Irish band names

Famous Irish bands

Ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions cover each band.

1. U2 1976 · dance-rock · Ireland
2. The Cranberries 1989 · celtic rock · Ireland
3. Clannad 1970 · new age · Ireland
4. Boyzone 1993 · popular · Ireland
5. Jedward 2009 · pop · Ireland
6. Thin Lizzy 1969 · traditional heavy metal · Ireland
7. The Script 2007 · pop rock · Ireland
8. My Bloody Valentine 1983 · noise pop · Ireland
9. The Dubliners 1962 · irish folk · Ireland
10. The Pogues 1982 · celtic punk · Ireland
11. Wild Youth 2016 · contemporary r&b · Ireland
12. The Boomtown Rats 1975 · power pop · Ireland
13. The Chieftains 1963 · folk · Ireland
14. Dervish 1989 · irish folk · Ireland
15. Fontaines D.C. 2017 · indie pop · Ireland
16. Kodaline 2005 · indie folk · Ireland
17. God Is an Astronaut 2002 · post-rock · Ireland
18. Altan 1987 · music of ireland · Ireland
19. Can-linn traditional folk · Ireland
20. Primordial 1991 · pagan metal · Ireland
21. Black Daisy alternative rock · Ireland
22. Cruachan 1992 · folk metal · Ireland
23. The Wolfe Tones 1963 · irish folk · Ireland
24. B*Witched 1997 · dance-pop · Ireland
25. Lúnasa music of ireland · Ireland
26. Planxty 1972 · irish folk · Ireland
27. Taste 1966 · rock · Ireland
28. The Frames 1990 · alternative rock · Ireland
29. Horslips 1970 · celtic rock · Ireland
30. The Clancy Brothers 1956 · celtic · Ireland
31. Inhaler indie rock · Ireland
32. The Strypes 2008 · blues · Ireland
33. De Dannan 1974 · celtic · Ireland
34. Hothouse Flowers 1985 · alternative rock · Ireland
35. JJ72 1996 · alternative rock · Ireland
36. Villagers 2008 · indie folk · Ireland
37. Jump the Gun pop rock · Ireland
38. The Thrills 2001 · indie rock · Ireland
39. Bell X1 1999 · soft rock · Ireland
40. Celtic Thunder soft rock · Ireland
41. Mael Mórdha 1998 · celtic metal · Ireland
42. Sheeba 1977 · pop · Ireland
43. The Bachelors 1962 · pop · Ireland
44. The Duskeys pop · Ireland
45. Walking on Cars 2010 · alternative rock · Ireland
46. Donna and Joseph McCaul 2005 · pop · Ireland
47. Lankum irish folk · Ireland
48. Luv Bug pop · Ireland
49. Nightnoise 1984 · jazz · Ireland
50. Sweeney's Men music of ireland · Ireland
51. The Fureys 1974 · traditional folk · Ireland
52. The Murder Capital 2018 · post-punk · Ireland
53. Just Mustard 2016 · post-punk · Ireland
54. Little Green Cars 2008 · alternative rock · Ireland
55. Moving Hearts 1981 · music of ireland · Ireland
56. Shane MacGowan and The Popes celtic punk · Ireland
57. The Academic 2013 · indie rock · Ireland
58. The Coronas 2003 · alternative rock · Ireland
59. Blood or Whiskey celtic punk · Ireland
60. Danú 1995 · music of ireland · Ireland
61. Florence Road 2019 · alternative rock · Ireland
62. Follow My Lead 2013 · post-hardcore · Ireland
63. Geasa 1994 · celtic metal · Ireland
64. Mellow Candle folk rock · Ireland
65. Sprints post-punk · Ireland
66. The Scratch folk metal · Ireland
67. Altar of Plagues 2006 · black metal · Ireland
68. Aslan 1986 · rock · Ireland
69. Bellefire 1999 · pop · Ireland
70. Grand Slam hard rock · Ireland
71. HomeTown 2014 · pop · Ireland
72. Kopek alternative rock · Ireland
73. Mono Band 2004 · alternative rock · Ireland
74. Nomos 1990 · traditional folk · Ireland
75. The Frank and Walters 1990 · alternative rock · Ireland
76. Tír na nÓg folk · Ireland
77. Wreck of the Hesperus 2004 · doom metal · Ireland

Irish band names by genre

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Band name ideas with a Irish feel

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1. Hazel & the Analog Letterboxes
2. Songs from the Scrapbook
3. Turkey Station Folk
4. Lonesome Valley String Band
5. Rugged Tide
6. Rewind Wildflower
7. Muddy Crossing Collective
8. The Jessup Cousins
9. Big Sky Gap Collective
10. Cedar Willows
11. Cass and the Oysters
12. The Pale Hallelujahs
13. The Bookshelf and the Hare
14. Coastline Chapters
15. The Quill Family Band
16. Oceanic Gulls
17. Fern and the Hollows
18. The Kestrel and the Raincloud
19. Esme Cardenas & the Paper Apologies
20. Vintage Stag
21. Mavis Rowan and the Mossy Memories
22. The Winslow Cousins
23. Penny & the Rosy Arks
24. The Wooden Hares
25. Porch Envelopes
26. Of Butterflies and Acorns
27. Tiny Prayer
28. The Sepia Centuries
29. Heartsick Pendulum
30. Pawpaw County Choir
31. Northern Elk
32. Rerun Laundromat
33. The Secondhand Pockets
34. The Lovesick Reveries
35. Remembered Clockwork
36. The Royce Family Band