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* Castlepalooza
* Cois Fharraige
* Electric Picnic
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* Live at the Marquee
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* Creamfields
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* Garden Party
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* Ambassador
* Olympia
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* Belvedere House and Gardens
* Malahide Castle
* Marlay Park
* Slane Castle
* Dublin Castle
* Phoenix Park
* Thomond Park
* Punchestown Racecourse
* Stradbally Hall

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* The Academy
* Eamonn Doran's
* Róisín Dubh
* Vicar Street
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* Whelan's

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This article lists various songs, albums, festivals, and performances of the year 2014 in Irish music.

## Albums/Songs

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See also: List of number-one singles of 2014 (Ireland)

### January

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### February

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Heartbeat (Can-linn song) was released on February 21. It appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark.[1]

### March

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### April

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In April, Jedward's single "Free Spirit" was released[2]

### May

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### June

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### July

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### August

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### September

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The Coronas's fourth album will be released sometime in September.[3]

### October

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### November

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### December

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## Performances/Festivals

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Bold indicates that the event occurs in multiple months.

### January

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### February

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* Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 took place on February 28.[4]

### March

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### April

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### May

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### June

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* Lismore Music Festival took place on May 31 and June 1 in Lismore Castle[5]

### July

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* Live at the Marquee will take place from June 21 to July 15.[6]

### August

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* 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

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Harvest Time Blues will take place from September 5 to 7 in Monaghan town.[10]

### October

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* Cloughtoberfest, a gypsy jazz festival held in Cloughjordan, County Tipperary October 10 to 12.[11][12][13]

### November

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### December

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## News

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Emmet Cahill announced that he will be leaving Celtic Thunder in January.[14]

## Deaths

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* 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]

## See also

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* 2014 in music
* Music of Ireland

## References

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1. ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (28 February 2014). "Ireland to be represented by Kasey Smith". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
2. ^ "Jedward announce new album Free Spirit details". Digital Spy. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
3. ^ "Upcoming Gigs". The Coronas.
4. ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (31 October 2013). "Ireland: RTE reveals format for 2014 national selection". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
5. ^ Home – Lismore Festival Archived 2018-05-15 at the Wayback Machine/
6. ^ "Live at the Marquee, Cork". Entertainment.ie. 31 March 2009.
7. ^ Castlepalooza Music & Arts Festival – August 1st, 2nd, 3rd 2014, Charleville Castle, Tullamore It will take place in Stradbally Hall, Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland
8. ^ Concerts (hello@dublinconcerts.ie), Dublin. "Indiependence 2014 Lineup".
9. ^ "Home". Electric Picnic.
10. ^ "Harvest Times Blues Festival 2014, Monaghan, Ireland". harvestblues.ie. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014.
11. ^ "Cloughtoberfest | Music Festivals | Cloughjordan". Discoverireland.ie. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
12. ^ "Cloughtoberfest". Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
13. ^ "Plunge dresses are in!". Entertainment.ie.
14. ^ "Emmet Cahill Official Music Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
15. ^ "Death Notice of Finbarr Dwyer". rip.ie.
16. ^ "Chieftains founder Potts dies". independent. 12 February 2014.
17. ^ "Ballad songwriter Paddy McGuigan died on St Patrick's Day". independent. 19 March 2014.

## External links

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* Irish Music Awards
* IMRO website
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