No Frontiers (song)

"No Frontiers" is a 1989 Celtic folk song performed by Irish singer Mary Black.^[1][2][3]

"No Frontiers"
Single by Mary Black
from the album No Frontiers
B-side	"I Just Want to Dance with You/Goin' Back"
Released	1989
Recorded	April–June 1989
Studio	Windmill Lane Studios
Genre	Celtic folk
Length	4:01
Label	Dara
Songwriter(s)	Jimmy MacCarthy
Producer(s)	Declan Sinnott
Mary Black singles chronology
"Past the Point of Rescue" (1988) "No Frontiers" (1989) "Columbus" (1989)

Song history

The song was written by Jimmy MacCarthy.^[4][5]

A bilingual English–Irish version was released during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, with vocals by Nell Ní Chróinín.^[6]

It was released by Evelyn Kallansee and Declan Sinnott in 2025, as "Evelyn and Dec."^[7]

Personnel

• Mary Black - vocals
• Declan Sinnott - guitars, harmony vocals, producer
• Pat Crowley - accordion, keyboards, harmony vocals
• Garvan Gallagher - double bass, harmony vocals
• Noel Bridgeman - percussion, harmony vocals
• Carl Geraghty - saxophone
• Dónal Lunny - synthesizer^[8]

Technical

• DanDan FitzGerald - recording and mixing engineer

Reception

In The Echo, Colette Sheridan said that "No Frontiers" was "iconic for so many women in Ireland. It has a theme of hope and inner strength, an apt message for the current climate."^[6]