"...[Ryan's Fancy] can take a large part of the credit for the strength of the Atlantic Canadian music scene... It is their energy that we have striven to capture... We were lucky to have such an example."
- Great Big Sea

"North America's Best Irish Band!"
- Peter Gzowski, This Country in the Morning

"Ryan's Fancy popularized the traditional music and dragged it kicking and screaming out of the closet for the enjoyment of all."
- Jack Kellum, CBC Television

"Ryan's Fancy have a rhythm and tone as real as the people they show and the music they offer."
- Peter Goddard, Toronto Star

"You could hear the salt spray a'flying and the feeling was definitely Maritimes."
- Don Stanley, Vancouver Sun

"Ryan's Fancy a winner!"
- James Bowden, Hamilton Spectator