Each January, Dublin comes alive with the sound of fiddles, flutes, and bodhráns as TradFest, Ireland’s largest traditional ...

Similar in sentiment to “Auld Lang Syne,” "The Parting Glass" recllaed times long past and honors old friends and bringing in ...

Ed Sheeran returns to Dublin at the end of an up-and-down year. His latest album, Play, has clocked up nearly a billion streams since its release, in September, but it has also endured the now ...

Ireland has thousands of folk songs, some of which are known all over the world. They often sing about history, Irish heroes, and the fight for independence. Ciaran is a comedian based in West Belfast ...

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Whatever the reality, the song was conceived in 1985 by The Pogues banjo player Jem Finer and MacGowan. Finer came up with ...

He was without question the greatest singer Ireland has ever produced. Not only for the beauty of the voice but for his ...

Always a favourite in this part of the country, it is no surprise that legendary Irish folk and ballad singer Johnny McEvoy ...

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Check out some of our favourite Irish releases from the week below Dublin artist and producer Walshy shares his new Christmas single, It’s a wonderful life. Written from a teenage memory of a chaotic ...