In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I compiled a ranked list all of the albums and songs on Acclaimed Music.net by Irish artists. Enjoy!
Albums
1. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (1968 ) #13
2. U2 – The Joshua Tree (1987) #36
3. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (1991) #78
4. U2 – Achtung, Baby (1991) #81
5. Van Morrison – Moondance (1970) #82
6. U2 – War (1983) #269
7. Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous (1978 ) #340
8. Sinéad O'Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990) #356
9. The Undertones – The Undertones (1979) #408
10. U2 – The Unforgettable Fire (1984) #413
11. Van Morrison – It's Too Late to Stop Now (1974) #537
12. My Bloody Valentine – Isn't Anything (1988 ) #591
13. Van Morrison – Saint Dominic's Preview (1972) #621
14. U2 – All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000) #676
15. Van Morrison – Veedon Fleece (1974) #696
16. Stiff Little Fingers – Inflammable Material (1979) #722
17. Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak (1976) #725
18. Them – (The Angry Young) Them/Here Comes the Night (1965) #760
19. U2 – Boy (1980) #766
20. Sinéad O'Connor – The Lion and the Cobra (1987) #901
21. Damien Rice – O (2002) #1195
22. Ash – 1977 (1996) #1204
23. Therapy? – Troublegum (1994) #1266
24. Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey (1971) #1269
25. U2 – Rattle and Hum (1988 ) #1311
26. Van Morrison – Into the Music (1979) #1427
27. Van Morrison – Irish Heartbeat (1988 ) #1435
28. Virgin Prunes – ...If I Die, I Die (1982) #1465
29. David Holmes – Let's Get Killed (1997) #1607
30. U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004) #1681
31. Planxty – Planxty (1972) #1708
32. U2 – Zooropa (1993) #1770
33. U2 – Under a Blood Red Sky (1983) #1850
34. Van Morrison – Avalon Sunset (1989) #1983
35. Enya – Watermark (1988 ) #2031
36. Van Morrison – His Band and the Street Choir (1970) #2062
37. Planxty – The Well Below the Valley (1973) #2120
38. Rory Gallagher – Irish Tour (1974) #2124
39. Van Morrison – Poetic Champions Compose (1987) #2127
40. Van Morrison – No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (1986) #2288
41. The Divine Comedy – Casanova (1996) #2319
42. Van Morrison – Beautiful Vision (1982) #2346
43. The Divine Comedy – Liberation (1993) #2402
44. The Thrills – So Much for the City (2003) #2421
45. Andy Irvine & Paul Brady – Andy Irvine & Paul Brady (1976) #2445
46. The Chieftains – The Chieftains 4 (1973) #2451
47. The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We (1992) #2559
48. U2 – October (1981) #2713
49. Gary Moore – Still Got the Blues (1990) #2728
50. Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position (2007) #2758
51. Rory Gallagher – Live! In Europe (1972) #2900
52. Hothouse Flowers – People (1988 ) #2996
Bubbling Under:
• Rory Gallagher – Deuce (1971)
• Mellow Candle – Swaddling Songs (1972)
• Van Morrison – Hard Nose the Highway (1973)
• The Bothy Band – The Bothy Band/1975 (1975)
• Van Morrison – Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983)
• Christy Moore – Ride On (1984)
• The Petrol Emotion – Babble (1987)
• Van Morrison – Enlightenment (1990)
• Van Morrison – Hymns to the Silence (1991)
• Altan – Island Angel (1993)
• U2 – Pop (1997)
• David Holmes – Bow Down to the Exit Sign (2000)
• Ash – Free All Angels (2001)
• Patrick Wolf – Wind in the Wires (2005)
• Damien Rice – 9 (2006)
Songs
1. U2 – One (1991) #94
2. Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl (1967) #97
3. Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U (1990) #102
4. Them – Gloria (1964) #115
5. U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday (1983) #208
6. The Undertones – Teenage Kicks (1978 ) #265
7. U2 – Pride (In the Name of Love) (1984) #293
8. U2 – With or Without You (1987) #301
9. U2 – I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1987) #385
10. U2 – New Year's Day (1983) #436
11. Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back in Town (1976) #460
12. My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow (1991) #470
13. Van Morrison – Madame George (1968 ) #483
14. U2 – I Will Follow (1980) #489
15. U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name (1987) #629
16. My Bloody Valentine – Soon (1990) #756
17. Van Morrison – Moondance (1970) #803
18. U2 – Beautiful Day (2000) #905
19. Van Morrison – Into the Mystic (1970) #913
20. My Bloody Valentine – You Made Me Realize (1988 ) #1127
21. U2 – Vertigo (2004) #1476
22. Thin Lizzy – Whiskey in the Jar (1972) #1579
23. U2 – The Fly (1991) #1589
24. U2 – Lemon (1993) #1644
25. Kate Nash – Foundations (2007) #1680
26. Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster (1978 ) #1746
27. Van Morrison – Sweet Thing (1968 ) #1775
28. Van Morrison – Wild Night (1971) #1778
29. Ash – Girl from Mars (1995) #1813
30. U2 – Desire (1988 ) #1852
31. Chauncy Olcott – When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1913) #2133
32. Gilbert O'Sullivan – Alone Again, Naturally (1972) #2141
33. The Cranberries – Zombie (1994) #2210
34. Richard Harris – Macarthur Park (1968 ) #2218
35. That Petrol Emotion – Big Decision (1987) #2511
36. U2 – Even Better Than the Real Thing (1991) #2562
37. The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays (1979) #2641
38. The Thrills – Big Sur (2003) #2747
39. U2 – Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of (2000) #2856
40. Ash – Shining Light (2001) #2912
Bubbling Under:
• Them – Baby, Please Don't Go (1964)
• Them – Mystic Eyes (1965)
• Van Morrison – Cypress Avenue (1968 )
• Van Morrison – Beside You (1968 )
• Van Morrison – And It Stoned Me (1970)
• Van Morrison – Caravan (1970)
• Van Morrison – Domino (1970)
• Van Morrison – Listen to the Lion (1972)
• The Undertones – My Perfect Cousin (1980)
• Van Morrison – In the Garden (1986)
• Sinéad O'Connor – Troy (1987)
• Sinéad O'Connor – I Want Your (Hands on Me) (1987)
• U2 – Bullet the Blue Sky (1987)
• My Bloody Valentine – Swallow (1991)
• My Bloody Valentine – When You Sleep (1991)
• U2 – Zoo Station (1991)
• U2 – Mysterious Ways (1991)
• The Cranberries – Dreams (1992)
• The Cranberries – Linger (1992)
• U2 – The Wanderer (1993)
• U2 – Discotheque (1997)
• U2 – Staring at the Sun (1997)
• U2 – Kite (2000)
• U2 – Elevation (2000)
• Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position (2007)
• Roisin Murphy – Overpowered (2007)
Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day! - AM's Top Irish Music
Let us not forget the Dropkick Murphys--American but trying really hard to be Irish (in a cartoony kinda way). Their music enhanced Scorsese's The Departed, and the other night made conversation impossible in the bar I went to on St. Pat's Day.