* Director ( band ), an Irish rock band from Malahide

Some Newfoundland English differs from General Canadian English in vowel pronunciation ( e. g., in much of Newfoundland, the words fear and fair are homophones ), in morphology and syntax ( e. g., in Newfoundland the word bes is sometimes used in place of the normally conjugated forms of to be to describe continual actions or states of being, as in that rock usually bes under water instead of that rock is usually under water, but normal conjugation of to be is used in all other cases ; bes is likely a carryover of British Somerset usage with Irish grammar ) or Cornish, and in preservation of archaic adverbial-intensifiers ( e. g., in Newfoundland that play was right boring and that play was some boring both mean " that play was very boring ").

Examples of theme pubs include sports bars, rock pubs, biker pubs, Goth pubs, strip pubs, gay bars, karaoke bars and Irish pubs ( see below ).

* August 20 – Philip Lynott, Irish rock musician ( d. 1986 )

** Van Morrison, Irish rock musician

** The Edge ( David Howell Evans ), Irish rock guitarist ( U2 )

** Larry Mullen, Jr., Irish rock drummer ( U2 )

* September 25 – The Irish rock band U2 is formed after drummer Larry Mullen Jr. posts a note seeking members for a band on the notice board of his Dublin school.

** Adam Clayton, Irish rock bassist ( U2 )

* May 10 – Bono, Irish rock singer ( U2 )

* March 9 – The Irish rock band U2 releases their studio album The Joshua Tree.

Andrea Corr of Irish folk rock band The Corrs also plays the tin whistle.

Chondrus crispus — commonly called Irish moss or carrageen moss ( Irish carraigín, " little rock ") — is a species of red algae which grows abundantly along the rocky parts of the Atlantic coast of Europe and North America.

* San Salvador ( Irish band ), an Irish rock band

Like Waylander, Keith Fay also credits the Irish rock band Horslips as a " huge influence on Cruachan ," further noting that " what they were doing in the 70s is the equivalent of what we do now.

The German band Subway to Sally was formed in 1992 as a folk rock band, singing in English and incorporating Irish and Scottish influences in their music.

Category: Irish alternative rock groups

Northern Irish progressive rock band Fruupp included a song called Gormenghast, inspired by the novels, on their fourth and final album Modern Masquerades, released in 1975.

Category: Irish rock guitarists

Category: Irish alternative rock groups

These included leading Northern Irish musician Van Morrison, British blues pioneer Alexis Korner as well as Ronnie Wood, Alex Harvey and Mick Jagger ; folk musicians Martin Carthy, John Renbourn and Ashley Hutchings ; rock musicians Roger Daltrey, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Robin Trower and David Gilmour ; and popular beat music successes Graham Nash and Allan Clarke of The Hollies.

For years in a manner similar to what befell the Roman provinces under the Germans or the Irish under the Normans, the chieftains and their war bands ravaged the western half of Asia Minor, as allies of one or other of the warring princes, without any serious check, until they sided with the renegade Seleucid prince Antiochus Hierax, who reigned in Asia Minor.

Although bands sometimes arrange sets of reels and jigs together, this is uncommon in an Irish session context.

* The kilts worn by Irish pipe bands are based on the traditional Scottish garment but now in a single ( solid ) colour

The Irish community includes a large number of bands, multiple newspapers, the numerous Irish stores, including Browne's Irish Market, and the Irish Museum and Cultural Center is the new center of the community.

It has also been suggested that she was closely tied to Irish männerbund groups ( described as " bands of youthful warrior-hunters, living on the borders of civilized society and indulging in lawless activities for a time before inheriting property and taking their places as members of settled, landed communities ") and that these groups may have been in some way dedicated to her.

** Pipes and drums or pipe bands, composed of musicians who play the Scottish and Irish bagpipes

The early pioneers of the genre were the three Irish bands Cruachan, Primordial and Waylander.

The genre has since expanded beyond Irish shores and is known to be performed today by bands from numerous other countries.

While the Irish bands of the genre make use of native instruments such as the uilleann pipe and bodhrán.

Celtic music can be found among such Irish groups as Cruachan and Waylander as well as bands outside Ireland like Eluveitie ( although Switzerland can be considered a country with a Celtic history ), and Tuatha de Danann ( from Brazil, a country that has no cultural ties with the Celts whatsoever, despite the similarity of the country's name to an island in Irish myth ).

