Modern music

• The 4 of Us
  The 4 of Us
  The 4 Of Us are a rock band from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, best known outside Ireland for their output in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
  
  
• The 4th State
• Altan
• Autamata
• Bell X1
  Bell X1
  Bell X1 are an Irish rock band from County Kildare in Ireland. They have released five albums which received much acclaim in Ireland.. They have represented Ireland in the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, received several major award nominations and headlined several festivals in their own country...
  
  
• Wallis Bird
  Wallis Bird
  Wallis Bird is an Irish musician. She lives and works in London.-Biography:The first time Bird came into touch with music, she was six months old and received her first guitar from her father...
  
  
• Des Bishop
  Des Bishop
  Des Bishop is an Irish comedian and was brought up in New York. He is now primarily based in Ireland, after moving to County Wexford in 1990 at the age of 14.-Approach to Comedy:...
  
  
• Blink
  Blink
  Blinking is the rapid closing and opening of the eyelid. It is an essential function of the eye that helps spread tears across and remove irritants from the surface of the cornea and conjunctiva. Blink speed can be affected by elements such as fatigue, eye injury, medication, and disease...
  
  
• Ross Breen
• Kate Bush
  Kate Bush
  Kate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart...
  
  
• Paddy Casey
  Paddy Casey
  Patrick "Paddy" Casey is an Irish singer-songwriter from Dublin. Paddy was discovered by Sony A&R Scout Hugh Murray at the International Bar in Dublin, while performing at the singer/songwriter night hosted by Dave Murphy...
  
  
• Clann Zú
  Clann Zú
  Clann Zú was an Australian and Irish band that formed in Melbourne in 1999.-Biography:The forming members drew inspiration from an eclectic mix of musical styles, such as punk, rock, folk, electronic, and classical. Their fusion of Celtic folk, electronic music, and rock has created a unique epic...
  
  
• Clannad
  Clannad
  Clannad are an Irish musical group, from Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal. Their music has been variously described as bordering on folk and folk rock, Irish, Celtic and New Age, often incorporating elements of an even broader spectrum of smooth jazz and Gregorian chant...
  
  
• The Coronas
  The Coronas
  The Coronas are an Irish rock and indie band. They have released three studio albums, Heroes or Ghosts , Tony Was An Ex-Con and "Closer to You"...
  
  
• The Corrs
  The Corrs
  The Corrs are an Irish band which combine pop rock with traditional Celtic folk music. The brother and sisters are from Dundalk, Ireland. The group consists of the Corr siblings: Andrea ; Sharon ; Caroline ; and Jim .The Corrs came to international prominence with their performance at the...
  
  
• Delorentos
  Delorentos
  Delorentos are a Dublin-based Irish alternative rock band, formed in 2005. They consist of Rónan Yourell , Kieran McGuinness , Níal Conlan and Ross McCormick...
  
  
• Damien Dempsey
  Damien Dempsey
  Damien Dempsey is an Irish singer and songwriter who mixes traditional Irish folk with contemporary lyrics to deliver social comment on the positive and negative aspects arising from Ireland's Celtic Tiger society.-Early life:...
  
  
• Dingle White Females
• Máirtín de Cógáin
• Maria Doyle Kennedy
  Maria Doyle Kennedy
  Maria Doyle Kennedy is an award-winning Irish actress and singer. She is possibly best known for her roles as Natalie, in cult film The Commitments, Queen Katherine of Aragon in the award winning The Tudors and as the title character's wife Frances in The General.-Early life:She is an honours...
  
  
• Enya
  Enya
  Enya is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in the Donegal dialect of the Irish language, her native tongue.She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to...
  
  
• Fiach
• The Frames
  The Frames
  The Frames are an Irish band based in Dublin. Founded in 1990 by Glen Hansard, the band has been influential in the Dublin rock music scene. The group has released six albums...
  
  
• The Frank and Walters
  The Frank and Walters
  The Frank and Walters are an alternative rock band from Cork city in Ireland. The band was founded in 1990 by Paul Linehan , his brother Niall Linehan , who was replaced by Kevin Pedreschi in 2004, and Ashley Keating . They took the band name in honour of two eccentric Cork characters...
  
