christy moore: vocals, guitar, bouzouki (made by andrew robinson) and bodhrán (made by joe kelly of ''the brow'' (iiuc))
with:
andy irvine: mandolin, harmonica, mandolin (tyopped as ''valdolin''), dulcimer, bouzouki and vocals;
barry moore: guitar and vocals;
noel hill: concertinas (c/g and b flat/f systems);
tony linnane: fiddle;
gabriel mckeon: uilleann pipes (concert set made by bruce du ve from spiddal, c set made by coyne (circa 1800) and obtained from matt kiernan of dublin);
jimmy faulkner: electric, acoustic and slide guitars;
rosemary flanagan: cello
''trad. arr. by christy moore'' will likely mean, ''arranged by christy moore and the other musicians playing on the track''; where this credit comes after one particular musician's name, it indicates that he introduced it to them, and they'll likely have worked up the arrangement they play between them, after.
in the booklet, christy notes where and from whom the different tunes and airs were learned after giving their titles, where known, and the lyrics of any song set to them.
(it can be difficult to know whether the singer or musician you learned a tune or air from composed it, or whether it's their arrangement of another's - and they mayn't've known whether the musician they learned it from composed it... so you give the credit, as best you can...)
(- and leave whoever's entering it on cdcat (or lpcat, or 45cat) the headache of trying to sort it all out.. :-))