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10 essential Irish music documentaries on RTÉ Player

Christy Dignam features in This Is Christy
Christy Dignam features in This Is Christy

We've already told you about some choice arts documentaries and hilarious comedies available to watch via RTÉ Player - below, find 10 choice music docs to rock your world...

This Is Christy

An intimate documentary looking back at the incredible life story of one of Ireland's greatest singer-songwriters, the late, great Christy Dignam of Aslan.

Love Yourself Today

Every Christmas in Dublin, the crowds gather for Damo's Christmas gig at Vicar Street. For many, these shows have become a cathartic ritual, a safe space where emotions can be laid bare. Damien Dempsey is the artist you never heard of but will never forget after watching.

Joe Dolan - Sweet Little Rock N Roller

One of Ireland's most iconic entertainers, and the only Irish singer to register chart hits over five successive decades, Joe Dolan evolved from being a rural Rocker in the early sixties to become Ireland's first international pop star.

Body & Soul Presents: Ériu

Body & Soul a collection of thirteen visual stories, created in collaboration with some of Ireland's most celebrated and unique artists and filmmakers, set against the backdrop of its festival home in Ballinlough, Co. Westmeath. Ériu includes performances from Æ MAK, Emma Nash: featuring God Knows & Murli, Crash Ensemble & Lisa O’Neill, Tomike & 1000 Beasts, and many more.

Face The Music

An illuminating 3-part observational documentary series that follows the students and teachers of The Royal Irish Academy of Music during a pivotal year in its 175-year history.

Paddy Moloney: Chieftain

In this intimate documentary, Liam McGrath turns his cameras on the legendary traditional Irish musician and late, great member of The Chieftains, the incomparable Paddy Moloney.

How Ireland Rocked the 70's

An illuminating documentary charting the evolution of the festival circuit in Ireland during the 1970s, a decade in which rock music - national and international - began to take real root.

The Man Comes Around: Johnny Cash In Ireland

The story of Johnny Cash's 1963 Irish tour and his relationship with Ireland, with unique archive and first hand accounts of a troubled time in Cash’s life, featuring Irish people who saw him up close and personal in rural venues around the country.

Micheal O'Suilleabhain - Between Worlds

Exploring the life and legacy of the pioneering Irish composer and academic, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin.

Ireland In Music

Ireland In Music returns with stunning live music performances filmed all over Ireland including Imelda May, Villagers, Whenyoung, Moxie, Strange Boy, Dark Tropics, Damien Dempsey and many more.

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