irish music dublin

This centrally located pub is renowned for it's music. From traditional music to Karaoke, they have it all.

Available for Christmas parties/functions Dinner served daily....

Having cut his musical teeth with a series of R&B Bands in the early 60's, Tyrone-born Paul Brady turned his considerable vocal and instrumental talents to folk music, emerging into the public eye with the Johnstons who numbered an American hit single among their successes....

The Chieftains first got together in the Gresham Hotel on O'Connell Street and they've become renowned across the face of the globe for their sparkling virtuosity. The Chieftains are the most famous exponents of traditional Irish music in the world. They have uncovered the wealth of traditional Irish music that has accumulated over the centuries, including the compositions of the legendary harpist O'Carolan making the music their own with a style that is as exhilarating as it is definitive....

Ireland's premier Irish Music Store offers a full range of Traditional, Folk, Ceili and Country Compact Discs and cassettes, with a wide selection of videos (all systems), a library of Music Literature and Traditional Music Instruments.

Ireland's No. 1 Irish music store also hosts the unique service of offering information and advice on all music events and live authentic Irish sessions that are taking place in the city and nationwide....

While Sinead O'Connor's popularity is phenomenal, her recognition is justified. She follows her instincts, plugging into some elemental supply as she related stories about desertion, parenthod, life, misery and lust....

Billboard, the internatinal music industry "bible", had described Hot Press as one of four key elements in the phenomenal development of Irish rock music....

Culturlann na hEireann - Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann

This is the headquarters of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, the home of Irish traditional entertainment.

You will be entertained in the comfortable folk theatre by leading Irish traditional performers, also the old house dances are recreated in an atmosphere of merriment and participation.

The musicians, singers, dancers and storytellers entrail their guests at a big open fire while friendly attendants serve...

Certainly the first, and some would argue the greatest, Irish rock band, Thin Lizzy left behind a powerful and glorious legacy that cannot be ignored by any Irish person who has ever felt the need to strap on a guitar.

Phil Lynott wrote songs that were populated by loners, wild west heroes, movie stars, rockers and warriors from a misty Celtic era. And Lizzy the band, provided the perfect setting for his tales of woe and wonder. Theirs was a tuneful, fluid music spiked and unabashed...

Chris De Burgh is one of Ireland's most successful musical ambassadors abroad....

More than anything, The Dubliners sounded "dangerous". They sang about whoring, guns, liquor and fist-fights - a rabid endorsement of Brendan Behan's rebel howl. During the folk revival of the sixties, they, along with acts like The Clancy Brothers rediscovered the fierce qualities of urban seaport balladry, performing (and living) with a stout-swigging gut-bucket zest that's defined them ever since....