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63 relations: Abbey Theatre, Accordion, Anúna, Andy Irvine (musician), BBC Radio 3, Bodhrán, Celtic music, Crescent College, Dancing at Lughnasa (film), Davy Spillane, Dónal Lunny, Dublin, EastWind, Eurovision Song Contest, Fiddle, Folk music, Galicia (Spain), Galicians, Grammy Award, Green Linnet Records, H.M.S. Pinafore, Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Irish dance, Irish Music Rights Organisation, Irish Times (album), Irish traditional music, Jim Sheridan, Kate Bush, King's Inns, Lamb (1985 film), Liam Neeson, Limerick, Meryl Streep, Meteor Music Awards, Michael D. Higgins, Orchestra, Patrick Street, Planxty, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Republic of Ireland, Richard Harris, Riverdance, Riverdance: Music from the Show, Rock music, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Rude Awakening (Andy Irvine album), Siege of Kinsale, Some Mother's Son, Stockton's Wing, Stockton's Wing Live – Take One, ..., Tara Music, Terry George, The Best of Patrick Street, The Dubliners, The Woman I Loved So Well, U2, Uilleann pipes, Ulster Orchestra, University College Dublin, Van Morrison, W. B. Yeats, War (U2 album), Words & Music (Planxty album). Expand index (13 more) »
Abbey Theatre
The Abbey Theatre (Amharclann na Mainistreach), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland (Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann), in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904.
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Accordion
Accordions (from 19th-century German Akkordeon, from Akkord—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type, colloquially referred to as a squeezebox.
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Anúna
Anúna is a choral ensemble based in Ireland.
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Andy Irvine (musician)
Andrew Kennedy Irvine (born 14 June 1942) is a British-born, Irish-based folk musician, singer-songwriter, and a founding member of Sweeney's Men, Planxty, Patrick Street, Mozaik, LAPD and Usher's Island.
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BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a British radio station operated by the BBC.
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Bodhrán
The bodhrán (or,; plural bodhráin or bodhráns) is an Irish frame drum ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring.
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Celtic music
Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe.
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Crescent College
Crescent College Comprehensive SJ, formerly known as the College of the Sacred Heart, is a secondary school located on of parkland at Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland.
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Dancing at Lughnasa (film)
Dancing at Lughnasa is a 1998 Irish-British-American period drama film adapted from the Brian Friel play Dancing at Lughnasa, directed by Pat O'Connor.
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Davy Spillane
Davy Spillane (born 6 January 1959 in Dublin) is an Irish musician, songwriter and a player of uilleann pipes and low whistle.
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Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer.
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Dublin
Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.
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EastWind
EastWind is an album by Andy Irvine & Davy Spillane, showcasing a fusion of Irish folk music with traditional Bulgarian and Macedonian music.
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Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often simply called Eurovision, is an international song competition held primarily among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union.
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Fiddle
A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin.
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Folk music
Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.
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Galicia (Spain)
Galicia (Galician: Galicia, Galiza; Galicia; Galiza) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law.
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Galicians
Galicians (galegos, gallegos) are a national, cultural and ethnic group whose historic homeland is Galicia, in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Grammy Award
A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.
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Green Linnet Records
Green Linnet Records was an American independent record label that specialized in Celtic music.
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H.M.S. Pinafore
H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert.
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Hugh Roe O'Donnell
Hugh Roe O'Donnell (Irish: Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill), also known as Red Hugh O'Donnell (30 October 1572 – 10 September 1602), was "The O'Donnell" and king of Tyrconnell.
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Irish dance
Irish dance or Irish dancing is a group of traditional dance forms originating from Ireland, encompassing dancing both solo and in groups, and dancing for social, competitive, and performance purposes.
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Irish Music Rights Organisation
The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) is a national organisation that administers the performing right in copyright music in Ireland on behalf of its members (who are songwriters, composers and music publishers) and on behalf of the songwriters, composers and music publishers of the international overseas societies that are affiliated to it.
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Irish Times (album)
Irish Times is the third studio album by the Irish folk band Patrick Street, released in 1990 on Green Linnet and Special Delivery Records, a division of Topic Records.
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Irish traditional music
Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland.
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Jim Sheridan
Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter, film director, and film producer.
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Kate Bush
Catherine "Kate" Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, dancer and record producer.
