Michael Balfe (1808-70) was an astonishingly successful ... The song, featured in our selection of the best Irish classical and folk music for St Patrick’s Day, dates from 1901.

Country music has long had a bit of Ireland in it. Irish folk music's role in rooting commercial mainstream country music to its past, including those of the settlers of Belfast, Northern Ireland ...

This Irish folk band's stunning rendition of Óró Sé do Bheatha Bhaile, one of Ireland's best-known traditional songs, is sure to get pulses racing and strike a chord with anybody of Irish descent.

Okay, please, please don’t get us wrong. We know that having a headline like “Irish Music to Listen to on St. Patrick’s Day That Isn’t The Pogues” sounds a little spicy. In truth, though, we love ...

Cathal O'Mocháin, Aoibheann Treanor, Brendan Mallon and Patrick Corrigan have already grabbed music lovers' attention with their mix of Irish traditional, folk and indie rock sounds. Bula Beag ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. IRISH folk band Dervish is set to bring the 'raw, windswept spirit of Ireland's Atlantic Way' to Craven next month with a performance at Silsden ...

Renowned folk duo Eleanor Shanley and Mike Hanrahan are set to perform an intimate night of music and song in Portarlington.

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

If there is one song that rock bands visiting Ireland assuredly ... on the 1962 live album, Encore, by folk group The Highwaymen. Along with New York-based Irish folk/ballad group, The Clancy ...

Ed Sheeran has unveiled his new single Azizam - a Persian term of endearment meaning 'my dear' or 'my beloved' - and mixes Persian and Irish folk music on the track. Sheeran worked on the song ...

Irish band, Kingfishr, have definitely been having their moment in the sun right now. And they've announced their biggest ...