Originally Posted by cgw

Irish Bands:
Thin Lizzy - Nice to hear once in a while
Van Morrison - of course
Rory Gallagher - I can't believe I have never heard of him before recently.
Boomtown Rats - A Tonic for the Troops is one of my fav albums

Bands that play "Irish" music:
Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys are both good fun. I saw Dropkick last year in a small hall. It was probably one of the 2 or 3 loudest shows I have been to.
Irish music played hard and fast (i.e. celtic punk) works well.