Kate Bush: Eight Irish connections - from her Dungarvan mother to an appearance on the Late Late Show 

As Stranger Things revives interest in Kate Bush, we look at her Co Waterford family, and other links to Ireland that included a memorable chat to Gay Byrne in 1978 

Kate Bush has numerous family and musical connections to Ireland.

When Netflix released the trailer to the final two episodes of Stranger Things season four, the Kate Bush factor was front and centre. As we returned to Hawkins, Indiana, the spooky Fairlight riff of Bush’s 1985 goth-pop anthem Running Up That Hill chimed conspicuously. Series and song were joined at the hip.

It has been this way ever since Running Up That Hill featured in a key sequence as Stranger Things returned from a pandemic-forced absence. With evil sorcerer Vecna having marked moody teenager Max for death, she was able to stay connected to the land of the living via her favourite song…which is, of course, Running Up That Hill.