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D'Arcy Broderick
D'Arcy Broderick
Canadian musician
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Villagers
Villagers
band
2
Kíla
Kíla
Irish musical group
3
Orleans
Orleans
American rock band
4
The Chieftains
The Chieftains
Irish folk band
5
Afro Celt Sound System
Afro Celt Sound System
Multinational world music band
6
The BibleCode Sundays
The BibleCode Sundays
7
Altan
Altan
Irish band
8
The Dubliners
The Dubliners
Irish folk band
9
Peter Broderick
Peter Broderick
American musician
10
Sharon Shannon
Sharon Shannon
Irish musician
11
Islands
Islands
indie rock band
12
Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny
Irish musician and record producer
13
Young Dubliners
Young Dubliners
American rock band
14
Spirit of the West
Spirit of the West
band
15
The Duhks
The Duhks
Folk band
16
The Boys of the Lough
The Boys of the Lough
band
17
Battlefield Band
Battlefield Band
Scottish folk group
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Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea
Canadian folk rock band
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Efterklang
Efterklang
Danish indie rock band
20
The Waterboys
The Waterboys
Scottish-Irish folk rock band
21
Acid Mothers Temple
Acid Mothers Temple
Japanese psychedelic rock band
22
Damien Dempsey
Damien Dempsey
Irish singer
23
Paddy Glackin
Paddy Glackin
Irish musician
24
Sam Bush
Sam Bush
American musician
25
The Jayhawks
The Jayhawks
American country and rock band
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Dog Eat Dog
Dog Eat Dog
American rap/rock band
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Colm Ó Cíosóig
Colm Ó Cíosóig
Irish musician
28
The Minus 5
The Minus 5
American band
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Mike Inez
Mike Inez
American musician
30
The Cranberries
The Cranberries
Irish rock band
31
Jamie Lawson
Jamie Lawson
British singer-songwriter
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Squirrel Nut Zippers
Squirrel Nut Zippers
American jazz band
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Grant Hart
Grant Hart
American musician
34
Alan Doyle
Alan Doyle
Canadian musician
35
Paul Winter Consort
Paul Winter Consort
band
36
Spoon
Spoon
American band
37
Dexys Midnight Runners
Dexys Midnight Runners
band
38
That Petrol Emotion
That Petrol Emotion
Northern Irish, London-based band
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NewSong
NewSong
Christian contemporary music group
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Sponge
Sponge
alternative rock band from Detroit
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Four Year Strong
Four Year Strong
American pop punk band
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John McCusker
John McCusker
British musician
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Men at Work
Men at Work
Australian rock band
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Celtic Thunder
Celtic Thunder
band
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FM
FM
Canadian progressive rock music group
46
Ronnie Drew
Ronnie Drew
Irish musician (1934-2008)
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Karan Casey
Karan Casey
Irish singer
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Horslips
Horslips
Irish rock band
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SNFU
SNFU
band
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Karl Wallinger
Karl Wallinger
Welsh musician
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The Sound of Animals Fighting
The Sound of Animals Fighting
American band
52
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Subb
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The Irish Descendants are a folk group from the Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. All the members, born of Irish emigrants, were workers in the Newfoundland fishing industry before forming the band in 1990 out of the remnants of two former Newfoundland bands – The Descendants and Irish Coffee. The group helped to popularise traditional Newfoundland music to a wider Canadian audience in the early 1990s, along with other bands such as Great Big Sea. Their popularity within the province itself led to their selection as the official band of the province's 500th anniversary celebrations, during which they performed for the Queen. Tension within the group caused co-frontman D'Arcy Broderick to leave soon after this period, and their lineup has frequently changed since then, with frontman Con O'Brien being the only constant member. Regular touring and occasional album releases, most recently Southern Shore in 2007, have kept the group in the public eye.