Fianna ( singular fian ) were small, semi-independent warrior bands in Irish mythology and Scottish mythology, most notably in the stories of the Fenian Cycle, where they are led by Fionn mac Cumhaill.

The parade includes bagpipe bands, floats, Irish step dancers, the county sheriff ’ s department with their equestrian unit, local police, and fire and ambulance departments.

In addition to the stage bands, other entertainment includes storytelling, Irish plays and Irish dancing.

In Brittany electric folk was pioneered by Alan Stivell ( who began to mix his Breton, Irish, and Scottish roots with rock music ) and later by French bands like Malicorne.

It emerged from the electric folk music of the late 1960s and was pioneered by bands such as Horslips, who blended Gaelic mythology, traditional Irish music and rock.

They saw major success with their Irish folk / Celtic rock sound, influencing a number of younger bands, most notably Tir na n ' Og and Irish Stew of Sindidun.

Some German folk-rock bands play Scotch and Irish folk-rock, like The Dolmen and Fiddlers Green ( folk-punk ).

* The Cranberries, an Irish rock band

Irish band The Cranberries recorded a song called " I Just Shot John Lennon ," for their 1996 album To the Faithful Departed.

However, the most successful genres have been rock, popular and traditional fusion, with performers such as U2, Enya, Westlife, Boyzone, Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Horslips, Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats, Clannad, Stiff Little Fingers, Altan, Frank Patterson, The Corrs, The Dubliners, The Chieftains, The Bothy Band, De Dannan, The Divine Comedy, Josef Locke, The Irish Tenors, Van Morrison, Therapy ?, The Saw Doctors, Planxty, The Wolfe Tones, Snow Patrol, The Cranberries, In Tua Nua, The Undertones, Ash, B * Witched, Nadine Coyle, The Hothouse Flowers, The Script, Two Door Cinema Club, Something Happens, The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem, Dana, Mundy, Sinéad O ' Connor, Paul Brady, Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Val Doonican, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Ruby Murray, Peter Cunnah ( of D: Ream ), Daniel O ' Donnell, Bridie Gallagher, Brendan Bowyer, Gilbert O ' Sullivan, Mary Black, Sir James Galway, Johnny Logan, Bill Whelan ( of Riverdance fame ), Damien Rice, Phil Coulter, Glen Hansard, and Celtic Woman achieving success nationally and internationally.

* Mike Hogan ( The Cranberries ) ( born 1973 ), member of Irish alternative rock band The Cranberries

Uncertain is the first EP of the Irish band The Cranberries, having previously released cassette EPs under the name The Cranberry Saw Us.

In 1992, Street started working with the Irish band The Cranberries on their debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We ?.

In 1994 Irish rock band The Cranberries released the song " Zombie ", which was written as a protest to the bombings.

Irish and international artists graced the venue, including The Prodigy, The Cranberries, Blur, Bryan Adams, Van Morrison, Rage Against the Machine, Slayer, The Saw Doctors and Christy Moore.

Each program features exclusive interviews, intimate performances and archival clips from some of the greatest Irish artists of our time including: The Chieftains, The Clancy Brothers, The Dubliners, U2, The Cranberries, Celtic Woman, Riverdance, Sinéad O ' Connor, Bob Geldof and many others.

Well-known Irish artists from U2 and Enya through Van Morrison and Bob Geldof, Sinéad O ' Connor, The Cranberries, The Frames, Snow Patrol, Damien Rice and Ash to David Holmes, The Thrills and The Corrs have been interviewed extensively by the magazine, as well as the more recent or up-and-coming Irish artists such as Bell X1, Humanzi, Future Kings of Spain, Delorentos, Director, The Blizzards and Republic of Loose, as well as reviewing music from The Marshals, The Immediate, Ham Sandwich, The Flaws, Travega, The Aftermath and Vic.

A new crop of Irish Rockers claimed success in the 1990s including The Cranberries from Limerick, The Golden Horde, Indie rock bands The Frames and the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful Whipping Boy-all from Dublin, Alternative metal band from County Antrim ' Therapy?