Who's your favorite celtic rock band?

[EagleJCS]

The Pogues. Of course, their name comes from pogue mahone, which it would be impolite to translate from the Irish. The story is that another band had the words pogue mahone pressed into one of their records, and Shane McGowan was a big fan of theirs.

As I recall, the correct spelling is póg mo thóin. The translation, is 'kiss my a##e', the missing letters being r and s. Apologies to those of sensibilities easily offended.


In regards to the OP, I like Runrig, though I haven't heard a lot of their stuff. Battlefield Band is also good.

I like Gaelic Storm, but I consider them to be more of a semi-traditional Irish pub "session" band.