If you are uncertain where to begin looking for the details of a particular release, then this directory might help you. Ignore ‘a’, ‘na’ or ‘the’ in a band’s name and note that Céilí Bands have their own separate entry below ‘C’ and groups below ‘G’. Albums released by ‘Various Artists’ have been omitted since there are simply far too many to include.
Wherever possible a person’s instrument(s) and his or her county or country of origin has also been provided, as well as towns, cities or counties for UK-born musicians.
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Peait A’Gearait – own label
John Aherne [vocals] – Tara
Sam Amidon [fiddle; USA] – own label
Siobhán Armstrong – own label
William Andrews [uilleann pipes] – Ossian, Topic
Declan Aungier – Chart Music
Duck Baker [guitar; USA] – Day Job Records
Allison Barber [vocals; USA] – own label
Christy Barry [flute; Clare] – own label
Leonard Barry [uilleann pipes] – own label
Margaret Barry [vocals, banjo; Cork] – Chappell Recorded Music Library, Emerald, Folktrax, Forever Gold, Outlet, Riverside, Rounder, Smithsonian Folkways, Top Rank International, Topic, XTRA
Randal Bays [fiddle, guitar; USA] – Foxglove Records
Brendan Begley [vocals, accordion; Kerry] – Gael
Linn, Hummingbird, Kells Music, own label
Máire Begley (Ó Seaghdha) [vocals, accordion, keyboards; Kerry] – Cló Iar-Chonnachta, Gael Linn
Séamus Begley [vocals, accordion; Kerry] – Dara, Gael Linn, Hummingbird, Kells Music
Brendan Behan [vocals; Dublin] – Outlet, Spoken Arts
Dominic Behan [vocals; Dublin] – Collector, Folklore, Folkways, Major Minor, Pye, Riverside, Topic
Kathleen Behan [vocals] – Mulligan
Derek Bell [harp, piano; Belfast] – Claddagh, Clarity Sound and Light, Shanachie
Paddy Bell [vocals] – EMI
John Bennett – Chart Music
Sam Bennett – Folktrax
Mary Bergin [whistle; Dublin] – Gael Linn, Shanachie
Joel Bernstein [harmonica; USA] – Foxglove Records
Paddy Berry [vocals; Wexford] – own label
Gearóidín Bhreathnach [vocals; Donegal] – Cló Iar-Chonnachta
Terry Bingham [concertina; Down] – Ossian,
own label
Michael Black [vocals; Dublin] – Compass Records
John Blake [flute, guitar; London] – own label
Malachy Bourke [fiddle; Dublin] – own label
John Bowe [accordion, Offaly] – Inchecronin
Turlach Boylan [flute; Derry] – Big Plain
Maggie Boyle [vocals, flute; London] – Day Job Records, Green Linnet
Neil Boyle [fiddle; Donegal] – Folktrax
Geraldine Bradley [vocals; Armagh] – own label
Harry Bradley [flute; Belfast] – Claddagh, Outlet, own label
Paul Bradley [fiddle; Armagh] – Outlet
Paul Brady [vocals, guitar; Tyrone] – Compass
Records, Green Linnet, Mulligan, See For
Miles, Shanachie, own label
Willie Brady [vocals] – Avoca, Request Records
Tom Brandon [vocals] – Folk Legacy
Cormac Breatnach [flute, whistle; Dublin] – own label
Máire Breatnach [fiddle, viola; Dublin] - Atlantic,
Blix
Street Records, Hummingbird, STARC,
own label
Mary-Clare Breathnach [vocals] – Chappell Recorded Music Library
Siobhán Breathnach [harp] – Ossian
Paddy Breen [flute; Clare] – Folktrax
Máire Brennan [vocals, harp; Donegal] – BMG/RCA
Moira Briody – Emerald
Paul Brock [accordion; Westmeath] – Compass Records, Gael Linn
Vincent Broderick [flute; Galway] – Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Gael Linn
Nollaig (Brolly) [vocals; Derry] – Wren Records
John Brosnan [accordion; Kerry] – own label
Florie Brown - Arc Music
John Brown – own label
Leo Brown – Glens Music
Peter Browne [accordion; Dublin] – Connoisseur Records
Peter Browne [uilleann pipes; Dublin] – Gael Linn
Ronan Browne [uilleann pipes, flute, whistle; Dublin] – Claddagh
Séamus Bugler – own label
Brendan Bulger – own label
