Artists from Ireland

300 published artists from Ireland, led by U2, Enya and The Cranberries. The list below shows the 120 most famous.

At a glance

300 published artists from Ireland; 865 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists4 tier 1 · 17 tier 2 · 279 tier 3: 300
Release groups: 3,929
Studio albums: 1,019
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive: 865
Timeline events: 1,772
Monthly listenerssum across artists: 209M
Claimed salessum of stored claims; implausible values excluded: 245M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release: 27.5 years
Full biographies: 228
Biography words: 456,205

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1990s (32 artists).

Artists by debut decade
Decade	Artists
1950s	3
1960s	7
1970s	21
1980s	28
1990s	32
2000s	30
2010s	24
2020s	2

153 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Genres in Ireland

Top 8 genres by artist count. music of Ireland is the most common, with 35 artists.

Covers from Ireland

865 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Carnaval de Luz
U2 · 2026
Songs of Surrender
U2 · 2023
Denver 117
U2 · 2017
Songs of Experience
U2 · 2017
Songs of Innocence
U2 · 2014
No Line on the Horizon
U2 · 2009
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
U2 · 2004
All That You Can’t Leave Behind
U2 · 2000
World Ballads Collection
U2 · 1999
Pop
U2 · 1997
Classic In Concert: Live at the Hammersmith Palais 1982
U2 · 1994
Live, Vol. 3
U2 · 1993

Leaders

U2 has the most release groups (398); Séamus Ennis the longest career (63 years); Bono the most awards (36).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artist	release groups
U2	398
The Dubliners	296
The Cranberries	139
Thin Lizzy	137
Chris de Burgh	107

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artist	years
Séamus Ennis	63
The Chieftains	59
The Dubliners	56
Thin Lizzy	56
Christy Moore	55

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artist	awards
Bono	36
U2	20
Sinéad O'Connor	11
Bob Geldof	11
Jessie Buckley	8

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Most famous artists from Ireland

U2

Ireland · Group · 1976–present

pop rock, soft rock, alternative rock, post-punk, dance-rock, Q3071

24.3M listeners · 115 wikis

Enya

Ireland · Person · born 1961

operatic pop, new age music, Celtic music

8.2M listeners · 114 wikis

The Cranberries

Ireland · Group · 1989–2003

rock music, folk rock, pop rock, alternative rock, post-punk, new wave, grunge, jangle pop, indie rock, indie pop, dream pop, Celtic rock

40.2M listeners · 72 wikis

Hozier

Ireland · Person · born 1990

blues rock, traditional folk music, soul, rhythm and blues, blues, indie rock

40.7M listeners · 46 wikis

The Script

Ireland · Group · 2007–present

pop music, pop rock, alternative rock

33.6M listeners · 43 wikis

Niall Horan

Ireland · Person · born 1993

pop music, pop rock, folk-pop

11.7M listeners · 57 wikis

Fontaines D.C.

Ireland · Group · 2017–present

rock music, post-punk, Q3071, indie pop

9.9M listeners · 22 wikis

Kodaline

Ireland · Group · 2005–present

alternative rock, indie rock, indie pop, indie folk

8.4M listeners · 23 wikis

Dermot Kennedy

Ireland · Person · born 1991

8.1M listeners · 18 wikis

F3miii

Ireland · Person · born 2002

13.8M listeners · 1 wikis

Jazzy

Ireland · Person · born 1996

pop music, dance music, hip-hop, house music

10M listeners · 4 wikis

Bono

Ireland · Person · born 1960

alternative rock, post-punk

91 wikis

Artists from Ireland

At a glance

When they started

Genres in Ireland

Covers from Ireland

Leaders

Most prolific

Longest careers

Most decorated

Related

music of Ireland in other countries

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Most famous artists from Ireland

U2

Enya

The Cranberries

Hozier

The Script

Niall Horan

Fontaines D.C.

Kodaline

Dermot Kennedy

F3miii

Jazzy

Bono

More from Ireland

Sinéad O'Connor

Dolores O'Riordan

Clannad

Maureen O'Hara

Bob Geldof

Thin Lizzy

Jessie Buckley

Boyzone

Larry Mullen Jr.

The Corrs

Moya Brennan

Ronan Keating

Niamh Kavanagh

Rory Gallagher

Dana Rosemary Scallon

Chris de Burgh

John Field

Eimear Quinn

Róisín Murphy

Nicky Byrne

My Bloody Valentine

Phil Lynott

Glen Hansard

Andrea Corr

The Pogues

The Dubliners

The Chieftains

Charles Villiers Stanford

Damien Rice

Shane MacGowan

Lesley Roy

Caroline Corr

Shane Filan

Ryan O'Shaughnessy

Mark Feehily

Molly Sterling

Turlough O'Carolan

Ronnie Drew

Kian Egan

Gilbert O'Sullivan

The Boomtown Rats

Dervish

Christy Moore

Sharon Corr

Luke Kelly

Samantha Mumba

Daniel O'Donnell

Danny O'Donoghue

Kasey Smith

Mary Black

Siobhan Fahey

Lisa Hannigan

Imelda May

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