Irish folk songs are filled with wonderful, often sad, stories and tales of drinking and carousing. We've pulled together a Spotify playlist of the most popular as chosen by the public.

However, Horan's "Heaven" came in second overall in the top 100 songs on Irish radio in 2023 by both international and Irish artists combined - Miley Cyrus claimed the #1 spot with her hit "Flowers." ...

Van Morrison and Thin Lizzy duke it out with U2, Sinéad O'Connor and other iconic Irish musicians In honor of St. Patrick's Day 2017, Billboard ranked the top musicians born, raised and/or formed ...

Most of those, obviously, failed to make the top 50, but all are gems. Here is an alternative list of 50 songs chosen by judges that capture the story of Irish music over the past 60-odd years.

Fundamentally, trad is popular because it's "very inclusive, egalitarian" and "everyone gets the chance to play it", Jason O'Rourke, who plays a 1920s vintage concertina, told the BBC. It's no ...

A POPULAR Irish festival has just confirmed it’s lineup – and it’s full of top music acts. Night and Day festival will take ...

Only 2 per cent of the top 100 songs on Irish radio from June 1st, 2023, to June 1st, 2024, were performed by Irish women artists, and only one of them is alive, according to the latest research ...

In the spirit of the decade that gave us the Celtic Tiger and the jumbo breakfast roll, RTÉ Gold went all in for St. Patrick's Weekend with the Top 100 Irish Songs of the 1990s ...

From RTÉ Archives, Aengus Mac Grianna reports on the opening of the short-lived Irish Music Hall of Fame in July 1999. First steps towards recognising the heritage value of popular music came in ...

St. Patrick’s Day has just passed, but we’re keeping the spirit alive with A Taste Of Ireland, one of the world’s top Irish dance shows, happening on Saturday, April 5th at The Long Center!