Artist	Song
U2	Sunday Bloody Sunday
from U218 Singles (Deluxe Version) (2006)
Van Morrison	Brown Eyed Girl
from Super Hits (1999)
Thin Lizzy	Whiskey in the Jar
from Dedication - The Very Best of Thin Lizzy (1991)
The Cranberries	Zombie
from Stars - The Best of 1992-2002 (2002)
The Pogues	If I Should Fall from Grace With God
from The Very Best of The Pogues (2006)
Sinéad O'Connor	The Emperor's New Clothes
from So Far... The Best of Sinéad O'Connor (1997)
The Boomtown Rats	I Don't Like Mondays
from Best of The Boomtown Rats (2004)
The Frames	Fake
from Burn the Maps (2008)
My Bloody Valentine	Only Shallow
from Loveless (2008)
Rory Gallagher	Walk On Hot Coals
from Crest of a Wave – The Best of Rory Gallagher (2009)
Them	Gloria
from Still On Top - The Greatest Hits (2007)
The Waterboys	Fisherman's Blues
from The Best of the Waterboys (2003)
Stiff Little Fingers	Alternative Ulster
from Anthology (2003)
Dropkick Murphys	I'm Shipping Up to Boston
from The Departed (Music from the Motion Picture) (2006)
Horslips	Dearg Doom
from The Tain (Bonus Track Version) (2009)
Snow Patrol	Hands Open
from Eyes Open (2006)
Virgin Prunes	Baby Turns Blue
from If I Die, I Die (2004)
Gary Moore	Over the Hills and Far Away
from Out in the Fields - The Very Best Of Gary Moore (1998)
Ash	Teenage Kicks
from Teenage Kicks - Single (2005)
Flogging Molly	Drunken Lullabies
from Drunken Lullabies (2007)
Taste	Blister On the Moon
from Taste (2000)
Hothouse Flowers	Thing of Beauty
from Songs from the Rain (2010)
Therapy?	Screamager
from We're Here to the End (2010)
Black 47	James Connolly
from Fire of Freedom (1993)
Ian Whitcomb	You Turn Me On
from You Turn Me On: The Very Best of Ian Whitcomb (2005)
Feargal Sharkey	A Good Heart
from Feargal Sharkey (2003)
Shane MacGowan & The Popes	That Woman's Got Me Drinking
from The Snake (1994)
Glen Hansard	Say It to Me Now
from Once (Music from the Motion Picture) (2007)
Bob Geldof	This Is the World Calling
from Loudmouth - The Best of Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats (1994)
Gavin Friday	Baltimore Whores
from Rogue's Gallery - Pirate Ballads, Sea Song and Chanteys (2008)
The Radiators from Space	Television Screen
from TV Tube Heart (2005)
That Petrol Emotion	Hey Venus
from Chemicrazy (2008)
The Young Dubliners	Saints and Sinners
from Saints and Sinners (2009)
The Thrills	Big Sur
from So Much for the City (2003)
Gemma Hayes	Hanging Around
from Night On My Side (2003)
Mama's Boys	Needle In the Groove
from Plug It In (1994)
Paranoid Visions	Saints Are Coming
from missing In Action E.p (2006)
Mono Band	Brighter Sky
from Mono Band (2005)
The MoonDogs	Ya Don't Do Ya
from Good Vibrations: The Punk Singles Collection (1980)
The Saw Doctors	N17
from If This Is Rock And Roll, I Want My Old Job Back (1991)
Rubyhorse	Sparkle
from Rise (2002)
Street Dogs	Two Angry Kids
from State of Grace (2008)
The Skels	Have a Drink Ya' Bastards
from Any Port in a Storm (2003)
Fight Like Apes	Tie Me Up With Jackets
from Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion (2009)
Neck	Everybody's Welcome to the Hooley!
from Everybody's Welcome to the Hooley! - EP (2006)
Charm City Saints	Irish Rover
from Never Go Home Again (2005)
The Mahones	Is This Bar Open 'Til Tomorrow
from Paint The Town Red (the Best of...) (2010)
Cruachan	Bloody Sunday
from Folk-Lore (2008)
Waylander	Re-born to the Fight
from Honour Amongst Chaos (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
Geasa	Duan Do Mo Bheann Sidhe
from Angel's Cry (2005)
Hooray For Humans	Signature
from Safekeeping (2007)
The Outcasts	Justa Nother Teenage Rebel
from The Outcasts: The Punk Singles Collection (1995)
The Devlins	World Outside
from Waiting (1997)
Rollerskate Skinny	Violence to Violence
from Shoulder Voices (1993)
Vivian Campbell	Spoonful
from Two Sides of If (2008)
The Walls	To the Bright and Shining Sun
from New Dawn Breaking (2007)
The Defects	Killer On the Streets
from Defective Breakdown (2008)
Loko Parentis	This Is What You Find
from The Other Side Of Fear (2009)
Mourning Beloveth	The Mountains Are Mine
from Dust (2006)
The Script	Breakeven (Falling to Pieces)
from The Script (2008)
Putrefy	Tits, Clits and Hacked Off Bits
from Putrefy (2008)
Ladydoll	You Know Best
from You Know Best - Single (2010)
JJ72	Snow
from JJ72 (2001)
Gama Bomb	Last Ninjas Unite
from Tales from the Grave In Space (2010)
Future Kings Of Spain	Syndicate
from Syndicate - EP (2008)
Gorbachov	Mr. Fahrenheit
from Mr. Fahrenheit - EP (2007)
Glyder	Gambler's Blues
from Playground for Life (2007)
Era Vulgaris	Fate Draws a Curtain
from What Stirs Within (2007)
Jekyl	The Crow
from Jekyl - EP (2008)
Honey For Christ	Satan & Swastika
from The Darkest Pinnacle of Light (2006)
Panama Kings	Young Blood
from Young Blood - EP (2008)

Comment:

[i]Everybody[/i] knows about the British Invasion and how a bunch of lovable moptops changed the face of rock forever. But the most successful invasions are the ones that come from someplace you'd never expect . . . like an island in the north Atlantic that just barely scrapes the top 20 in size, but continues to dominate rock culture: Ireland. Can't immediately place the Irish rockers on the all-time hit list? How about the biggest band in the world, U2? Or the fireplug of Irish soul, Van Morrison? Or the chieftains of punk folk, the Pogues? Or the alt-rock deities of melodic melancholy, Snow Patrol? For going on five decades, America — no, make that [i]the world[/i] — has looked to the Emerald Isle for arena- electrifying anthems, intimately introspective ballads, and the kind of rabble-rousing rock that flows like whisky from the jar . . . and we haven't [i]ever[/i] been disappointed.

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