Aidan Burke [fiddle] – own label
Joe Burke [accordion, flute; Galway] – Cló Iar-Chonnachta, Gael Linn, Green Linnet, GTD, Outlet, Shanachie, Shaskeen Records, own label
Joe Burke [banjo; USA] – Shanachie
Kevin Burke [fiddle; London] – Gael Linn, Green Linnet, Loftus Music, Meadowlark, Mulligan, Ossian, Rockburgh, Smithsonian Folkways
Martin, Ronán and Torlogh Burke – own label
Gerry Burns – Bardic
Eddie Butcher [vocals; Derry] – European Ethnic Oral Tradition, Free Reed, Leader/Trailer, Outlet, Ulster Folk Museum, Ulster Folk and Museum/Irish Traditional Music Archive
Margie Butler [harp] – Arc Music
Brendan Byrne [bodhrán] – Outlet, Sounds Irish
Brendan Byrne (singer) – Harp
Conor Byrne [flute; Dublin] – own label
Dermot Byrne [accordion; Donegal] – Claddagh, Green Linnet, Hummingbird
Francie Byrne [fiddle; Donegal] – Claddagh, Cló Iar-Chonnachta
James Byrne [fiddle; Donegal] – Claddagh
Mickey Byrne [fiddle; Donegal] – Cló Iar-Chonnachta
Packie (Manus) Byrne [vocals, whistle; Donegal] – Dingle's, English Folk Dance and Song Society, Topic, Veteran
Martin Byrnes [fiddle; Galway] – Leader/Trailer
Sinéad Caher [vocals] – Mulligan
Dennis Cahill [guitar, mandolin; USA] – Green Linnet
Eddie Cahill [flute; Sligo] – Coleman Heritage Centre, Shanachie
Fergus Cahill – Mercier
Patricia Cahill – Avoca
Caitlín Maude [vocals; Galway] – Gael Linn
Phil Callery [vocals] – Tara
Eamonn Campbell [vocals, guitar; Dublin] – Baycourt Records
Gerald Campbell – Beltona
John Campbell [seanachie; Armagh] – Outlet, Spring Records
Phil Campbell [vocals] – Spring Records
Stephen Campbell [fiddle; Scotland] – own label
Vincent Campbell [fiddle; Donegal] – Claddagh
Seán Cannon [vocals] – Kissing Spell, Ogham
Paddy Canny [fiddle; Clare] – Cló Iar-Chonnachta, Dublin Records, Gael Linn, Harp, Shamrock, Shanachie
Angelina Carberry [banjo; Manchester] – own label
Noel Carberry [uilleann pipes; Longford] – own label
Peter Carberry [accordion; Longford] – own label
Peter Carberry [uilleann pipes, Longford] – Avoca
Jean Carignan [fiddle; Canada] – Philo, Smithsonian Folkways
Mary-Anne Carolan [vocals, concertina; Louth] – Topic
Barry Carroll [hammer dulcimer; Antrim] – own label
Liz Carroll [fiddle; USA] – Compass Records, Green Linnet, Shanachie
Micky and Mary Carton – Brunswick, Copley
J.J. Carty – Outlet
James Carty [flute; London] – Racket, Veteran
John Carty [banjo, fiddle; London] – Cló Iar-Chonnachta, Shanachie
Paddy Carty [flute; Galway] – GTD, Master Collector, Shanachie
Bobby Casey [fiddle; Clare] – Bellbridge, Bowhand, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Mulligan
Karan Casey [vocals; Waterford] – Shanachie, Vertical
Neil Casey – Green Linnet
Nollaig Casey [fiddle, vocals; Cork] – Blix
Street Records, Old Bridge Music, Ringsend Road, Tara
Seán Casey [fiddle; London] – Bowhand
Yvonne Casey [fiddle; Clare] – own label
Con Cassidy [fiddle; Donegal] – Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí, Claddagh
Jane Cassidy [vocals] – Claddagh
Patrick Cassidy [harp, composer] – Gael Linn, Windham Hill
Robert Cinnamond [vocals; Antrim] – Folktrax, Ossian, Topic
Aoife Clancy [vocals, guitar] – Beaumex
Bobby/Robert Clancy [vocals; Tipperary] – Ark Albums, London Globe, Talbot, Tradition
Dónal Clancy [guitar] – Helvic
Liam Clancy [vocals, guitar; Tipperary] – Dara, Epic, Fontana, Helvic, Ogham, Shanachie, Third Floor, Tradition, Vanguard
Peg Clancy (Power) [vocals; Tipperary] – Folk Legacy, London Globe, Tradition
Willie Clancy [vocals, uilleann pipes; Clare] – Claddagh, Folktrax, Gael Linn, Green Linnet, Ossian, Smithsonian Folkways, Topic
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