List of Irish musicians

This is a list of Irish musicians and musical groups.

Jazz and Blues

• Paddy Cole (1939-2025) musician and bandleader
• Rory Gallagher (1948-1995), guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Josephine Alexandra Mitchell (1903–1995) was Ireland's first female saxophonist.
• Louis Stewart (1944–2016), guitarist

Opera

• Aimee Banks, soprano
• Margaret Burke Sheridan (1889-1958), regarded as Ireland's second prima donna
• Norma Burrowes, coloratura soprano
• Celine Byrne, soprano
• Veronica Dunne (1927-2021), soprano
• Tara Erraught, mezzo-soprano
• Bernadette Greevy (1940-2008), soprano
• Catherine Hayes (1818-1861), once described as the Madonna of her day
• Josef Locke (1917-1999), tenor
• John McCormack (1884-1945), tenor
• Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano
• Regina Nathan, soprano
• Cara O'Sullivan (1962-2021), coloratura soprano
• Frank Patterson (1938-2000), tenor
• Ailish Tynan, soprano
• The Irish Tenors

Musicians and Producers

• Phil Coulter
• Séamus Ennis
• James Galway
• Frankie Gavin
• David Holmes
• Jacknife Lee
• Pat McCarthy
• Máire McDonnell-Garvey
• Liam O'Flynn
• Seán Ó Riada
• Luan Parle
• Tommy Peoples
• Sharon Shannon

Singers

Bands

Songwriters

References