In the first week of September 2015, Keith Kelly, who writes for Indie Limerick, plays for Randolf and the Crokers  hosted The People of Limerick account. During his tenure, he created a list of 35 Limerick bands. Many thanks to Keith for allowing us to reproduce this list, which can be found here Brilliant Limerick Bands. Since then, we have been adding to the list.

A link to the Twitter account of the band or musician, and an example of their music has been added where available, those in italics we have not found a link to their music or social media account

The following are in alphabetical order (by surname if a singer).

Enjoy!

  1. 16 Tons of Jive
  2. 202sShoot you Down
  3. AcoustraThe Sea Jig
  4. Anna’s Anchor Mirabell
  5. Arkitekt
  6. At The Window
  7. Average Contents
  8. Azure Days – Top of Love
  9. BeogaHome Cookin’
  10. Big Generator (Bass player from Limerick) – Heaven
  11. Big John’s Bootleggin Band
  12. Bleeding Heart PigeonsA Hallucination
  13. Blue Meanies
  14. Brad Pitt Light OrchestraGrace Jones
  15. Bud Clancy’s Band
  16. Campaign LKThe Wickedness
  17. Nick Carswell & The Elective OrchestraFolks Like Us
  18. Catcher and The RyeCrazy Wise Man
  19. Denise ChailaAnseo ft Jafaris
  20. Changing TrainsWon’t Let You Down
  21. Cars That Ate Paris
  22. CASSAVETESOnly way to heaven
  23. Colors (Glen Brennan)
  24. CruiserNo More Parties
  25. Daterippers
  26. Dead Red LightOut of Time
  27. Decato
  28. Peter DelaneyDuck Egg Blue
  29. Delorean SuiteAlone
  30. Deviant & Naive TedThe Inevitable Heel Turn
  31. dREAFather is a Drummer
  32. Tommy Drennan O Holy Night
  33. Laura DuffWayside
  34. Emaf
  35. Keith FordePop them Pills
  36. Fallings (Based in Limerick 2010-2014) – I Want To Be
  37. Fall DogsWaving at Magpies
  38. Farran FolkThe Famine Song
  39. Flag Listeners
  40. FredSkyscrapers (Bass Player from Limerick)
  41. FreelanceThe Runner
  42. Fox JawHatch Sixteen
  43. Fun Bobby
  44. Gimik (1976-81)
  45. GiveamanakickSay No to Sports
  46. Granny’s IntentionsNever an ending thing
  47. HeadgearSinging in the Drain
  48. HedfuzyBlack River
  49. Hermitage GreenJenny
  50. Hey RustyEnamoured of the Miniscule
  51. His Father’s VoiceNo Room for Romance
  52. IOUS
  53. Iron MountainOpium
  54. Ivan St JohnThere You Stand
  55. Jester
  56. JourneymanLive at Thomond House
  57. John KennySpancil Hill
  58. Cillian King plays with Notify Band & AtlasCould Be Kings (solo)
  59. Knapweed
  60. Emma LangfordSowing Acorns
  61. Last Days of Death CountyStrung Out
  62. Leading Armies All in Between
  63. Maser Hare (1974-1976)
  64. Yvonne McCarthyYou Don’t Know Me
  65. Men Of TwentyCheap Carnival
  66. Monday VillainsSoap Bar
  67. Monoband
  68. Moscow Metro Spirit of the City
  69. MoxieWhat Lies Behind the Walls
  70. MuRliSurface Tension
  71. New Year Rejects
  72. Nuralgia
  73. NubusTaped Sketches (Full Album)
  74. Brian O’BrienFake Smile
  75. Siobhan O’BrienAmerica
  76. Brian O’Connor If I Needed you
  77. Mark O’Connor23 (Album)
  78. ShardborneA Room within a Room
  79. Shaun O’Dowd & Ding-A-LingLive performance
  80. Mike O’Mahony
  81. Eoin & Moley Ó’SúilleabháinSize2shoes
  82. Out of the Fog
  83. Parliament SquareForest Fire
  84. Posing Briefs
  85. PowpigBirds of Paradise
  86. Post Punk Podge and the TechnohippiesHard Man
  87. Private WorldChange the Room
  88. Proper Micro NV
  89. ProtobabyState of Affairs
  90. Randolf and the CrokersHangin’
  91. ReformYou gotta get up
  92. RoperRegardless We Rust
  93. RubberbanditsHorse Outside
  94. Rusangano Family & My Name is JohnGod Knows Full Album
  95. Same D4ence
  96. Section 17
  97. Seans WalkRegrets
  98. Secret PoliceBelieve
  99. SenakahHuman Relations
  100. SeptimiusRose, Mary, and Time
  101. Silent Noise Parade (Limerick & Nenagh) – Fears
  102. SistersHold Me Closer Tiny Christmas
  103. SlackjawBrilliant Sunshine
  104. Strange Boy
  105. John SteeleThe Lucky One
  106. Supermodel TwinsOne Step Behind
  107. Surrealists
  108. T.A. NarrativePlayful Resister
  109. The Alvin Purple ExperienceDoes Your Mother Know
  110. The Altered HoursConvertible Album
  111. The Charming
  112. The Coup
  113. The CranberriesZombie
  114. The Cranberry Saw Us
  115. The Drive
  116. The DrivenJesus Love You More If You Can Drive
  117. The Experts
  118. The Fewer The Better
  119. The GroovePreachers Paradise
  120. The Hip-Neck Blues CollectiveBill Murray
  121. The HitchersBig Mug
  122. The Knights of Rutland
  123. The Last Resort
  124. The Madhatters
  125. The Monguls
  126. The O’MalleysWe’re All Green
  127. The OutfitRadiation (1982)
  128. The RacklersGet West & Ta The Ta
  129. The Rivermen
  130. The Rhythm Sector
  131. The Stray Saints
  132. The White Falls Band
  133. Theme Tune BoyRecess
  134. They Do it With MirrorsI’m As Furious As An Ox Who Has Been Refused A Seat On A Bus
  135. This One’s For Her
  136. Tooththat corporate emotion lp
  137. Those Stilted Boys
  138. ToucandanceRadon Daughters Live
  139. Touch of OliverWeight
  140. Treehouse DinerWhatever Happened to Lucy
  141. Tripper HumaneDiscoland
  142. Tuesday BlueShibumi 1988 (Full Album)
  143. Kathleen Turner (Limerick Based) – Danger
  144. Up The Downstairs
  145. Utopian puppets
  146. Van PantherHome
  147. Vesta VarroExit Here
  148. Eugene Wallace (1950-1999) – Dangerous
  149. Barry WarnerReal Man
  150. Walter Mitty and the RealistsGreen Light Go
  151. Warsaw RadioLost Her in Sound
  152. We Come in PiecesBeefy Clyro
  153. We Should Be DeadForget Romance, Lets Dance
  154. whenyoungThe Others
  155. WindingsThis is a Conversation
  156. Woodstar –  Dumb Punk Song
  157. X-it

If you know of other great Limerick bands, or have links to the italicised bands’ music, please let us know via our contact form or on Twitter, and we will add them to the list.

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