Tom Dunne: CMAT, Fontaines, and Kneecap to the fore in a golden age for Irish music 

We shouldn't take it for granted, but these are great times for music in Ireland 

CMAT onstage during the recent All Together Now Festival  in Co Waterford. (Photo by Kieran Frost/Redferns)

I hate to throw phrases like ‘A Golden Age of Irish Music’ around but, as politicians like to say, it is what it is.

Homework was cancelled when Thin Lizzy had a hit with Whiskey in the Jar. By that metric the current success of Irish bands should warrant about a month off school.