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

• Chloë Agnew
• Kerri Ann
• Lindsay Armaou
• Rachael Baptist
• Billie Barry
• Margaret Barry
• Big Tom
• Wallis Bird
• Frances Black
• Mary Black
• Tara Blaise
• Brigid Boden
• Liz Bonnin
• Bono
• Paul Brady
• Gearóidín Bhreathnach
• Máire Breatnach
• Brídín Brennan
• Moya Brennan
• Rose Brennan
• Bry
• Jessie Buckley
• Mairead Buicke
• Jake Burns
• Mary Byrne
• Patricia Cahill
• Máiréad Carlin
• Karan Casey
• Mary Cassidy
• Maria Christian
• Liam Clancy
• Rita Connolly
• Sammy Copley
• Andrea Corr
• Caroline Corr
• Sharon Corr
• Briana Corrigan
• Mary Coughlan
• Gemma Craven
• Elizabeth Cronin
• Laura Cunningham
• Cathy Davey
• Muriel Day
• Peggy Dell
• Christy Dignam
• Kiera Dignam
• Cara Dillon
• Julie-Anne Dineen
• Ryan Dolan
• Eileen Donaghy
• Leslie Dowdall
• Ronnie Drew
• Mary Duff
• Gemma Dunleavy
• Pecker Dunne
• Kathy Durkin
• Kian Egan
• Enya
• Naisrín Elsafty
• Róisín Elsafty
• Lucia Evans
• Siobhan Fahey
• Órla Fallon
• Angela Farrell
• Julie Feeney
• Geraldine Fitzgerald
• Nadia Forde
• Bridie Gallagher
• Bronagh Gallagher
• Rory Gallagher
• Orla Gartland
• Rea Garvey
• Bob Geldof
• Gloria
• Bernadette Greevy
• Carmel Gunning
• Lisa Hannigan
• Gemma Hayes
• Margaret Healy
• Una Healy
• Lynn Hilary
• Niall Horan
• Roberta Howett
• Hozier
• Nina Hynes
• Sarimah Ibrahim
• Laura Izibor
• Jazzy
• Helena Jessie
• John Henry Johnstone
• Sandie Jones
• Tracey K
• Hazel Kaneswaran
• Niamh Kavanagh
• Dolores Keane
• Rita Keane
• Ronan Keating
• Aebh Kelly
• Lisa Kelly
• Luke Kelly
• Maite Kelly
• Dermot Kennedy
• Nuala Kennedy
• Virginia Kerr
• Margaret Keys
• Katie Kim
• Michelle Lally
• Lisa Lambe
• Lasairfhíona
• Barbara Law
• Jackie Lee
• Tara Lee
• Maxine Linehan
• Sinéad Lohan
• Edele Lynch
• Keavy Lynch
• Nonie Lynch
• Phil Lynott
• Shane MacGowan
• Sinéad Madden
• Cathy Maguire
• Tommy Makem
• Margo
• Maxi
• Imelda May
• MayKay
• Eleanor McEvoy
• Geraldine McGowan
• Liam McCay
• Maria McCool
• Lisa McHugh
• Susan McKeown
• Éabha McMahon
• Geraldine McMahon
• Katie McMahon
• Tara McNeill
• Christy Moore
• Gary Moore
• Fiach Moriarty
• Van Morrison
• Caitlín Maude
• Leanne Moore
• Samantha Mumba
• Mundy
• Delia Murphy
• Majella Murphy
• Róisín Murphy
• Ann Murray
• Elaine Murtagh
• Regina Nathan
• Ciara Newell
• Niamh Ní Charra
• Sibéal Ní Chasaide
• Máire Ní Chathasaigh
• Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill
• Aoife Ní Fhearraigh
• Máire Ní Ghuairim
• Sorcha Ní Ghuairim
• Liam Ó Maonlaí
• Méav Ní Mhaolchatha
• Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
• Nóirín Ní Riain
• Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin
• Nóra Ní Shíndile
• Eithne Ní Uallacháin
• Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin
• Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
• Bernie Nolan
• Linda Nolan
• Róisín O
• Fiachna Ó Braonáin
• Siobhán O'Brien
• Lucy O'Byrne
• Sinéad O'Carroll
• Maura O'Connell
• Sinéad O'Connor
• Alison O'Donnell
• Daniel O'Donnell
• Danny O'Donoghue
• Máirín O'Donovan
• Maeve O'Donovan
• Áine O'Dwyer
• Stiofán Ó Fearail
• Mary O'Hara
• Maureen O'Hara
• Caitríona O'Leary
• Annmarie O'Riordan
• Dolores O'Riordan
• Ryan O'Shaughnessy
• Camille O'Sullivan
• Gilbert O'Sullivan
• Cara O'Sullivan
• Úna Palliser
• Niamh Parsons
• Niamh Perry
• Maureen Potter
• Carmel Quinn
• Clare Quinn
• Eimear Quinn
• Eileen Reid
• John Reilly
• Liam Reilly
• Tina Reynolds
• Claire Roche
• Lesley Roy
• Maverick Sabre
• Tina Scala
• Dana Rosemary Scallon
• Pauline Scanlon
• Ann Scott
• Eleanor Shanley
• Deirdre Shannon
• Fionnuala Sherry
• Laura Sheeran
• Sinéad Sheppard
• Clodagh Simonds
• Alex Sharpe
• Kasey Smith
• Claire Sproule
• Lisa Stanley
• Mary Staunton
• Molly Sterling
• Heidi Talbot
• Christine Tobin
• Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
• Veda
• Dylan Walshe
• Shayne Ward
• Kathleen Watkins
• Colm Wilkinson
• Rebecca Winckworth
• Gráinne Yeats

