that made it big in the US...

U2 is the obvious first choice.

Had I thought about it, I'd have changed the forum colors to green (ugh!)

The Pogues and Stiff Little FIngers are probably my faves

boomtown rats had a hit with 'i don't like mondays' but not much else in the US.

Primordial - Autumns Ablaze

The Corrs

The Cranberries

Sawdoctors
Elvis Costello
Van Morrison

The Chieftains



Cat

If I'm not mistaken, Sinead O'Connor is also from Ireland.

Thin Lizzy 8)

Not a band, but Enya is one of my favs ;)


You beat me to Enya!

Clannad

that made it big in the US...

U2 is the obvious first choice.

Had I thought about it, I'd have changed the forum colors to green (ugh!)



Boyzone

Westlife

Ronan Keating

Bob Geldof

Van Morrison

Daniel O'Donnell

Dana

Dana


Shane McGowan

The Pogues

Shane McGowan

The Pogues


Val Doonican

Dana


B*Witched

Brian McFadden

Buffalo G

The Dubliners

Average White Band



Howrd

Undertones with Fergal Sharkey

Sawdoctors
Elvis Costello
Van Morrison



I believe Van Morrison is a Canadian of Irish descent. Is he not?

Danú
Gaelic Storm
Solas

And yes, Sinéad O'Conner is from Ireland.

I believe Van Morrison is a Canadian of Irish descent. Is he not?


George Ivan Morrison was born in Belfast.

The Dubliners

HAPPY ST.PATTY'S!!! :) :) http://www.songs4teachers.com/images/irishf1.gif

Thin Lizzy 8)


You got that right.  Thin Lizzy, fronted by awesome guitar virtuoso Phil Lynotte, was as cool as they come.

The Corrs are also a good group, especially Andrea Corr.  I'd party with that girl.  :P

Average White Band



Howrd


I thought AWB were Scottish ???

A lot of people know this already, but I might as well post it for those who don't. Clannad is a family group and Enya is their sister, who was with the group for a short time before she went solo. The family has Irish (Gaeilge) as their first language. Enya says she thinks and counts in Irish, and I say that's pretty cool.

A lot of people know this already, but I might as well post it for those who don't. Clannad is a family group and Enya is their sister, who was with the group for a short time before she went solo. The family has Irish (Gaeilge) as their first language. Enya says she thinks and counts in Irish, and I say that's pretty cool.


I LOVE Enya. Her music is so great..worldbeat is awesome(I guess thats what she would be considered to be genre-wise). I hope to become fluent in Welsh one day and teach it to my children. I'm also going to learn Gaelic. Man, I am more and more starting to feel Celtic pride. ;D

Because if you think about it, even though I'm not part Irish, Gaelic is an acestral language for me because I'm part Scotish. Aren't Irish and Scots Gaelic both the same language, but just different dialects?

Michael Flatley

Average White Band



Howrd


Average White Band are from Scotland.

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Classic song!

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Bearing in mind, Kevin Rowland was born in Wolverhampton, and Dexy's Midnight Runners were Birmingham based.

Bearing in mind, Kevin Rowland was born in Wolverhampton, and Dexy's Midnight Runners were Birmingham based.


Have you got their greatest hits album and if so, is the song "Because Of You" on it? I think, if I remember rightly, that was the theme to the TV series "Brush Strokes" that had that bloke that does "Flash" adverts.

Have you got their greatest hits album and if so, is the song "Because Of You" on it? I think, if I remember rightly, that was the theme to the TV series "Brush Strokes" that had that bloke that does "Flash" adverts.


No I do not have the greatest hits album, but yes "Because Of You" was the theme to the TV series "Brush Strokes".

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Er..........isn't this suppose to be a post to name bands from Ireland? Dexys Midnight Runner are not from Ireland. They were from Birmingham.

No I do not have the greatest hits album, but yes "Because Of You" was the theme to the TV series "Brush Strokes".


Have you got a copy of the song?

