Irvine also dropped out, resuming his solo career prior to meeting Dónal Lunny, with whom he would soon form a duo.
Her first one, Introducing Ireland's Gemma Hasson was released in 1974 on Dolphin Records label and produced by Dónal Lunny.
Dónal Lunny | Donal Logue | Donal Hord | Donal Skehan | Dónal P O'Mathúna | Donal O'Mathuna | Donal Óg Cusack | Donal Lunny | Donal Leahy | Donal Coonan | Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare |
Matt Molloy of The Chieftains led the communion with a slow air; Altan members Daithí Sproule, Paul Kelly, Dermot Byrne, Ciaran Curran and Ciaran Tourish blended with mazurkas from fiddler John Doherty, and Paddy Glackin and Dónal Lunny concluded on fiddle and synthesizer playing "Paddy's Rambles in the Park".
The Greek bouzouki, in the newer tetrachordo (four course/eight string, or τετράχορδο) version developed in the mid-twentieth century, was introduced into Irish Traditional Music in the late 1960s by Johnny Moynihan of the popular folk group Sweeney’s Men, and popularized by Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny in the group Planxty.
The original line-up included Irish music legends Matt Molloy, Dónal Lunny, Paddy Keenan, Tony MacMahon, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill.
Rita has sung for and with many of the great names in Irish music including Shaun Davey, Bill Whelan, Donal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Christy Moore, Luka Bloom and Jimmy McCarthy.
Co-produced by band member Dónal Lunny and engineer Brian Masterson, the album was recorded in April and May of 1980 and released on LP in July of that year.