The SCMA is proud to recognize some of the great talent that has appeared at the North Texas Irish Festivals over the past 24 years.
 
At the First Texas Céilí” on Saturday, March 5, 1983 at Nick Farley’s Lounge (NFL) on Oak Lawn performers included:
 
Stone Soup     Sungarden    Grimalkin 
Westron Wynde     Connemara 
Judith Romero       Pat McCarthy 
Tinkers Dam 
Four Bricks out of Hadrian’s Wall 
Hooley - Irish Jam Session
 
Other International, National, Regional and Local performers that have performed on the stages, hallways and roadways of the NTIF through the past 24 years include the following: 
 
  • Across the Atlantic
  • Adam McNaughtan
  • Agus
  • Alan Kelly Band
  • Albert Alfonso
  • Altan
  • Amberhawke
  • Animal Crackers
  • Aoife Clancy
  • Armagh Rhymers
  • Arranmore
  • Baal Tinne
  • Banish Misfortune (OK)
  • Banish Misfortune (TX)
  • Barley Bree
  • Barleycorn
  • Bedlam Bards
  • Before the Mast
  • Begley & Cooney
  • Behan
  • Behan: The Next Generation
  • Beth Patterson
  • Beth Patterson & Kalafka
  • Betsy McGovern
  • Beyond the Pale
  • Billy Garrison
  • Black Brothers: Shay, Michael & Martin
  • Black Irish Band
  • Blackthorne
  • Blarney
  • Blarney Brothers
  • Blarney Pilgrim
  • Bluebonnet Plague
  • bohola
  • Boru’s Ghost
  • Bounds Street
  • Bourree Texane
  • Boxty
  • Boys of the Lough
  • Boys of Wexford
  • Brendan McEvoy
  • Brendan Nolan
  • Brian McNeill
  • Brother
  • Brothers 3
  • Budweiser® Clydesdales
  • Butch & Maeve [Butch Moore (R.I.P.)]
  • Cairdé
  • Calamity Road
  • Cantiga
  • Casey Driessen
  • Catherine Sherer Bishop
  • Cathie Ryan Band
  • Cavan
  • Céilí Creek
  • Céilí’s Muse
  • Celt n’ Stuf’
  • Celtaire
  • Celtic Blessing
  • Celtic Fiddle Festival [Johnny Cunningham (R.I.P.)]
  • Celtic Folk
  • Celtic Kids
  • Celtic Spring
  • Celtic Stone
  • Chanting House
  • Cherish the Ladies
  • Chief:Tones
  • Chris Grooms
  • Christy O’Leary Band
  • Chulrua
  • Cladaig
  • Claddagh Ring
  • Claire Zucker
  • Clancy Brothers & Robbie O’Connell
  • Clandestine
  • Clandig
  • Claymohr (aka Claymore)
  • Click, Clack & Boom
  • Cluan
  • Colcannon
  • Colm Ó Maoiléidigh & Eimir Ní Mhaoiléidigh
  • Conlys
  • Connie Dover & Roger Landes
  • Constant Billy
  • Cór Gaeilge Texais [Wayne McCall (R.I.P.)]
  • Corsairs
  • Craobh Rua
  • Cuckoo’s Nest
  • Cuillin
  • Cusan Tân
  • Dallas Caledonian Pipes and Drums
  • Dallas Police and Fire Pipe and Drum Band
  • Dallas Scottish Country Dancers
  • Dan Gibson, Storyteller
  • Danú 
  • Danny Doyle
  • David James & Kim Hoffmann
  • Dean Magraw
  • Deb King Ensemble
  • DeDanann w/Delores Keane
  • DeDanann w/Mary Black
  • Dervish
  • Dingle Spike
  • Donna Fitch
  • Dunphy’s Corner
  • Eammon’s Kitchen
  • Ed Miller
  • Eddie & Dee
  • Egan/Ivers Band
  • Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul
  • Elders
  • Elf Sea Bardic Guild
