christmas in Ireland"

Notes edit

  1. ^ The Irish Songs I Love to Sing was reissued as The Girl from Donegal in the UK in May 1988 with four additional tracks.
  2. ^ A Trip Through Ireland was reissued in August 2010 under the title Ireland’s Where I Call Home.
  3. ^ Old Friends of Mine was included as a bonus CD with the 2006 DVD Margo’s Ireland. When the album was reissued digitally it was re-titled Margo’s Ireland.
  4. ^ Old Friends Share Old Memories was reissued in 2002 under the title The Way Old Friends Do.
  5. ^ Irish Startime was released under the title I'll Settle for Old Ireland c. 1981.
  6. ^ Re-release of Margo's 1984 album The Irish Songs I Love to Sing (including the four additional tracks form the 1988 reissue) and Daniel's 1988 album The Boy from Donegal (which was recorded in 1984).
  7. ^ A Musical Journey was reissued on DVD in 2011.
  8. ^ Old Friends Share Old Memories was reissued on VHS and DVD in 2002 as The Way Old Friends Do.

References edit

  1. ^ "Margo and the Country Folk - Margo and the Country Folk". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Margo - From Margo With Love". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Margo O'Donnell". Irish Showbands. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  4. ^ "Margo - Country Lovin'". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Margo - ...At Home In Ireland". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Margo - The Girl From Donegal". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). World Radio History. Music Week. December 25, 1976. p. 16. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  8. ^ "Margo - A Toast To Claddagh". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  9. ^ "News in brief..." (PDF). World Radio History. Music Week. July 9, 1977. p. 14. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  10. ^ "Margo - A Toast From An Irish Colleen". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Kerr goes for 'Shamrock' hit a second time" (PDF). World Radio History. Record Business. August 3, 1981. p. 9. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  12. ^ a b c d e O'Donnell, Margaret (2014). Margo, Queen of Country & Irish: The Promise and the Dream (First ed.). Dublin, Ireland: O'Brien. pp. 163–176. ISBN 978-1-84717-674-5.
  13. ^ "Margo - The Irish Songs I Love To Sing". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Margo - Margo Now". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Margo - Ireland On My Mind". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Margo - New Beginnings". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  17. ^ "Margo - Old Friends Of Mine". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  18. ^ "Philomena Begley & Margo O'Donnell - The Two Queens "Old Friends Share Old Memories"". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Margo O'Donnell - The Highway of My Life: Shade of the Family Tree". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  20. ^ "Margo O'Donnell - I'm Still Here". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  21. ^ "Margo - Parcel of Dreams". Celtic Note. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  22. ^ "Margo - Stories in Song". Celtic Note. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  23. ^ "Stories in Song by Margo". Apple Music. Apple. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  24. ^ "Margo - The World Through My Eyes". Celtic Note. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  25. ^ "Margo - The Promise and the Dream". Celtic Note. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  26. ^ "Margo - Greatest Hits Vol. 1". Discogs. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  27. ^ "Margo - Now And Then". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  28. ^ "Margo - Greatest Hits Vol. 2". Discogs. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  29. ^ "Gripsweat - Margo - Irish Startime, Release Records IST-4454 Ex+ Condition Vinyl LP". Grip Sweat. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  30. ^ "Irish Requests - Margo - Ward Irish Music Archives". Ward Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  31. ^ "Margo - Country Style". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  32. ^ "Margo - Country Girl". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  33. ^ "Margo - Margo's Favourites". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  34. ^ "Margo - Trip To Ireland". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  35. ^ "Margo - 18 Irish Songs". Discogs. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  36. ^ "Mason and Gould take Castlebar honours / Ireland" (PDF). World Radio History. Record Business. 29 November 1982. p. 13. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  37. ^ "Margo - Grádh Mo Chroí (I Long To See Old Ireland Free Once More)". Discogs. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  38. ^ "Margo O'Donnell - The Heart That Beats In Ireland". Discogs. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  39. ^ "Margo O'Donnell - To My Children I'm Irish". Discogs. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  40. ^ "Margo O'Donnell - Tribute To Daniel O'Donnell". Discogs. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  41. ^ "Margo - The Margo Collection". Discogs. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  42. ^ "Margo & Daniel O'Donnell - The Girl & Boy From Donegal". Discogs. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  43. ^ "Margo - Two Sides of Margo". Celtic Note. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  44. ^ "Margo - Country and Irish". Celtic Note. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  45. ^ "Margo - Golden Favourites". Celtic Note. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  46. ^ "Margo - Songs of Inspiration". Celtic Note. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  47. ^ "Ireland's Showband Queens by Margo". Amazon Music. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  48. ^ "Margo - Margo and Friends". Celtic Note. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  49. ^ "Margo - Songs For Mother". Celtic Note. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  50. ^ "Margo - 50 Songs 50 Years". Celtic Note. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  51. ^ "Margo - Old & New". Celtic Note. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  52. ^ "Margo - 70 Songs [4CD Box Set]". Celtic Note. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  53. ^ a b "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie.