 In 1981 the band recorded an original ballad called "The Ballad of Bobby Sands, MP".They also had an international success with their rendition of the folk tale "Wind in the Willows" in 1984.The band released an entire original album in 1987, called "The Flight of Earls" (written by Liam Reilly of Bagatelle) and although the album included foot tapping ballads such as "The Whistling Gypsy", "Right, all Right", "Botany Bay" and "The Dublin Rambler", this album was steeped so much in sadness, emigration and it was seen as their most melancholic, as the mid and late 80s were times of recession, loss and emigration in the Irish Republic.