  • Emerald School of Irish Dance
  • Emerald Skye
  • Eric Bailey
  • Erin Reid
  • Finn MacCool
  • Fitzgerald & Holland
  • Flying Fish Sailors
  • Folk Like Us
  • Forest Fousel
  • Four Reel Drive
  • Foxes, Jim & Maggie
  • Frank Patterson (R.I.P.)
  • Friends of Tradition
  • Fureys
  • Gabriel Donohue
  • Gabriel’s Gate
  • Gaelic Shores
  • Gaelic Song Project
  • Gallus
  • Gan Ainm (TX)
  • Gary Whitaker, Storyteller
  • Gary White Deer
  • Glasnotes
  • Glass & Taft
  • Glengarry Bhoys
  • Gordian Knot
  • Gramarye
  • Grand Auld Time
  • Greenfields of America
  • Grey Larsen & Paddy League
  • Hair of the Dog
  • Heirloom
  • Henri’s Notions
  • Hibernia School of Irish Dance
  • Identity Crisis
  • Idle Road
  • Immrama
  • Irish Rogues
  • Irish Texans
  • Iverin Irish Dance Company
  • Jabberwocky
  • Jackson Irish Dancers
  • James Kelly & Zan McLeod
  • Jane McGlohen
  • Jean-Michel Veillon & Yvon Riou
  • Jed Marum
  • Jed Marum Band
  • Jeff Baker & Peggy Turner
  • Jenny & Katie Glass
  • Jiggernaut
  • Jigsaw
  • Jim Flanagan
  • Jim Waters
  • Joe Burke & Anne Conroy
  • John Burleson, Storyteller
  • John Gary (R.I.P.)
  • John Gleeson w/Eammon O’Neill & Sheila Larkin
  • John Taylor
  • John Williams & Dean Magraw
  • Jonquele Jones
  • Kay Tiller (R.I.P.)
  • Kerry Scott (R.I.P.)
  • Kevin Burke, Jackie Daly, Andy Irvine & Gerry O’Beirne
  • Killavil
  • Killdares
  • Kim Robertson w/Linda Baker
  • Kindred Spirits
  • Kips Bay Céilí Band
  • Kúla
  • Kulli Homa Intertribal Dancers
  • Ladies in Waiting
  • Lads-a-Bunchum
  • Lady Amber
  • Lark in the Morning
  • Lee Thomas & John Scott
  • Legacy
  • Lenahan
  • Linda King
  • Liz Carroll, Daithi Sproule & Billy McComiskey
  • Liz Carroll & John Doyle
  • Liz Covington, Storyteller
  • Lone Star Céilí Band
  • The Lorient Festival Interceltique Ensemble
  • Lost Tribe
  • Lu Mitchell & Catch 23
  • Lúnasa
  • Macdara Mac Uibh Aille
  • Maggie Miller & Ed
  • Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman
  • Makem & Clancy
  • Makem Brothers
  • Makem Brothers & Brian Sullivan
  • Makem Brothers & Spain Brothers
  • Margaret Harkness (R.I.P.)
  • Mark Kenneth
  • Martha Gay and Malcolm Smith
  • Martin O’Connor
  • Mary Lux
  • Maureen O’Flynn
  • McCollum & Fitch
  • McKennas
  • McTeggart Irish Dancers
  • Men of Worth
  • Michael Martin Murphey
  • Michael William Harrison
  • Mícheál Ó Máille
  • Micheal Price
  • Michelle Feldman & Friends
  • McKrells
  • Mick Moloney’s Irish Music & Dance Festival
  • Mike Davitt w/Jim Waters
  • Mollys
  • Moloney, Keane & Egan
  • Morris Dancers
  • Mother’s Delight
  • Moveable Feast
  • Mummer’s Guild
  • NeedFire
  • New Orleans School of Irish Dance
  • New Trick Band
  • Niamh Hamill
  • Niamh Parsons & Loose Connections
  • Nil Innish
  • Nobody’s Reel
  • Noel Nash
  • Nomos
  • Nonesuch
  • Norman Kennedy
  • North Texas Caledonian Pipes & Drums
