Irish Folk Artists & the Gear They Use

Joe Strummer

Singer, Guitarist · The Clash

Enya

Singer, Keyboardist · Clannad

Mark Kelly

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Marillion

Christy Moore

Guitarist · Planxty

Tommy Makem

Singer · The Clancy Brothers

Paul Brady

Composer · Planxty

Paddy Moloney

Composer · The Chieftains

Damien Dempsey

Guitarist

Andy Irvine

Singer · Planxty

Shane MacGowan

Singer · The Pogues

Jonny Hardie

Composer · Old Blind Dogs

Patrick Murphy

Singer · Gaelic Storm

Paddy Keenan

The Bothy Band

Pól Brennan

Singer · Clannad

Dáithí Sproule

Guitarist · Altan

Patsy Watchorn

Singer · The Dubliners

Jim Ferguson

Singer · The Irish Rovers

Tobias Schäfer

Fiddler's Green

Tommy Byrne

Guitarist · The Wolfe Tones

Radie Peat

Singer · Lankum

Kathleen Keane

Composer · Gaelic Storm

Quinnigan

Guitarist · Charlie and the Bhoys

Ellery Klein

Composer · Gaelic Storm

Shep Lonsdale

Composer, Music Producer · Gaelic Storm

Paddy Schmidt

Paddy Goes to Holyhead

Fred Graham

Singer · The Irish Rovers

Wardie

Charlie and the Bhoys

Matt Molloy

Planxty

Rab

Bassist, Keyboardist · Charlie and the Bhoys

Liam O'Flynn

Planxty

Phil Chevron

Guitarist · The Pogues

Seán Keane

The Chieftains

Spider Stacy

Singer · The Pogues

Ciaran Tourish

Music Producer · Altan

Eamonn Campbell

Guitarist · The Dubliners

Frank Jooss

Composer · Fiddler's Green

Peter Pathos

Composer · Fiddler's Green

Eric Obst

Fiddler's Green

Luke Kelly

Singer · The Dubliners

Ronnie Drew

Guitarist · The Dubliners

Stefan Klug

Composer · Fiddler's Green

Rainer Schulz

Composer · Fiddler's Green

Seán Smyth

Lúnasa

Jem Finer

Guitarist · The Pogues

Tir Na Nog

Arty McGlynn

Guitarist · Patrick Street

Ciarán Curran

Altan

Davy Carton

Guitarist · The Saw Doctors

Leslie Wilson

The New Birth

Cillian Vallely

Lúnasa

Trevor Hutchinson

Bassist · Lúnasa

Cormac Mac Diarmada

Drummer, Keyboardist · Lankum

Kevin Crawford

Composer · Lúnasa

Leo Moran

Guitarist · The Saw Doctors

Andrew Ranken

Drummer · The Pogues

Derek Bell

Keyboardist, Composer · The Chieftains

Sarah Allen

Composer · The Waterboys

Anthony Thistlethwaite

Bassist · The Saw Doctors

Fraser Stone

Old Blind Dogs

Ed Boyd

Composer · Flook

John Joe Kelly

Composer · Flook

Michael McGoldrick

Composer · Capercaillie

Damien O'Kane

Composer · Flook

Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill

Singer, Keyboardist · The Bothy Band

Phil Smillie

The Tannahill Weavers

Nicky Byrne

Singer · Westlife

John Martin

Singer · The Tannahill Weavers

Fraser Fifield

Composer · Old Blind Dogs

Dolores Keane

Singer · De Dannan

Wilcil McDowell

Keyboardist · The Irish Rovers

Dougie MacLean

Composer · Silly Wizard

Tobias Rempe

Fiddler's Green

Linda Badgley

Lankum

Peter Purvis

Gaelic Storm

Jessie Burns

Composer · Gaelic Storm

Samantha Hunt

Gaelic Storm

Ralf "Albi" Albers

Composer · Fiddler's Green

Rory Campbell

Composer · Old Blind Dogs

Donal Lunny

Composer, Music Producer · Planxty

Noel Nagle

Singer · The Wolfe Tones

Mary Black

Singer · Richard Thompson, Mary Black, Dolores Keane

Derek Warfield

Singer · The Wolfe Tones

George Millar

Guitarist · The Irish Rovers

Barney McKenna

Singer · The Dubliners

Rickie O'Neill

Drummer · The Saw Doctors

Wolfram Kellner

Drummer · Fiddler's Green

Joe Millar

Singer · The Irish Rovers

Ciarán Brennan

Singer · Clannad

Will Millar

Singer · The Irish Rovers

Wallace Hood

Singer · The Irish Rovers

Sharon Shannon

Pádraig Duggan

Singer · Clannad

Mícheál Ó Domhnaill

Guitarist · The Bothy Band

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Singer · Altan

Daragh Lynch

Singer, Guitarist · Lankum

Seán Potts

The Chieftains