1970s

1970s in music

For music from a year in the 1970s, go to 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79This article includes an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 1970s....

• "Things You Hear About Me" - Maxi, Dick and Twink
  Maxi, Dick and Twink
  Maxi, Dick and Twink were an all-girl singing trio in Ireland in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Maxi is Irene McCoubrey , Dick is Barbara Dixon and Twink is Adele King...
  
  
• "Christmastime in Ireland" - Ann Bushnell
• "Ceol an Ghrá
  Ceol An Ghrá
  "Ceol an Ghrá" was Ireland's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Irish by Sandie Jones.Lyrically, the song is a ballad, with Jones singing about hearing "the music of love" wherever she is. She sings about being in The Land of the Young, which may also refer to Ireland itself...
  
  ", Ireland's 1972 Eurovision entry, sung by Sandy Jones

1980s

1980s in music

For music from a year in the 1980s, go to 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89For a history of music in all times, see Timeline of musical events....

• "Horoscopes
  Horoscopes (song)
  "Horoscopes" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, performed in English by Sheeba.The song is an up-tempo number, with the girls singing about the fascination some people have with horoscopes and star signs. They explain that this is "crazy, crazy", because "It's we, not the...
  
  " - Sheeba
  Sheeba
  Sheeba were an all-girl pop trio popular in Ireland in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were Maxi, Marion Fossett and Frances Campbell. They are best known for representing the host nation, Ireland, in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981 with "Horoscopes"....
  
  
• "Here Today Gone Tomorrow
  Here Today Gone Tomorrow
  "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, performed in English by the Welsh family quartet The Duskeys...
  
  " - The Duskeys
• "Business Enterprise (My Friend John)" - Those Nervous Animals
  Those Nervous Animals
  Those Nervous Animals are an Irish rock band from Sligo, Ireland, Formed in 1981, the original membership consisted of lead vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist Barry Brennan, guitarist Padraig Meehan, bassist Eddie Lee and percussionist Cathal Hayden....
  
  
• "Show Some Concern" - The Concerned (Charity disc)

1990s

1990s in music

For music from a year in the 1990s, go to 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99This article includes trends in popular music in the 1990s....

• "The By-road to Glenroe
  The By-road to Glenroe
  "The By-road to Glenroe" was a song from the Irish television series Glenroe, performed by actor Mick Lally in character as Miley Byrne in honour of his wife Biddy. The song was released as a single in 1990, with the show's theme song performed by Jim Lockhart as the B-side, and was Number 1 on the...
  
  " by Mick Lally
  Mick Lally
  Michael 'Mick' Lally was an Irish stage, film and television actor. He departed from a teaching career for acting during the 1970s...
  
  
• "Riverdance" by Bill Whelan
  Bill Whelan
  Bill Whelan, is an Irish composer and musician. He is best known for composing a piece for the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. The end result, Riverdance, was a seven-minute display of traditional Irish dancing that became a full-length stage production and spawned a worldwide craze...
  
  
• "Sunburst" by Picture House
  Picturehouse (band)
  Picturehouse are an Irish band from Dublin, Ireland.-Studio albums:-Irish charts:-Compilations:Picturehouse performed a cover version of Sweet Dreams My LA Ex and a hidden track of Papa Don't Preach on Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 1....
  
  
• "Where's Me Jumper" by Sultans of Ping FC
• "Dancing At The Crossroads" by The Wild Swans (Wexford hurling anthem)
• "The Only One" by Junkster

2000s

2000s in music

For music from a year in the 2000s, go to 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09This article includes an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 2000s....

• "Maniac 2000
  Maniac 2000
  "Maniac 2000" is a song by Mark McCabe, a medley of Michael Sembello's 1983 song "Maniac" and Lyrics co-written By Dublin DJ Al Gibbs, over the Instrumental Club Version of Irish Rave act 4-Rhythm's Cover of Maniac, dating back to 1995...
  
   by Mark McCabe
  Mark McCabe
  Mark McCabe is a station manager, music producer and a radio DJ from Ireland. Mark has mixed the opening sequence for events such as the Special Olympics in 2003, the 2005 and 2007 Saint Patrick's Festivals Skyfest and released the second biggest-selling record in Ireland .During the 1990s, McCabe...
  
