2014 in Irish music

This article lists various songs, albums, festivals, and performances of the year 2014 in Irish music.

Albums/Songs

See also: List of number-one singles of 2014 (Ireland)

February

Heartbeat (Can-linn song) was released on February 21. It appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark. ^[1]

April

In April, Jedward's single "Free Spirit" was released ^[2]

May

• Martin Tourish released Under a Red Sky Night on May 1. ^{[3] [4]}

September

The Coronas's fourth album will be released sometime in September. ^[5]

Performances/Festivals

Bold indicates that the event occurs in multiple months.

February

• Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 took place on February 28. ^[6]

June

• Lismore Music Festival took place on May 31 and June 1 in Lismore Castle ^[7]

July

• Live at the Marquee will take place from June 21 to July 15. ^[8]

August

• Castlepalooza will take place from August 1–3. ^[9]
• Indiependence, an indie-rock festival, will take place from August 1 to 3 in Mitchelstown, County Cork. ^[10]
• Electric Picnic, an arts and music festival, will take place from August 29–31. ^[11]

September

Harvest Time Blues will take place from September 5 to 7 in Monaghan town. ^[12]

October

• Cloughtoberfest, a gypsy jazz festival held in Cloughjordan, County Tipperary October 10 to 12. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

News

Emmet Cahill announced that he will be leaving Celtic Thunder in January. ^[16]

Deaths

• Finbarr Dwyer, accordion player, died aged 67 on February 8. ^[17]
• Seán Potts, Irish musician (The Chieftains), died aged 83 on February 11. ^[18]
• Paddy McGuigan, songwriter who wrote ("The Men Behind the Wire", "The Boys of the Old Brigade") and musician (The Barleycorn), died aged 74 on March 17. ^[19]

See also

• 2014 in music
• Music of Ireland

References

1. Roxburgh, Gordon (28 February 2014). "Ireland to be represented by Kasey Smith". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
2. "Jedward announce new album Free Spirit details". Digital Spy. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
3. tickets-scotland.com / Under Red Sky Night (Martin Tourish) Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
4. Waltham, John. "MARTIN TOURISH - Under A Red Sky Night". The Living Tradition . Archived from the original on March 30, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
5. "Upcoming Gigs". The Coronas.
6. Jiandani, Sanjay (31 October 2013). "Ireland: RTE reveals format for 2014 national selection". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
7. Home – Lismore Festival Archived 2018-05-15 at the Wayback Machine /
8. "Live at the Marquee, Cork". Entertainment.ie. 31 March 2009.
9. Castlepalooza Music & Arts Festival – August 1st, 2nd, 3rd 2014, Charleville Castle, Tullamore It will take place in Stradbally Hall, Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland
10. Concerts ([e-mail]), Dublin. "Indiependence 2014 Lineup".
11. "Home". Electric Picnic.
12. "Harvest Times Blues Festival 2014, Monaghan, Ireland". harvestblues.ie. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014.
13. "Cloughtoberfest | Music Festivals | Cloughjordan". Discoverireland.ie. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
14. "Cloughtoberfest". Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
15. "Plunge dresses are in!". Entertainment.ie.
16. "Emmet Cahill Official Music Facebook". Facebook . Retrieved 14 January 2014.
17. "Death Notice of Finbarr Dwyer". rip.ie.
18. "Chieftains founder Potts dies". independent. 12 February 2014.
19. "Ballad songwriter Paddy McGuigan died on St Patrick's Day". independent. 19 March 2014.

External links

• Irish Music Awards
• IMRO website
• IRMA website
• Hot Press website
• Music at The Irish Times
• Music at the Irish Independent
• Music news and album reviews at RTÉ