Horslips were the High Kings of Ireland in the 1970s. They travelled the country’s roads gigging, from ballroom to ballroom, delighting Ireland’s youth generation. They toured around in an ...

Fifty years on from the release of The Táin, the band talk about recording it at Richard Branson’s mansion and pay tribute to guitarist Johnny Fean, who died this year Horslips - The Tain It was early ...

Two hundred free events taking place across Dublin city and county from September 25 Horslips' Jim Lockhart and Barry Devlin at the launch of this year’s Dublin Festival of History. Pic: Gareth Chaney ...

Horslips changed my life, and had pretty much the same effect on a whole generation in Ireland. A big statement, but a true one. Back in the early 70s we had Rory Gallagher, we had Thin Lizzy, and we ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. There was no guarantee that the Dublin band would make the blend work –but they did so, and in ...

The five piece Irish Celtic rock band from Dublin discuss their name, the joys of touring in Ireland, adapting the Táin Bó Cúailnge into a concept album and accidental fire dancing. BBC Archive: ...

HORSLIPS frontman and bassist Barry Devlin is to be honoured for his contribution to Irish music. The Co Tyrone-born musician will be presented with the Oh Yeah Music Centre's 'Legend Award' at the ...

We present an extract from My Family and Other Rock Stars, the new memoir by Tiffany Murray. In a small corner of a field in Wales, Tiffany Murray is hiding with Boggle the dog, dreaming of her mum's ...

"I'M THRILLED, although it's not a thing you ever really think about – y'know, like, 'I should be a legend, lads'," says Horslips leader Barry Devlin (75) of his freshly minted Oh Yeah Legend status, ...

Hidden treasure has been found at the BBC. A trove of archive Horslips material has been gathered together in a five-disc set. The collection captures the band in their pomp in the 1970s, and later ...

THIRTY YEARS ago, in different parts of Northern Ireland, Jim Nelis and Stephen Ferris would stumble across a musical landscape that would change them forever. THIRTY YEARS ago, in different parts of ...