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Artists from Ireland

The 50 most-read artists based in Ireland, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

200 artists are ranked in Ireland. The biggest move was Dónal Lunny, up 64 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Glen Hansardrock, folk	881,524	0
02	Dolores O’Riordanrock, alternative rock	192,189	0
03	Sinéad O’Connoralternative rock, pop	165,071	0
04	Fontaines D.C.post-punk, indie rock	154,076	+13
05	The Cranberriesalternative rock, rock	104,884	-1
06	Bonoclassical, post-punk	91,983	-1
07	U2alternative rock, rock	88,758	0
08	Enyanew age, celtic new age	84,008	-2
09	The Commitmentssoul	76,140	-1
10	Niall Horanpop	58,658	0
11	Ronan Keatingpop, ballad	57,130	+6
12	Thin Lizzyhard rock, rock	56,709	+1
13	Bob Geldofrock, folk	54,198	-4
14	The Framesindie rock, rock	47,157	-2
15	Hozierblues rock, blues	45,420	0
16	The Scriptsoft rock, pop rock	44,707	+3
17	The Corrsrock, celtic	43,956	-6
18	Westlifepop, ballad	43,143	-2
19	Brian McFaddenpop, pop rock	35,584	+5
20	Rory Gallagherblues rock, rock	35,446	0
21	Siobhan Faheyrock	34,692	0
22	Danny O’Donoghuerock	33,702	+3
23	The Swell Seasonindie folk	32,811	-9
24	Jedwardpop	32,259	+3
25	My Bloody Valentineshoegaze, dream pop	30,357	+1
26	Andrew Strongpop rock	28,854	+8
27	Damien Ricefolk, alternative rock	27,158	+15
28	Kingfishrfolk	27,088	+1
29	CMATindie pop, country	26,819	-6
30	Lisa O’Neillfolk	24,056	+40
31	Gilbert O’Sullivanpop, singer-songwriter	23,551	-3
32	Dónal Lunnyfolk	20,627	+64
33	Lisa Hanniganfolk, indie folk	20,570	+23
34	Boyzonepop, ballad	19,622	+3
35	Imelda Mayrockabilly, blues	19,556	+15
36	Róisín Murphydance-pop, electropop	19,458	-3
37	Amblefolk	18,689	+6
38	Una Healycountry	17,698	+16
39	Nadine Coylepop	17,180	-8
40	Stephen Gatelypop	16,610	-5
41	Clannadceltic, folk	16,250	-2
42	Olwen Fouéréexperimental	15,493	+9
43	Markus Feehilypop	14,959	+2
44	The Dublinersfolk, irish folk	14,884	+8
45	Samantha Mumbacontemporary r&b, pop	14,799	-15
46	Luke Kellyfolk	14,682	+18
47	Florence Roadindie rock, indie pop	14,627	-6
48	Larry Mullen, Jr.post-punk	14,360	-8
49	Moya Brennanceltic, folk	14,343	-3
50	Dermot Kennedypop, pop rock	14,295	-28

Rising outside the top 50this month

90	Alphastateselectropop, indie pop	4,855	+233
112	Madra Salachfolk	3,526	+121
109	Margocountry and irish	3,597	+89
118	King Kong Companyelectronica	3,246	+71
122	Fiachna Ó Braonáinfolk rock	3,117	+64

Adjacent scenes

How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.