Er..........isn't this suppose to be a post to name bands from Ireland? Dexys Midnight Runner are not from Ireland. They were from Birmingham.
Exactly as I just said.

Have you got a copy of the song?
Good song, I cannot say if I have it or not.

Er..........isn't this suppose to be a post to name bands from Ireland? Dexys Midnight Runner are not from Ireland. They were from Birmingham.


When I hear these words, I start thinking Irish!
Remember Toora Loora Toora Loo-Rye-Aye

When I hear these words, I start thinking Irish!
Remember Toora Loora Toora Loo-Rye-Aye


That was just a song. It doesn't mean to say that the band were Irish.

That was just a song. It doesn't mean to say that the band were Irish.


Enya sang about the flow of the Orinoco River, and she does not come from Brazil.

Enya sang about the flow of the Orinoco River, and she does not come from Brazil.


That's true Philip I didn't think of that  :)

No mention as yet of those ever-smiling, long-haired hard rockers...

The Bachelors

(Actually, probably just as well there's been no mention...!!)

(One note is almost enough to make you hit the Guinness...HARD...!!)

I thought AWB were Scottish ???


Isn't being scottish part of Ireland? ???



Howard

Average White Band are from Scotland.



I kinda sworn AWB were a Irish band turned funk.



Howard

Isn't being scottish part of Ireland? ???


As far as nations go...no

...but I'm certain that there's some shared Celtic common ground between the two...

If it is any help.

Celtic languages have two main divisions: Gaelic (aka Goidelic), and Brythonic (aka British). Gaelic includes the tongues of Irish Gaelic (Ireland), Scottish Gaelic (Scotland), and Manx (the Isle of Man - extinct). Brythonic includes Breton (Brittany, France), Welsh (Wales), Cornish (Cornwall, England – extinct), and possibly Pictish (Scotland – extinct). Also included in the Celtic branch is Gaulish, spoken in ancient Gaul (France).

Gaelic is a branch of the Celtic family of languages., it can be divided into Scottish Gaelic (spoken in Scotland), Irish Gaelic (spoken in Ireland) and Manx (formerly spoken on the Isle of Man).

I kinda sworn AWB were a Irish band turned funk.



Howard
 I saw them in '78 it was a great show.  I believe there was a migration of Irish people who settled in Scotland which made up the Scots.  Would that not make AWB Irish in a sense ::) Perhaps Scotch/Irish?

 I saw them in '78 it was a great show.  I believe there was a migration of Irish people who settled in Scotland which made up the Scots.  Would that not make AWB Irish in a sense ::) Perhaps Scotch/Irish?


Ok I see.Thanks BJ. :)


Howard

Ruby Murray

The Committments, who were a band like the Monkees were a band, but it was a good book by a great Irish author, Roddy Doyle

Ruby Murray


Strictly speaking, Philip...not 'Irish' Irish - she was born in Belfast...

Smashing lady with a smashing voice tho'...sadly no longer with us and even more sadly, her name's been confined to providing Cockney slang for 'curry'...tch!

Isn't being scottish part of Ireland? ???
Howard


Good God no!

Enya sang about the flow of the Orinoco River, and she does not come from Brazil.


I have to think that as a child, Enya was tormented in the schoolyard with the nickname enema.

;D

Gilbert O'Sullivan

Gilbert O'Sullivan


Chris De Burgh

Born Christopher John Davison in Buenos Aires, Argentina to British parents, his father's career moved the family to numerous places around the globe such as Malta, Nigeria, and Zaire. At the age of 12, the family returned home to live in Tomhaggard in County Wexford, Ireland, where his father bought the 12th century Bargy Castle and converted it to a hotel.

Born Christopher John Davison in Buenos Aires, Argentina to British parents, his father's career moved the family to numerous places around the globe such as Malta, Nigeria, and Zaire. At the age of 12, the family returned home to live in Tomhaggard in County Wexford, Ireland, where his father bought the 12th century Bargy Castle and converted it to a hotel.


Didn't know that. According to the "Guiness Book Of British Hit" Singles, he's classed as being an Irish Male Vocalist.