Sharon Shannon is a masterful accordionist and a national treasure, and she was both emcee and the center of gravity for a ...

Trying to pick a good Christmas playlist is almost impossible, but add these songs from Bob Dylan, Julian Casablancas and ...

The lead singer of Fontaines DC joined The Pogues on stage in Dublin last night and crowds were blown away by his rendition ...

Shane MacGowan, frontman of The Pogues, died at the age of 65. Fairytale of New York, his most famous song, is a Christmas ...

Fontaines D.C.'s Grian Chatten joined The Pogues at a show in Dublin Tuesday evening (Dec. 17) to perform one of the band's ...

Shane MacGowan sadly passed away on November ... between the anarchy of punk and the protest and passion of Irish traditional music. As soon as he combined them, it was like they always had ...

And making things even harder for Victoria Mary Clarke, this week would have marked the fifth ­anniversary of their wedding. Victoria, a 58-year-old journalist who first met Shane in a London pub ...

“I remember they did one gig with us and Shane was dressed ... to that society. MacGowan also wanted a new cyclical sound like Cretan, Arabic or traditional Irish music to go with the garb.

Today's Full Score is presented by George Hamilton and our concert is the Christmas Concert from La Scala Orchestra and ...

Born in Leicester, Niall grew up in the Dundalk area although where he was living was nearer to South Armagh. Moving to ...

Shane MacGowan with his mother, Therese, at the family home in Co Tipperary in 1997. Photo: Getty Images The song works and is loved by so many ... Ireland's diaspora in the US and indeed elsewhere.