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Irish Folk music is very popular worldwide and some of the best bands include The Chieftains, The Pogues, The Dubliners, Mary Black and the Irish legend Dick Gaughan.
Marching Bands, which are often brass bands or pipe bands.
Boomtown Rats,The Pogues,Stiff Little Fingers,U2
I only the name of some Irish rock bands and New World music. Dune is one band that is very Irish, but also rocks out.
There are many bands that use violin (i.e. Gailic Storm and many other Irish bands plus more). Even some rock bands do. (Such as Skillet.)
Ireland has many Pop Bands. Boyzone and Westlife are Irish. One of the members of One Direction, Niall Horan, is Irish. Jedward are Irish. There are many others.
One can inquire about hiring Irish wedding bands to play music at the reception on various websites like Weddings. One could also visit a local wedding store and ask information about hiring Irish wedding bands in there.
Marching Bands, which are often brass bands or pipe bands.
Two bands, The Pogues and The Dubliners, came together to record the Irish Rover in 1987.
The Bravarian Summer fest will be held June 22nd and 23rd, which will have lots of food, drinks and bands, a great family event to attend. The East Durham Irish Festival is on the 25th and 26th of May with some great bands on the list.
Eh, there are some folk bands with goth influences, but no goth bands that heavily incorporate Celtic styles. If you're looking for an Irish goth band, try The Virgin Prunes. There are however some medieval bands, folk bands, and coldwave bands that incorporate a slight goth influence, but I can't name any that have Celtic style off the top of my head. Try looking up Opera Multi Steele, traditional French styles fused with Synthesizers and ambient.
The Dubliners are an Irish band formed in 1962 in Dublin. They were able to influence many Irish bands throughout Europe. They were able to get popular throughtout Europe in the 50 years they were together.