FOR SUCH A small country, Ireland has produced a whole lot of quality tunes.

From the punk of Stiff Little Fingers and The Undertones to the sweet and soft pop of Lisa Hannigan and David Kitt, with a detour through a whole lot of guitar music, this is a crash course in some of the best music from this island over the last few decades.

Roll down the windows, crank up the playlist and enjoy.

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The Ultimate Playlist of Irish songs

• Whipping Boy – When We Were Young
• Thin Lizzy – Whiskey in the Jar 
• The Frames – Revelate
• The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
• Mic Christopher – Heyday
• The Thrills – Santa Cruz
• Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster
• Sultans of Ping – Where’s Me Jumper
• Ham Sandwich – Illuminate
• My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow
• Bell X1 – Eve, The Apple of My Eye
• Horslips – An Dearg Doom
• Director – Reconnect
• Microdisney – Horse Overboard
• Van Morrison – Into The Mystic
• Mundy – To You I Bestow
• Villagers – Nothing Arrived
• Sinead O’Connor – Mandinka
• Declan O’Rourke – Galileo
• Fight Like Apes – Something Global
• Aslan – This Is
• Paul Brady – The Island
• Hozier – Take Me To Church
• Christy Moore – Ride On
• Girl Band – Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage?
• Joe Dolan – Good Looking Woman
• Shane MacGowan and Sinead O’Connor – Haunted
• Cranberries – Linger
• Lisa Hannigan – Lille
• David Kitt – Step Outside In the Morning Light
• Ash – Shining Light
• U2 – One
• The Frank and Walters – After All
• Luke Kelly – Raglan Road

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