Dé Danann was an Irish folk band that produced several successful soloists such as Maura O'Connel, Mary Black, Caroline Lavelle and Dolores Keane. In 1976 the five Irishmen from County Galway were in Conny Plank's studio in Wolperath near Cologne to produce their album 'Selected Jigs, Reels & Songs'. The album was released by Voggenreiter at Intercord in Stuttgart in 1977. Johnny Moynihan from Planxty reinforced the quintet was in the studio at the time and played bouzouki and mandolin on the album