BANDS & ARTISTS FROM IRELAND & THEIR HITS IN HELLAS

Bands & artists of Irish origin (Eire & N. Ireland) & their most successful songs in Hellas


1) Bands


A HOUSE (Dublin / hit: Endless Art, 1992)

ADVENTURES, THE (Belfast, Northern Ireland / hit: Broken Land, 1988)

ASH (Downpatrick, Northern Ireland / hit: Candy, 2001)

BLACK VELVET BAND, THE (hit: When Justice Came, 1989)

BOOMTOWN RATS, THE (Dublin / hit: I Don't Like Mondays, 1979)

BOYZONE (Dublin / biggest hits in Hellas: Love Me For A Reason, 1994 / No Matter What, 1998)

CLANNAD (Gweedore / hit: In A Lifetime feat Bono, 1986)

COMMITMENTS, THE (biggest hits in Hellas: Treat Her Right, 1991 / Try A Little Tenderness, 1991)

CORRS, THE (Dundalk, County Louth / hit: Breathless, 2000)

CRANBERRIES, THE (Limerick)

CRY BEFORE DAWN (Wexford / hit: Gone Forever, 1987)

DIVINE COMEDY, THE (Enniskillen, Northern Ireland / hits: Generation Sex, 1998) / Lady Of A Certain Age, 2006)

D:REAM (Derry, Northern Ireland / hit: Things Can Only Get Better, 1993)

FAT LADY SINGS, THE (Dublin / hit: Deborah, 1991)

HOTHOUSE FLOWERS (Dublin / hit: Don't Go, 1988)

POGUES, THE (biggest hits: Summer in Siam, 1990 / Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah, 1988)

SNOW PATROL (Dundee, Scotland / hit: Chasing Cars, 2006)

THEM (Belfast, Northern Ireland / biggest hits in Hellas: Baby Please Don't Go, 1964 / Gloria, 1964)

THIN LIZZY (Dublin)

U2 (Dublin)

WESTLIFE (Sligo & Dublin / biggest hit: Mandy, 2003)




2) Artists


LUKA BLOOM (Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland / hit: I Need Love, 1992)

BOY GEORGE (Barnehurst, Kent, England)

PAUL BRADY (Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland / hit: Nobody Knows, 1991)

CHRIS DE BURGH (Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe Province, Argentina)

JOE DOLAN (Mullingar, County Westmeath / hit: Lady In Blue, 1975)

ENYA (Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal / biggest hits in Hellas: Orinoco Flow, 1988 / Storms In Africa, 1988)

GAVIN FRIDAY (Dublin / biggest hits in Hellas: I Want To Live, 1992 / You, Me & World War III, 1996)

RORY GALLAGHER (Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland)

REA GARVEY (Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland)

BOB GELDOF (Dún Laoghaire, Ireland / hit: This Is The World Calling, 1986)

RICHARD HARRIS (Limerick / hit: MacArthur Park, 1968)

RONAN KEATING (Dublin / biggest hits: When You Say Nothing At All, 1999 / Life Is A Rollercoaster, 2000)

JOHNNY LOGAN (Melbourne, Australia / biggest hits: What's Another Year, 1980 / Hold Me Now, 1987)

JIMMY McSHANE (Londonderry, N. Ireland / front man of BALTIMORA - Tarzan Boy, 1985)

CHRISTIE MOORE (Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland / hit: Welcome To The Cabaret, 1991)

GARY MOORE (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

VAN MORRISON (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

ROISIN MURPHY (Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland / hit: Let Me Know, 2007 / also see: MOLOKO)

SINEAD O'CONNOR (Dublin / biggest hits: Mandinka, 1987 / Nothing Compares 2 U, 1989)

GILBERT O'SULLIVAN (Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland / biggest hits in Hellas: Alone Again (Naturally), 1972 / Clair, 1972)

DAMIEN RICE (Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland / hit: The Blower's Daughter, 2001)

KEVIN ROWLAND (Wolverhampton, England)

FEARGAL SHARKEY (Londonderry, Northern Ireland / hit: A Good Heart, 1985 / see: Never Never - ASSEMBLY, 1983)

also blood related to Ireland: MICH HUCKNALL, JOHNNY MARR, SARAH JANE MORRIS, JOSS STONE

3) Significant Irish bands & artists less known or less successful in Hellas


AN EMOTIONAL FISH (Dublin)

CACTUS WORLD NEWS (Dublin)

CHIEFTAINS, THE (Dublin)

DUBLINERS, THE (Dublin)

ENERGY ORCHARD (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

FATIMA MANSIONS, THE (Cork)

FRAMES, THE / GLEN HANSARD

IN TUA NUA (County Dublin)

INTO PARADISE (Dublin)

MAMA'S BOYS (County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland)

MICRODISNEY / HIGH LLAMAS (Cork)

SAMANTHA MUMBA (Dublin)

MY BLOODY VALENTINE (Dublin)

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

PRAYER BOAT, THE (Blessington, Wicklow)

SKID ROW (IR) (Dublin)

STEPPES, THE 

THERAPY? (Larne, Northern Ireland)

UNDERTONES, THE / THAT PETROL EMOTION (Derry, Northern Ireland)

VIRGIN PRUNES (Dublin)

also see:

AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM (a band with some Irish members)

BRIAN KENNEDY (Sweetmouth > Forgiveness, Van Morrison > Days Like This)




4) The 10 most popular songs by an Irish act in Hellas ever:


Don't Pay The Ferryman-CHRIS DE BURGH

I Don't Like Mondays-THE BOOMTOWN RATS

Moonchild-RORY GALLAGHER

Nothing Compares 2 U-SINEAD O'CONNOR

One-U2

Orinoco Flow-ENYA

Still Got The Blues-GARY MOORE

Sunday Bloody Sunday-U2

With Or Without You-U2 (undoubtedly the most popular song an Irish artist in Hellenic radio ever)

Zombie-THE CRANBERRIES


Runner's up:

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For-U2

New Years Day-U2


& by special exception:

Super Girl-REAMONN (feat. REA GARVEY)