  
• The Fuchsia Band
• Dave Geraghty
• Gavin Glass
• The Guggenheim Grotto
  The Guggenheim Grotto
  The Guggenheim Grotto is a folk-pop band from Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, Ireland.-Line-up:* Kevin May - vocals, guitar, keyboards* Mick Lynch - vocals, guitar, bass-History:...
  
  
• Lisa Hannigan
  Lisa Hannigan
  Lisa Margaret Hannigan is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. For several years she was a member of Damien Rice's band before beginning her solo career in 2008. She has been the recipient of various award nominations and critical praise both in Ireland and the USA...
  
  
• Mickey Harte
  Mickey Harte
  Michael "Mickey" Harte is the current manager of Tyrone Gaelic football team. He has led the team to three All-Ireland titles, three Ulster titles, one National League, and four Dr...
  
  
• Gemma Hayes
  Gemma Hayes
  Gemma Claire Hayes is an Irish singer-songwriter and member of The Cake Sale.-Early life:...
  
  
• Heathers
• The Hothouse Flowers
• Jack L
• Bevel Jenny
• Kíla
  Kíla
  Kíla are an Irish folk music/World music group, originally formed in 1987 in the Irish Language secondary school, Coláiste Eoin in Co. Dublin. Kila's blend of Irish traditional music and World Music with a modern rock sensibility is generally credited with breathing new life into contemporary Irish...
  
  
• Mary Jane Lamond
  Mary Jane Lamond
  Mary Jane Lamond is a Canadian celtic folk musician who performs traditional Canadian Gaelic folk songs from Cape Breton Island. She was born in 1960 in Kingston, Ontario, graduated from Westmount High School in Montreal and then the Celtic Studies program at St...
  
  
• Lir
  Lir
  Ler or Lir is a sea god in Irish mythology. His name suggests that he is a personification of the sea, rather than a distinct deity. He is named Allód in early genealogies, and corresponds to the Llŷr of Welsh mythology...
  
  
• Luka Bloom
  Luka Bloom
  Luka Bloom is an Irish folk-rock singer-songwriter. He is the younger brother of Irish folk singer Christy Moore.-Early life:...
  
  
• Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin
  Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin
  Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin is an Irish language television personality from Aghamore, County Mayo in Ireland. Originally a schoolteacher, Mac Dhonnagáin was invited to present children's programmes on RTÉ Television in the early 1980s...
  
  
• Ashley MacIsaac
  Ashley MacIsaac
  Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac is a Canadian professional fiddler from Cape Breton Island.His album Hi™ How Are You Today?, featuring the hit single "Sleepy Maggie", with vocals in Scottish Gaelic by Mary Jane Lamond was released in 1995...
  
  
• Susan McKeown agus Róisín Chambers
• The Mongrels
• Morgan is Mosney
• Morgan The Bouncer
• Mundy
  Mundy
  Mundy is an Irish singer-songwriter. 'Mundy' is a nickname given to Enright, as it not only refers to his name Edmund, but it is how he pronounces the word "Monday".-Biography:...
  
  
• Declan O'Rourke
  Declan O'Rourke
  Declan O'Rourke is a 33 year old platinum record singer/songwriter from Dublin, Ireland.-Career:At the age of 13, when living in Australia with his family, O'Rourke was given his first guitar by a priest in Kyabram who recognised his potential and love for music, hence the title of his debut album...
  
  
• Rónán Ó Snodaigh
  Rónán Ó Snodaigh
  Rónán Ó Snodaigh is a musician, poet and vocalist from Dublin, Ireland. He is the lead vocalist in the musical group Kíla. He has released four albums to date, Playdays, Tonnta Ró, Tip Toe and The Last Mile Home...
  
  
• Conor O'Tuama
• The Pale
  The Pale
  The Pale or the English Pale , was the part of Ireland that was directly under the control of the English government in the late Middle Ages. It had reduced by the late 15th century to an area along the east coast stretching from Dalkey, south of Dublin, to the garrison town of Dundalk...
  
  
• Luan Parle
  Luan Parle
  Luán Maureen Parle is an Irish Singer/Songwriter / Producer.-Early life:First Impressions was Luán Parle’s début album release after signing to Recording Studios atthe age of 12 following an appearance on The Late Late Toy Show....
  
