Faith of Our Fathers (album)

Faith of Our Fathers
Compilation album by
Released21 October 1996[1]
Recorded1996
GenreChristian
LanguageEnglish, Latin, Irish
LabelLunar (Ireland)
ProducerJohn Kearns, Bill Somerville-Large
Singles from Faith Of Our Fathers
  1. "Faith of Our Fathers"
    Released: 1996

Faith of Our Fathers (subtitled Classic Religious Anthems of Ireland)[2] is a compilation album of traditional Catholic/Christian English, Irish, and Latin hymns recorded by Irish artists in 1996.

The album topped the Irish Albums Chart for two months,[3] broke release records,[4] and was certified fifteen times-platinum.[5] The nineteenth-century hymn "Faith of Our Fathers" is the title track.

  1. ^ Pogatchnik, Shawn (4 January 1997). "Religious CD tops Irish chart". Kokomo Tribune. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference record was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Lennon, Peter (27 November 1996). "Play it Again, Father". The Guardian – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Pollak, Andy (9 November 1996). "A blast from a past of celebrity and grandeur". The Irish Times.
  5. ^ "John Kearns - Extraordinary Venture, the Faith of Our Fathers Story (Book & DVD)". CDWorld.ie. Retrieved 30 May 2019.