2014_in_Irish_music
2014 in Irish music
Overview of the events of 2014 in Irish music
This article lists various songs, albums, festivals, and performances of the year 2014 in Irish music.
January
February
Heartbeat (Can-linn song) was released on February 21. It appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark.[1]
March
April
In April, Jedward's single "Free Spirit" was released[2]
May
June
July
August
September
The Coronas's fourth album will be released sometime in September.[3]
October
November
December
Bold indicates that the event occurs in multiple months.
January
February
- Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 took place on February 28.[4]
March
April
May
June
- Lismore Music Festival took place on May 31 and June 1 in Lismore Castle[5]
July
- Live at the Marquee will take place from June 21 to July 15.[6]
August
- Castlepalooza will take place from August 1–3.[7]
- Indiependence, an indie-rock festival, will take place from August 1 to 3 in Mitchelstown, County Cork.[8]
- Electric Picnic, an arts and music festival, will take place from August 29–31.[9]
September
Harvest Time Blues will take place from September 5 to 7 in Monaghan town.[10]
October
- Cloughtoberfest, a gypsy jazz festival held in Cloughjordan, County Tipperary October 10 to 12.[11][12][13]
November
December
Emmet Cahill announced that he will be leaving Celtic Thunder in January.[14]
- Finbarr Dwyer, accordion player, died aged 67 on February 8.[15]
- Seán Potts, Irish musician (The Chieftains), died aged 83 on February 11.[16]
- Paddy McGuigan, songwriter who wrote ("The Men Behind the Wire", "The Boys of the Old Brigade") and musician (The Barleycorn), died aged 74 on March 17.[17]
- Roxburgh, Gordon (28 February 2014). "Ireland to be represented by Kasey Smith". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- "Jedward announce new album Free Spirit details". Digital Spy. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- "Upcoming Gigs". The Coronas.
- Jiandani, Sanjay (31 October 2013). "Ireland: RTE reveals format for 2014 national selection". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- Home – Lismore Festival Archived 2018-05-15 at the Wayback Machine/
- "Live at the Marquee, Cork". Entertainment.ie. 31 March 2009.
- Castlepalooza Music & Arts Festival – August 1st, 2nd, 3rd 2014, Charleville Castle, Tullamore It will take place in Stradbally Hall, Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland
- Concerts ([email protected]), Dublin. "Indiependence 2014 Lineup".
- "Harvest Times Blues Festival 2014, Monaghan, Ireland". harvestblues.ie. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014.
- "Cloughtoberfest | Music Festivals | Cloughjordan". Discoverireland.ie. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- "cloughtoberfest.com - This website is for sale! - Cloughtoberfest Gypsy jazz Django Reinhardt guitar festival craft beer Ireland Tipperary Resources and Information". Archived from the original on 2017-05-28. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
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- "Emmet Cahill Official Music Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- "Death Notice of Finbarr Dwyer". rip.ie.
- "Chieftains founder Potts dies". independent. 12 February 2014.
- "Ballad songwriter Paddy McGuigan died on St Patrick's Day". independent. 19 March 2014.