  
• Picturehouse
  Picturehouse
  Picturehouse was a specialty film production and distribution company formed in 2005 as a joint venture of New Line Cinema and HBO Films, both divisions of Time Warner....
  
  
• Planxty
  Planxty
  Planxty is an Irish folk music band formed in the 1970s, consisting initially of Christy Moore , Dónal Lunny , Andy Irvine , and Liam O'Flynn...
  
  
• Q (22)
• Q - OOH!
• The Revs
  The Revs
  The Revs were an indie rock band from Kilcar, Donegal, Ireland. The group consists of three childhood friends: Rory Gallagher on bass guitar and vocals, John McIntyre and Michael O' Donnell...
  
  
• Roesy
  Roesy
  Roesy, from Birr, County Offaly, is an Irish singer-songwriter.His debut album "Sketch the Day, Paint the Night" was followed by "The Spirit Store" in 2003 and "Only Love is Real" in 2004...
  
  
• Rubberbandits
• The Saw Doctors
  The Saw Doctors
  The Saw Doctors are an Irish rock band. Formed in 1986 in Tuam, County Galway, they have achieved eighteen Top 30 singles in Ireland, including three number ones. Their first number one, "I Useta Lover," topped the Irish charts for nine consecutive weeks in 1990, and still holds the record for the...
  
  
• Pauline Scanlon
  Pauline Scanlon
  Pauline Scanlon is a singer of contemporary and traditional Irish music.Dingle is in the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht, which is an area where the population's first language is Irish. Scanlon has been singing professionally since she was 15 years old...
  
  
• Seneca
  Seneca (band)
  Seneca are an alternative rock band from Limerick, Ireland. Their debut album, Sweeter than Bourbon, produced the single "Clarity", which broke into the Ireland Top 20. Seneca's 2008 American debut was met with positive reviews, and spawned a North American tour in 2008...
  
  
• Slide
  Slide
  -Fiction:*Slide, a fictional creature in the Sword of Truth book series-Music:*Slides , an album by Richard Harris *Slide , an album by Lisa Germano*Slide , a single by the Goo Goo Dolls...
  
  
• The Spikes
  The Spikes
  THE SPIKES are an Irish rock band formed in 2008 who have catapulted themselves to considerable success in a short time through a mixture of hard work, an ear for a 'killer melody' , an undeniable ability to 'mine a groove' and a legendary live show that is undoubtedly 'energetic' and 'stylish'...
  
  
• John Spillane
  John Spillane
  John Spillane is a singer-songwriter from Cork, Ireland. He graduated from University College Cork with a degree in Irish and in English.-Background:Spillane grew up in the Cork suburb of Bishopstown, in a large family of boys...
  
  
• Claire Sproule
  Claire Sproule
  Claire Sproule is a singer-songwriter from County Donegal, Ireland.She was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, into a musical family; her uncle is Dáithí Sproule of Altan. After playing the clarinet for some time, she showed an interest in guitar, having been brought up listening to Tom Waits, Joni...
  
  
• Sting
• Emmett Tinley
  Emmett Tinley
  Emmett Tinley is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known as frontman for the folk/indie band, The Prayer Boat and later for his solo work. He was born in the United States in Chicago, but was raised in Ireland. He has travelled extensively and lived in many different places,...
  
  
• Traic
• The Walls
  The Walls
  The Walls are an Irish rock band. They were formed in 1998 by two ex-members of The Stunning.-Members:* Steve Wall* Joe Wall* Carl Harms * Rory Doyle...
  
  
• The Waterboys
  The Waterboys
  The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York, and Findhorn have all served as homes for the group. The band has played in a...
  
  
• Ian Whitty
• Ger Wolfe

See also

• Gaelic Revival
  Gaelic Revival
  The Gaelic revival was the late-nineteenth-century national revival of interest in the Irish language and Irish Gaelic culture...
  
   - Irish language revival
• Gaelscoileanna  Irish-medium education
• Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland
  Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland
  Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland is a developing area of the media in Scotland which deals with broadcasts given in Scottish Gaelic and has important links with the efforts of Gaelic revival in Scotland. As well as being informative, Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland has acquired some symbolic...
  
  
• List of Celtic language media

External links

• Seachtain na Gaeilge
• Gaeilge.ie
• Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann
• Giotaí
• Gaelport
• Irish language commissioner