  
• "Who's in the House
  Who's in the House
  "Who's in the House" was a Novelty song and hit single by Fr. Brian and the Fun Lovin' Cardinals. It reached number three in the Irish Singles Chart, and spent 12 weeks in the top 40 in 2000.The song came from Brendan O'Connor's satirical character "Fr...
  
  " by Fr. Brian and the Fun Lovin' Cardinals
  Brendan O'Connor (journalist)
  Brendan O'Connor is an Irish journalist, comedian, media personality and retired pop star. Since 2010 he has presented The Saturday Night Show on RTÉ One. O'Connor is a columnist for the Sunday Independent, and is editor of the newspaper's Life Magazine.O'Connor's pop career has included a stint...
  
  
• "We've Got the World
  We've Got The World
  "We've Got the World" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in English by Mickey Harte.The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Harte singing to his lover. He tells her that "We've got the world tonight/Let's hold on together", and explains that she is the reason...
  
  " - Mickey Joe Harte
• "Love?" - Donna and Joseph McCaul
  Donna and Joseph McCaul
  Donna and Joseph McCaul , also known as The McCauls, are a sibling musical duo who represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, which was hosted by Kiev, Ukraine...
  
  
• "Orange
  Orange (song)
  "Orange" is a song performed by Irish comedian David O'Doherty. It was released on CD in February 2007 as part of his attempts to have a "Minor" hit single, preferably at #27 in the charts...
  
  " - David O'Doherty
  David O'Doherty
  David Nicholas O'Doherty is a Perrier Award winning Irish stand-up comedian, author, musician, actor and playwright. His stand-up has won two awards at the Edinburgh Fringe, Best Newcomer first of all and the if.comedy award in 2008 for his show Let's Comedy. He has been nominated twice more for...
  
  
• "The Langer" by Tim O'Riordan & Natural Gas
• "Jumbo Breakfast Roll
  Jumbo Breakfast Roll
  "Jumbo Breakfast Roll" is a 2006 single by Irish comedian Pat Shortt, under the guise of Showband singer 'Dicksie Walsh'. The subject of the song is the ubiquitous breakfast roll....
  
  " - Pat Shortt
  Pat Shortt
  Pat Shortt is an actor, comedian and entertainer. In 2007, he starred in the film Garage, directed by Lenny Abrahamson for which he won the Best Actor award at the 2008 IFTAs...
  
  
• "Merry Christmas Jakey Boy
  Merry Christmas Jakey Boy
  "Merry Christmas Jakey Boy" is a single released exclusively for the Irish market in December 2006 by Jake Stevens. Stevens is an alter ego of the comedian PJ Gallagher who features in the popular RTÉ Two hidden camera/comedy style television series, Naked Camera. The Jakey Boy in the song's title...
  
  " - Jake Stevens
  Jake Stevens
  Jake Stevens is a fictional Irish television personality and musician portrayed by the comedian PJ Gallagher. He first featured in the popular RTÉ Two hidden camera/comedy style television series, Naked Camera. Stevens later achieved his own spin-off show Makin' Jake which documented his efforts to...
  
  
• "Lay me Down
  Lay Me Down
  "Lay Me Down" is a 2010 single by reggae-rock band The Dirty Heads featuring Rome Ramirez of Sublime with Rome. The song appears on the band's album Any Port in a Storm , and has peaked at #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart....
  
  " by The Phases
• "Make Her Cry" by The Marshals
• "Give Me A Minute" by 21 Demands
• "Whole Lotta Lovin'" by Six
  Six (band)
  Six were an Irish pop group who formed on the television programme Irish Popstars in 2002. The programme aired on RTÉ One on Sunday nights in the autumn and winter of 2001-02...