Here's a partial list of local bands that take Irish music and turn it into something bit more mainstream.

• Bare Knuckled Boxers
• The Barley Boys
• Birmingham Six
• Blackthorn
• Bogside Rogues
• Causeway
• Con
• The Hooligans
• Irish Terry Conklin
• Jamison
• Killen Thyme
• Malarkey Brothers
• Na' Bodach
• The Hit the Bottle Boys
• The Shantys