  • North Texas Highlanders
  • O’Driscoll, Keane & Heymann
  • Olcan Masterson & Pat Egan
  • Old Blind Dogs
  • Old Crusty Minstrels
  • Ó Maoiléidigh School of Irish Dance
  • Onya
  • Paddy Keenan & Tommy O’Sullivan
  • Paddy O’Brien & Séan O’Driscoll
  • Paddy Reilly
  • Paisley Close
  • ParaCelt
  • Patrick Ball
  • Patrick Gallagher
  • Patrick Regan
  • Patrick Street
  • Patty Furlong Band
  • Paul Wilson
  • Pegasus Project
  • Planters Punch
  • Poor Clares
  • Poor Man’s Fortune
  • Poteen
  • Rakish Paddy
  • Radio Ulysses
  • Rare Air
  • Rebekah Passmore
  • Red McWilliams
  • Reeltime
  • Reynardine
  • Rich & Kathy Brotherton
  • Robbie O’Connell
  • Robin Huw Bowen
  • Robin Williamson
  • Roger Drawdy & the Firestarters
  • (Scottish) Rogues
  • Romero & Bush
  • Roots of Green
  • Round the House [Mike Smith (R.I.P.)]
  • Russell Cook
  • Saint James’s Gate
  • San Antonio Irish Dancers
  • Sangren, Thompson & Chance
  • Santa Cruzers
  • Sarah Dinan
  • Scartaglen
  • Scottish Banner
  • Séamus Kennedy
  • Séamus Stout
  • Séan Keane
  • Séan McGuinness
  • Séan O’Neill Band
  • Serge Laîné & Isla Ross
  • Seven Nations
  • Shandon School of Irish Dance
  • Sharon Shannon Band
  • Sheelta
  • Shenanigans
  • SixMileBridge
  • Sliabh Notes
  • Smithfield Fair
  • Solas
  • Spirits of the House [Jim Higgenbotham (R.I.P.)]
  • Spot
  • Spot & Albert
  • Stephanie Swinnea
  • Steve Johnson
  • Stitch in Time
  • Stockton’s Wing
  • Sunrush
  • Susan McKeown
  • Swinnea Family
  • Tea Merchants
  • Téada
  • Tempest
  • Terres-Sandren & Thompson
  • Terry & the Pirates
  • Texas Chainsaw Céilí Band [Lloyd Gibson (R.I.P.)]
  • Thomas “Doc” Grauzer
  • Therese Honey
  • Thimble Rig, the Leprechaun
  • Threadneedle Street
  • Three Hams on Rye
  • Tiehackers
  • Tim Avalon & Valerie Plested
  • Tim Britton & Carol Ann Hynner
  • Tim O’Brien 
  • Tim Tingle
  • Tinsmith
  • Tìr Na nÒg
  • Tom McDermott
  • Tom Sweeney
  • Tommy Makem
  • Tommy O’Sullivan
  • Tommy Sands
  • Tracy Baird
  • Trinity Irish Dancers
  • Trinity River Whalers
  • Tuberville
  • Turlach Boylan & Friends
  • Two O’Clock Courage
  • Van Horn & Macke
  • Waifs & Strays
  • Waterloo
  • Wee Wild Fiddlers
  • Whacking Shillelaghs
  • Wheels of the World
  • Whiskey Before Breakfast
  • William Jackson
  • Willow Band
  • Wind Dance
  • Wyvernwood
  • Zan McLeod
June 19, 2006
This list is in no way a complete listing of the Celtic talent that has graced the stages of the North Texas Irish Festival. The list was compiled from old Festival programs and posters, but some years are missing in the SCMA archives. We apologize for any mistakes or omissions and will gladly make corrections as we learn about them. 

The North Texas Irish Festival is a production of the Southwest Celtic Music Association. All Festival rights are reserved by the SCMA.

 
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