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Irish Artists

The 50 most-read Irish artists, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

200 artists are ranked in Ireland. The biggest move was Dónal Lunny, up 81 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Fontaines D.C.post-punk, indie rock	282,795	+3
02	Sinéad O’Connoralternative rock, pop	171,469	0
03	Dolores O’Riordanrock, alternative rock	166,450	-2
04	U2alternative rock, rock	116,532	-1
05	Bonoclassical, post-punk	105,045	0
06	The Cranberriesalternative rock, rock	95,402	+1
07	Dónal Lunnyfolk	81,629	+81
08	Enyanew age, celtic new age	81,010	0
09	Westlifepop, ballad	71,168	0
10	Bob Geldofrock, folk	62,724	+8
11	Niall Horanpop	59,571	+2
12	Brian McFaddenpop, pop rock	59,339	+2
13	Thin Lizzyhard rock, rock	51,979	+2
14	Hozierblues rock, blues	47,479	+6
15	Ronan Keatingpop, ballad	44,589	-4
16	CMATindie pop, country	42,904	+1
17	Glen Hansardrock, folk	42,654	-5
18	Stephen Gatelypop	38,252	+20
19	Rory Gallagherblues rock, rock	37,145	+4
20	Jedwardpop	37,043	-14
21	Siobhan Faheyrock	34,013	+7
22	Markus Feehilypop	33,100	-3
23	The Corrsrock, celtic	29,692	+3
24	Kingfishrfolk	27,984	+11
25	Gilbert O’Sullivanpop, singer-songwriter	26,956	+6
26	My Bloody Valentineshoegaze, dream pop	26,531	+1
27	Madra Salachfolk	24,407	+48
28	Nicky Byrneirish folk, pop	23,789	+6
29	Larry Mullen, Jr.post-punk	22,494	-4
30	Shane Filanballad, pop	22,400	+3
31	Boyzonepop, ballad	21,681	+1
32	Damien Ricefolk, alternative rock	21,279	+14
33	Kian Eganpop	20,694	+3
34	Róisín Murphydance-pop, electropop	18,952	+3
35	The Scriptsoft rock, pop rock	17,324	-13
36	The Mary Wallopersirish folk, folk	17,272	+14
37	The Commitmentssoul	16,641	-7
38	Florence Roadindie rock, indie pop	16,141	+1
39	Samantha Mumbacontemporary r&b, pop	15,840	+2
40	Dermot Kennedypop, pop rock	14,494	-11
41	Clannadceltic, folk	14,373	+1
42	Nadine Coylepop	13,614	-2
43	Una Healycountry	13,034	-22
44	Gilla Bandnoise rock, post-punk	12,518	+1
45	Beogafolk	12,430	-35
46	Amblefolk	12,286	-3
47	The Dublinersfolk, irish folk	11,809	0
48	Luke Kellyfolk	11,034	+8
49	Jazzydance-pop, vocal house	10,971	+37
50	Olwen Fouéréexperimental	10,923	+8

Rising outside the top 50this month

98	Mánus Lunnyceltic, folk	3,700	+155
112	Moving Heartsceltic rock, folk	3,111	+97
110	Cliona Hagancountry, folk	3,145	+83
91	Dave Kingrock	4,129	+61
85	Muireann Bradleycountry blues	5,080	+58

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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.