Rubicon is the debut studio album by The Duggans (brothers Noel and Padraig, members of Clannad). It was released in 2005.[1]

Rubicon
Studio album by The Duggans and Friends
Released	October 29, 2005
Studio	Cauldron Studios, Dublin, A-Trane Studios, Berlin
Genre	Folk Irish Traditional Jazz World Celtic
Label	MDM (MDMCD005)
Producer	Ian Vance Melrose

From the press release:

On this, their first solo album, they have gathered together friends made over the years for a remarkable collaboration of talents. They have, perhaps, travelled full circle.[2]

In an official interview on Clannad's official website, Padraig Duggan explains the song "Liza", which appeared on Clannad's debut album as well as on Rubicon. The song is used internationally in schools and on Summer Gaeltacht courses in Belfast, Donegal and further afield:

In the early 1970’s, Clannad won the Letterkenny Folk Festival with that song. I actually wrote it up on the roof of Leo's Tavern! I was up there for some reason with my guitar. It is an upbeat popsong, I suppose I was influenced by bands such as The Beatles. It was a unique song at the time - a popsong in Gaeilge! It proved popular in the local schools - the young people seemed to adopt it.

Track listing

1. "Báidín Fheilimidh"
2. "Memories"
3. "The Bird"
4. "Fanann na Cnoic"
5. "Away"
6. "Tá Mo Chleamhnas a Dhéanamh"
7. "Nóinín / The Mucky Duck"
8. "The Rubicon"
9. "Hughie"
10. "Óró Se Do Bheatha Abhaile!"
11. "Lúrabóg"
12. "The Silent Spring"
13. "An Saighdiúir Tréigthe"
14. "Liza"
15. "The Blue Stack Mountains"

Personnel

• Éamonn deBarra
• Kerstin Blodig
• Máire Breatnach
• Brídín Brennan
• Deirdre Brennan
• Moya Brennan
• Ciaran Byrne
• Paul Byrne
• Orlagh Fallon
• Urs Fuchs
• Finbar Furey
• Peter Jack
• David James
• Ingolf Kurkowski
• Thomas Loefke
• Patsy Dan Rodgers (King of Tory Island)
• Ian Melrose
• Sean Moore
• Aidan O'Brien
• Ian Parker
• Andrew Roberts

Production

• Ciaran Byrne - mixing
• Ian (Vance) Melrose - mixing
• Jorg Surrey - engineer
• Carol Wilson - graphic design
• Sinéad Duggan - sleeve notes

References

External links

• Album Interview
• Clannad Fan site