“Banjo” Barney McKenna, the last original member of Irish folk band the Dubliners, died Thursday, April 5, while having a morning cup of tea with a friend. He was 72 and had just marked his 50th year ...

During the early 1980s, the holy trinity of alt-rock out of the United Kingdom comprised U2, which hails from Ireland, Big Country from Scotland and the Alarm from Wales. Each of the then-emerging ...

Roberts: The band started in L.A. with the Irish members meeting up with the American members. Everyone who knows the band knows we are a hybrid of the two, which is exactly why we sound the way we do ...

The Irish Rover was a majestic vessel sailing the Atlantic from New York City east to Cork, Ireland. Immortalized in an Irish folk song, the original ship had 23 masts, which gradually shifted in ...

Ireland’s finest musicians will gather for a once in a lifetime celebration of the life and music of John Sheahan on St. Patrick's Day live on TG4. John Sheahan has been described as a music icon, a ...

On this, their ninth album, the Young Dubliners show few if any signs of age or of slowing down. A statement of vital lyrical and musical energy comes right at the top, as "We the Mighty" opens the ...

The world’s biggest celebration of The Dubliners - one of Ireland’s most iconic bands - is embarking on a UK tour, including ...

David Bowie strolling down the Liffey and The Dubliners enjoying a pint show off the magic of Dublin’s history. Ireland’s capital Dublin City may not be the largest of the world’s capitals but it ...

Through words, music and dance, the group Themselves will bring the tales of James Joyce's "Dubliners" to life, as it helps to kick off the WestportREADS program this weekend. Each year since 2001, a ...

It took the Young Dubliners about five albums to find the perfect recipe. A spoonful of authentic Celtic, a cup of original rock and a dash of pop mixed together by an Irishman and four Americans was ...

Forced out by oppression — presumably Thin Lizzy’s terrorist twin guitar attack, the monumental weight of the Corrs’ shite pop polluting the moors and the shame Black 47 bestowed upon the Irish with ...