15 Best Irish Music Podcasts

1. Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

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If you love Celtic music, then welcome to Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Each week, you'll receive an hour-long award-winning Celtic radio show featuring some of the best independent Irish & Celtic music, and all 100% FREE! It is one of the top music podcasts on iTunes and receives over 10,000 downloads of each show each and every week. You can subscribe to have it automatically download through your favorite podcast player.Did I mention, it was FREE?All songs are used with permission of the artists and copyrights holders.MORE Host Marc Gunn
Producer/Network Marc Gunn
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.6KFacebook 14.1KTwitter 2.5K Avg Length 71 min Format Long form Since Jul 2005 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Gerry Quinn's Irish Radio Show

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Featuring traditional and popular Irish musicLocal and international news on Irish organizations and eventsInterviews with guests from Ireland and Irish AmericansLive on-air performances of local Irish bandsMORE Host Gerry Quinn
Producer/Network Gerry Quinn
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3Facebook 1.8K Avg Length 114 min Format Extended Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

3. Copperplate Podcast

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70 minutes of good Irish traditional music, from some of Ireland's top musicians and singers mostly on their own and indie labels. All of which are distributed and promoted by the first indie company to specialize in Irtrad. All titles are available via mail order from www.copperplatemailorder.com Payment through Pay Pal. Check out the web site for sound samples and details on over 100 great titles.Presented by Alan O'Leary formerly of CMR Radio and Spyda Radio and driving force behind Copperplate. Feddback always welcome, enjoy the music.MORE Host Alan OLeary
Producer/Network Alan O'Leary
Email ****@btinternet.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 62 Avg Length 85 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Irish Music Stories Podcast

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The show about traditional music, and the bigger stories behind it. Host Shannon Heaton talks to musicians, dancers, and scholars about where Irish music has been, where it's going, and what it means to so many people around the globe. Whether you already play fiddle or know dance steps, or you don't know anything about traditional music, the emphasis of this show is creativity, community, and heritage.MORE Hosts Shannon Heaton, Matt
Producer/Network Shannon Heaton
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 109Facebook 10.4K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Since Jan 2017 Get Email Contact

5. Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music Podcast

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The Blarney Pilgrims Podcast is a weekly journey to the heart of Irish music. We interview players of Irish music about how they first came to the music and the place it occupies in their lives now. We use the word 'heart' intentionally, because heart is what this music, and the people who play it, are all about. It's a funny, warm and often unexpected journey and the tunes are crackin' too. NOTE:Hey there - it's Darren and Dom here. So...we want to let you know that last week was the last episode (Ep 94) of the Blarney Pilgrims Podcast for now...MORE Producer/Network Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 123Facebook 1.9KTwitter 155 Avg Length 103 min Format Extended Since Jun 2019 Get Email Contact

6. Andy Cooney's NY Irish Music Hour

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Andy Cooney, Star of Carnegie Hall, dubbed by The New York Times as Irish America's Favorite Son, hosts an Irish Music show like no other...
Host Andy Cooney
Producer/Network Andy Cooney
Email ****@aol.com
Location Long Island City, New York, United States
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 28Facebook 10.7KTwitter 406 Avg Length 60 min Format Long form Since Feb 2021 Get Email Contact

7. Totally Irish

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Totally Irish with Louise Cantillon. Featuring the best new Irish music, interviews, in-studio sessions, gig news and lots more
Producer/Network 98FM
Email ****@98fm.com
Location Dublin, Ireland
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Apple Reviews 3Facebook 1.6KTwitter 6.5K Avg Length 101 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

8. Celtic Roots Radio Irish music podcast

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Celtic Roots Radio (celticrootsradio.com) Here's a taste a' music to whet yer appetite Celtic, folk, folk/rock, Appalachian, Breton, bluegrass, Scottish, Irish, Cajun, Cape Breton, singer/songwriter if its Celtic, roots or acoustic music you want, you'll find it here (plus a wee drop a' Norn Iron craic!) on Celtic Roots Radio! ----------------Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio (celticrootsradio.com) ----------------24/7 INTERNET STATION!! We also have a 24/7 Celtic Roots Radio web station: Check it out NOW!! at: http://celticrootsradio.fastcast4u...MORE Host Raymond McCullough
Producer/Network Raymond McCullough: Precious Oil Productions Ltd
Email ****@celticrootsradio.com
Location Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 152Facebook 967Twitter 170 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Since Apr 2007 Get Email Contact

9. Irish Flute Tunes

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Traditional Irish Flute Tunes (****@googlemail.com)
Producer/Network Michael Clarkson
Email ****@googlemail.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 57 Avg Length 3 min Format Bite size Since Mar 2007 Get Email Contact

10. The Green Wave with Davie Furey

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The Green Wave is a podcast/radio show presented by singer/songwriter Davie Furey. Featuring interviews and music with some of Ireland's finest musicians, songwriters, poets and authors.
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Ireland
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Twitter 1.9KInstagram 1.3K Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Since Nov 2020 Get Email Contact

11. The Rolling Wave

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The Rolling Wave celebrates all that is great about Irish Traditional music. We speak to musicians, delve into archives, showcase new releases and visit some of the many traditional music festivals taking place around the country. The Rolling Wave podcast brings you some of our best interviews and features. For rights reasons the music here is shorter than in the original broadcast. To listen to the full version go to www.rte.ie/radio 1/the-rolling-wave and click on the relevant date. Listen live on RTÉ Radio 1 every Sunday night at 9pm.MORE Host Aoife Nic Cormaic
Producer/Network RTÉ
Email ****@rte.ie
Location Dublin, Ireland
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 20Twitter 4.7K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact

12. The Irish Music Industry Podcast

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The Irish Music Industry Podcast picks apart the mechanism of the Irish music sector in an effort to understand what makes it tick. From well-worn road warriors to eager newbies, all stories, advice, wisdom and occasional tales of woe come straight from the horse's mouth. The podcast has been tailored to suit music industry professionals, those hoping to get a start in the sector and anyone interested in sussing out what goes on behind and around music in Ireland today.MORE Host Mark Graham
Producer/Network Mark Graham
Email ****@timi.ie
Location Waterford, Ireland
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Since Feb 2019 Get Email Contact

13. Making It In Music

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A podcast about the modern Irish music industry and those involved.
Producer/Network Heather
Email ****@gmail.com
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Since Nov 2019 Get Email Contact