2015 in Irish music
This article lists various songs, albums, festivals, and performances of the year 2015 in Irish music.
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Events
- 23 May - Molly Sterling represents Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Playing with Numbers".[1][2]
Albums
- Nathan Carter - Beautiful Life
- HamsandwicH - Stories from the Surface[3]
- Kodaline - Coming Up for Air
- Villagers - Darling Arithmetic[4]
Deaths
- 5 March – Jim McCann, 70, folk musician, throat cancer.[6]
- 11 March – Tony Fenton, 53, radio presenter and DJ, prostate cancer.[7]
- 13 April – Ronnie Carroll, 80, Northern Irish singer and political candidate.[8]
- 27 May – Dennis Sheehan, 68, Irish music tour manager (U2), heart attack.[9]
- 1 July – Val Doonican, 88, singer and television personality.
See also
References
- Padraig Muldoon. "Molly Sterling wins Eurosong and will represent Ireland at Eurovision 2015". Eurovision 2015 Predictions, Polls, Odds, Rankings - wiwibloggs. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- "The Nenagh Guardian - Puckane born Molly Sterling to perform in Terryglass". The Nenagh Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- Kelly, Aoife (11 February 2015). "HamsandwicH announce new album 'Stories from the Surface'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- "Villagers knock Hozier off No 1 spot in charts". RTÉ.ie. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2015-05-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Former Dubliners member Jim McCann dies at the age of 70
- Today FM presenter Tony Fenton has died following cancer battle
- Ronnie Carroll: Former Eurovision singer and election candidate dies
- U2 pay tribute to Dennis Sheehan at Los Angeles concert
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