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King's Inns
The Honorable Society of King's Inns (HSKI) is the institution which controls the entry of barristers-at-law into the justice system of Ireland.
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Lamb (1985 film)
Lamb is a 1985 Irish drama film, directed by Colin Gregg and starring Liam Neeson, Hugh O'Conor and Ian Bannen.
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Liam Neeson
Liam John Neeson, OBE (born 7 June 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland.
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Limerick
Limerick (Luimneach) is a city in County Limerick, Ireland.
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Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress.
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Meteor Music Awards
A Meteor Ireland Music Award was an accolade bestowed upon professionals in the music industry in Ireland and further afield.
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Michael D. Higgins
Michael Daniel Higgins (Mícheál Dónal Ó hUiginn; born 18 April 1941) is an Irish politician who has served as the 9th President of Ireland since November 2011.
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Orchestra
An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which mixes instruments from different families, including bowed string instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass, as well as brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, each grouped in sections.
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Patrick Street
Patrick Street is an Irish folk group founded by Kevin Burke (formerly of The Bothy Band) on fiddle, Andy Irvine (Sweeney's Men, Planxty) on mandolin, bouzouki, harmonica and vocals, Jackie Daly (De Dannan) on button accordion, and Arty McGlynn (Van Morrison) on guitar.
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Planxty
Planxty is an Irish folk music band formed in January 1972, consisting initially of Christy Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitars, bodhrán, keyboards), and Liam O'Flynn (uilleann pipes, tin whistle).
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Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann (Radio-Television of Ireland; abbreviated as RTÉ) is a semi-state company and the national public service broadcaster of Ireland.
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.
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Richard Harris
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Riverdance
Riverdance is a theatrical show consisting mainly of traditional Irish music and dance.
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Riverdance: Music from the Show
Riverdance: Music from the Show is an album of the music composed by Bill Whelan for the Riverdance theatrical show, and performed by the show's own musicians and singers.
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Rock music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.
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RTÉ Concert Orchestra
The RTÉ Concert Orchestra is one of the two full-time professional orchestras in Ireland that are part of RTÉ, the national broadcasting station.
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Rude Awakening (Andy Irvine album)
Rude AwakeningAndy Irvine – Rude Awakening, Green Linnet GLCD 1114, 1991.
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Siege of Kinsale
The Siege or Battle of Kinsale (Léigear/Cath Chionn tSáile) was the ultimate battle in England's conquest of Gaelic Ireland, commencing in October 1601, near the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and at the climax of the Nine Years War—a campaign by Hugh O'Neill, Hugh Roe O'Donnell and other Irish lords against English rule.
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Some Mother's Son
Some Mother's Son is a 1996 film written and directed by Irish filmmaker Terry George, co-written by Jim Sheridan, and based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in the Maze Prison, in Northern Ireland.
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Stockton's Wing
Stockton's Wing is an Irish band formed in 1977 by four All-Ireland champion musicians - Paul Roche flute/whistle, Maurice Lennon fiddle, Tommy Hayes bodhran, and Kieran Hanrahan banjo/mandolin, along with Tony Callinan on guitar and vocals.
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Stockton's Wing Live – Take One
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Tara Music
Tara Music (formerly known as Tara Records) has been regarded for many years as one of the leading traditional Irish music recording companies.
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Terry George
Terence George (born 20 December 1952) is an Irish screenwriter and director.
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The Best of Patrick Street
The Best of Patrick Street is the first compilation album by Patrick Street, released in 1995 on the NECTAR label.
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The Dubliners
The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners.
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The Woman I Loved So Well
The Woman I Loved So Well is the fifth studio album by Planxty.
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U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin formed in 1976.
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Uilleann pipes
The uilleann pipes are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland.
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Ulster Orchestra
The Ulster Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Belfast, the only full-time professional orchestra in Northern Ireland.
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University College Dublin
University College, Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD; An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a research university in Dublin, Ireland.
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Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and record producer.
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W. B. Yeats
William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature.
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War (U2 album)
War is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2.
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Words & Music (Planxty album)
Words & Music is the sixth album by the Irish folk band Planxty, produced by Dónal Lunny and recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in late October and early November of 1982; it would be their only release on the WEA label.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Whelan
