Ireland is located in Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain.

Irish Musicians

Directory of musicians connected to Irish folk music or world music.

Aine Minogue
Alan Kelly
Altan
Andy Irvine
Anúna
Aoife Clancy
Arty McGlynn
Beginish
Beoga
Ben Sands
The Bothy Band
Breda Smyth
Brian Ó hEadhra
Buille
Caoimhín Vallely
Cara Dillon
The Chieftains
Ciarán Curran
Ciarán Tourish
Clannad
Cora Smyth
Damien Stenson
Danú
David Munnelly
Davy Spillane
De Dannan
Dermot Byrne
Dervish
Dolores Keane
Donal Lunny
Dordán
Dubliners
Eamonn Coyne
Eamonn Curran
Eamon Murray
Emer Kenny
Emer Mayock
Four Men and a Dog
Frances Black
Frankie Gavin
Gerry “banjo” O’Connor
Gerry “fiddle” O’Connor
Gráda
Heidi Talbot
Iarla O Lionáird
Jackie Daly
James Keane
James Kelly
Jarlath Henderson
Jimmy O’Brien Moran
John Daly
John Doyle
John McSherry
Karan Casey
Kevin Conneff
Kevin Crawford
Kevin Crehan
Kíla
Laoise Kelly
Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola
Leo Rowsome
Liam Bradley
Liam O’Connor
Liam O’Flynn
Liz Kane
Lunasa
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Máirtin O’Connor
Mark Kelly
Martin Hayes
Matt Molloy
Melanie O’Reilly
Mel Mercier
Micheal Ó Domhnaill
Moya Brennan (Máire Brennan)
Méav
Mick Moloney
Mirella Murray
Moving Cloud
Niall Vallely
Niamh Parsons
Nollaig Casey
Nuala Kennedy
Oisin Mac Diarmada
Paddy Keenan
Paddy O’Brien
Paddy Moloney
Paul Brady
Reeltime
Robbie O’Connell
Ron Kavana
Rua
Séamus Begley
Séamus Connolly
Sean Doyle
Seán Keane
Sean McElwain
Sean McKeon
Seán Óg Graham
Seán Tyrrell
Sephira
Sharon Shannon
Susan McKeown
Téada
Tiarnán O Duinnchinn
Tommy Martin
Triona Ni Dhomhnaill
Tristan Rosenstock
Zoe Conway

Northern Ireland Musicians

Derek Bell
Fintan Vallely

Irish Music Books

A Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music by Gearoid O hAllmhurain, O’Brien Press, Dublin, Ireland, 1998.
Companion to Irish Traditional Music, Cork University Press, 2011.

Irish Music Compilations

Rough Guide to Irish Music (World Music Network, 1996)
Rough Guide to Irish Music, Second Edition (World Music Network, 2005)
Rough Guide to Irish Folk Music (World Music Network, 2001)

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