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List of American musicians of Irish descent

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This is a list of notable Irish-American musicians.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is Irish American and a notable musician.

Musicians

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A–J

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K–Z

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AsianConnections - A Conversation with Michelle Branch". Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016. Mike: I learned that your dad is Irish, and your mom is Dutch Indonesian and French.
  2. ^ "Overview: Byrne v. British Broadcasting Corporation Page - the Law Offices of Smith Dornan & Dehn PC". Archived from the original on September 13, 2005. Retrieved June 23, 2006. "Irish-American recording artist Chris Byrne, familiar to Irish music fans as Seanchai (pronounced SHAN-a-kee), and as a founder of the Irish musical group, Black 47..."
  3. ^ [1] "I've always said that my father is half black and half Venezuelan and my mother is Irish. But people don't understand... They can't fathom that I'm African American, Venezuelan and Irish."
  4. ^ The punk of the Irish :: Honolulu Weekly
  5. ^ [2] "Ken Casey's Boston-Irish immigrant family experience is in many ways very similar..."
  6. ^ "CSBB". Archived from the original on August 10, 2006. Retrieved August 9, 2006. "Born into a family of Irish descent, the Wood children, Elizabeth, (20), Deirdre, (18), Sean, (16), Patrick, (14), and Maire, (10), reside in the rural Ojai Valley in Southern California, with their parents and their little brother, Aidan"
  7. ^ [3] "I'm Greek and Irish."
  8. ^ "Obituary". Archived from the original on October 25, 2006. Retrieved June 23, 2006. "Clooney was born into a troubled family of Irish Catholics in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1928..."
  9. ^ Cobain: Actually it was, but the Coburns screwed it up when they came over. They came from County Cork, which is a really weird coincidence, because when we toured Ireland, we played in Cork and the entire day I walked around in a daze. I'd never felt more spiritual in my life. It was the weirdest feeling and-I have a friend who was with me who could testify to this-I was almost in tears the whole day. Since that tour, which was about two years ago, I've had a sense that I was from Ireland.
  10. ^ [4] "I was born with the Irish virus. That's easy. I came by it honestly through centuries and centuries of ancestors, I am sure..."
  11. ^ "I'm Irish and I was born on St. Patrick's day. I'm lucky sevens."
  12. ^ [5][permanent dead link] "I'm Irish: If I could get the cap off something, I would drink it."
  13. ^ "Bing Crosby - Verve Records". Archived from the original on November 13, 2004. Retrieved June 23, 2006. "Bing’s mother was of Irish descent and his father was descended from a maritime family." [6]
  14. ^ [7]"Marié is of Japanese and Irish descent"
  15. ^ [8] "heritage Irish"
  16. ^ [9] "Irish-American trombonist Tommy Dorsey, more than two years younger (according to recently unearthed baptismal papers) than his clarinetist and alto saxophonist brother Jimmy..."
  17. ^ "Varsity Hotwax". Archived from the original on November 16, 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2006. "OH, FOR THE DAYS when Everlast was Irish, angry, and proud of it."
  18. ^ [10] [11] Archived June 28, 2006, at the Wayback Machine "The daughter of Irish-American vaudeville singers..."
  19. ^ "Judy Garland - the Live Performances!: In Concert - Birmingham, England 07/09/1951". Archived from the original on September 9, 2006. Retrieved June 23, 2006."March 2005". Archived from the original on November 25, 2006. Retrieved June 23, 2006. "What would "White Christmas" have sounded like if Bing Crosby (great-grandfather from Co. Cork) hadn't made it a hit? Ditto for "Over the Rainbow", sung by Judy Garland (grandmother Fitzpatrick from Dublin), whose popularity in Ireland was so great that the song It's A Great Day for the Irish was written especially for her."
  20. ^ Bonacich, Drago. "Arthur Hanlon - Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  21. ^ "Jack Harlow Goes Undercover on Twitter, Instagram, and Wikipedia". GQ. November 25, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  22. ^ [12] "Victor Herbert, an Irish-born American composer and conductor of operettas and light music..."
  23. ^ [13] "Maternal grandfather is of Irish descent"
  24. ^ [14] "Father was an Irish immigrant"
  25. ^ [15] Her mother is Irish-Italian..."
  26. ^ [16] "For Dave King, the Dublin-born singer/guitarist/songwriter of SideOneDummy recording group Flogging Molly..."
  27. ^ [17] "Irish playwright and musician Larry Kirwan" [18] "Larry Kirwan, a native of Wexford on the southeast coast of Ireland, writes the songs of Black 47..."
  28. ^ Bialas, Michael (November 14, 2012). "After Sleeping on It, Ben Kyle Gets His Solo Act Together". The Huffington Post. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  29. ^ [19][permanent dead link] "Demi is of Hispanic, Italian and Irish descent."
  30. ^ [20] daughter of Judy Garland and (half) sister of Liza Minnelli "and developed the powerful Irish charm and sense of style that stayed with him for the rest of his life. My family has sometimes survived on (Irish) charm alone."
  31. ^ Storrs, Kev (November 21, 2011). "RI Exclusive: Macklemore Interview with Rap Ireland". Rap Ireland. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  32. ^ "John McCormack ( Irish Tenor ) Early 1900's Victrola Music Recordings". Archived from the original on June 19, 2006. Retrieved June 23, 2006. "John McCormack ( Irish Tenor )" [21] "...was one of the greatest singers of this century, born in Ireland in 1884 to working class parents."
  33. ^ "Train's Pat Monahan Talks Trains, Whistles, and Coming Home to San Francisco!". Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2013. "Being the youngest of seven kids in an Irish family..."
  34. ^ lphares.com Archived September 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  35. ^ "Classic Images: Dennis Morgan, part II". Archived from the original on August 13, 2004. Retrieved October 10, 2006. "Her Irish father was the captain of detectives of the Los Angeles Police Department and later the city's deputy district attorney."
  36. ^ "Anal Cunt". Archived from the original on April 17, 2006. Retrieved June 23, 2006. "I'm half English and half Irish." "Anal Cunt". Archived from the original on April 17, 2006. Retrieved June 23, 2006. "Basically I'm.. if you really want to know my ethnic background... I'm a quarter Irish and a Quarter English. My father's side of the Family was English and they came here in 1630. And my mother's side of the family... there was a potato famine."
  37. ^ [22] [23] Archived August 31, 2005, at the Wayback Machine "show is an evening of songs and stories based on Quinn's early life in Dublin..."
  38. ^ "Ancestry of Trent Reznor".
  39. ^ The Bob Rivers Show: 11-year-old singing sensation Bianca Ryan shows us why she's got talent Archived October 31, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  40. ^ [24]. Internet Movie Database.
  41. ^ Trousdale - "Feeling the Vibe || Chris Trousdale Interview Page 2". Archived from the original on October 16, 2006. Retrieved June 23, 2006. "Well my background is Greek and something called Black Irish. It's an ethnic Irish. It's not the blonde haired blue eyed Irish. My mom can almost look Spanish. She has really dark dark eyes. So it's basically like an Italian Irish or a Spanish Irish. It's dark. So yeah, Greek and Black Irish..."
  42. ^ "No one really sounds like me. I'm German-Irish but for some reason I have soul in me. I've always had it - ever since I was a kid. So I'm bringing my spirit and my heart because every song I sing, I'm telling a story."