1990s
In the late 80s and early 90s, Dublin based group My Bloody Valentine pioneered a new style of rock, Shoegazing, and received much critical acclaim. A new crop of Irish Rockers claimed success in the 1990s including The Cranberries from Limerick, The Golden Horde, Indie rock bands The Frames and the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful Whipping Boy - all from Dublin, Alternative metal band from County Antrim 'Therapy?', Folk rock group The Corrs of Dundalk and Alternative rock band Ash from Downpatrick, County Down.
From 1990-97 the Féile Festival was an annual rock music festival held in Semple Stadium in Thurles, Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, and the Point Theatre in Dublin.
At the very end of the decade The Undertones, a popular band in the '70s & '80s, reformed without ex-vocalist Feargal Sharkey.
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