Bands

• The 4 of Us
• A House
• The Academic
• The Adventures
• Agnelli & Nelson
• An Emotional Fish
• Ash
• Aslan
• B*Witched
• Bagatelle
• Bellefire
• Bell X1
• Belters Only
• Bicep
• The Blades
• Blink
• Boomtown Rats
• Boyzone
• The Chieftains
• The Clancy Brothers
• Clannad
• The Cranberries
• The Coronas
• The Corrs
• Cry Before Dawn
• The Divine Comedy
• The Dubliners
• Engine Alley
• The Fatima Mansions
• Fight Like Apes
• Fontaines D.C.
• The Frank and Walters
• The Fureys
• The Frames
• Ham Sandwich
• Hothouse Flowers
• Horslips
• Inhaler
• JJ72
• Kerbdog
• Kingfishr
• Kneecap
• Kodaline
• Lankum
• Little Green Cars
• Makem and Clancy
• Mama's Boys
• Mellow Candle
• Microdisney
• My Bloody Valentine
• Pillow Queens
• Planxty
• The Pogues
• Power of Dreams
• The Riptide Movement
• Sack
• The Script
• Shane MacGowan and The Popes
• Soda Blonde
• Something Happens
• The Stars of Heaven
• Stiff Little Fingers
• The Stunning
• The Sultans of Ping
• Telefís
• Them
• Therapy?
• Thin Lizzy
• The Thrills
• Tír na nÓg
• Toasted Heretic
• Two Door Cinema Club
• U2
• The Undertones
• Villagers
• The Walls
• Westlife
• We Cut Corners
• Whipping Boy
• Wilt
• The Wolfe Tones

Songwriters

• Luka Bloom
• Shay Healy
• "Galway Joe" Dolan
• Arthur Colahan
• Bob Geldof
• Brendan Graham
• Brendan Phelan
• Brian Murphy
• Brian Warfield
• Bry
• Carl Hession
• Carmel Gunning
• Cathal Coughlan
• Cathal O'Byrne
• Cathy Davey
• Cecil Sheridan
• Charles J. Dunphie
• Chris de Burgh
• Chris Singleton
• Christy Moore
• Ciara Newell
• Colm de Bhailís
• Colm Farrelly
• Damien Rice
• Danny O'Reilly
• Darren Holden
• Dave Couse
• David Downes
• David Virgin
• Den Hegarty
• Dick Farrelly
• Dominic Behan
• Dominic Scott
• Don Mescall
• Dylan Walshe
• Ed Deane
• Ed Reavy
• Elaine Murtagh
• Fiach Moriarty
• Fiachra Trench
• Francis Fahy
• Frank O'Donovan
• Freddie White
• Gavin Friday
• George Desmond Hodnett
• Gilbert O'Sullivan
• Ian Callanan
• Jake Burns
• James Lynam Molloy
• Jay Pryor
• Jimmy Kennedy
• Joe Jewell
• John Keegan Casey
• John Kennedy
• Johnnie Fingers
• Johnny McCauley
• Johnny Patterson
• Johnny Tom Gleeson
• Jolyon Jackson
• Jonathan Kelly
• Jonathon Ng
• Josie McDermott
• Julie Feeney
• Karl Broderick
• Keith Getty
• Kevin Mooney
• Kian Egan
• Kieran O'Reilly
• Kiev Connolly
• Laura Sheeran
• Leo Maguire
• Liam Harrison
• Luka Bloom
• Marc Carroll
• Mark Geary
• Mark Feehily
• Martin McCann
• Martin Mulvihill
• Matt Hayward
• Michael Brunnock
• Michael McGinley
• Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
• Mickey MacConnell
• Mundy
• Neil Hannon
• Niall Breslin
• Niall Horan
• Niall Toner
• Nicky Byrne
• Noel Hogan
• Noelie McDonnell
• Nuala Kennedy
• Nucentz
• Paddy McGuigan
• Patrick Heeney
• Paul Casey
• Paul Kelly
• Paul Woodfull
• Peadar Kearney
• Pete Briquette
• Philip Gaston
• Pól Brennan
• Richey McCourt
• Riocard Bairéad
• Rob Smith
• Robbie O'Connell
• Roesy
• Roma Ryan
• Ronan Hardiman
• Rory Gallagher
• Ryan Sheridan
• Ryan Tubridy
• Samuel Lover
• Seamus Kennedy
• Sean McCarthy
• Shane Filan
• Shay Healy
• Siobhan Fahey
• Sonny Condell
• Suzanne Rhatigan
• Tara Lee
• Thomas Duffet
• Thomas Houston
• Thomas P. Keenan
• Tommy Makem
• Wellington Guernsey