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Altan

Irish band
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Altan

Summary

Altan is a musical group[1]. Altan ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (331 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Altan's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Altan's genre is music of Ireland[4].
  • Altan's genre is world music[5].
  • Altan's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[6].
  • Altan's record label is recorded as Compass Records[7].
  • Altan's record label is recorded as Green Linnet[8].
  • Altan's Commons category is recorded as Altan (band)[9].
  • Altan's country of origin is recorded as Ireland[10].
  • Altan comprises Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh[11].
  • Altan comprises Ciaran Curran[12].
  • Altan comprises Ciarán Tourish[13].
  • Altan comprises Dermot Byrne[14].
  • Altan comprises Mark Kelly[15].
  • Altan comprises Dáithí Sproule[16].
  • Altan comprises Frankie Kennedy[17].
  • Altan comprises Paul O'Shaughnessy[18].
  • 1987 marks the founding of Altan[19].
  • Altan's official website is recorded as http://www.altan.ie/[20].
  • Altan's described by source is recorded as The Companion to Irish Traditional Music[21].
  • Altan's described by source is recorded as The Companion to Irish Traditional Music[22].
  • Altan's topic has template is recorded as Template:Altan[23].
  • Altan's different from is recorded as Altan[24].
  • Altan's start of work period is recorded as 1987[25].
  • Altan's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Irish Traditional Music[26].
  • Altan's member category is recorded as Category:Altan (band) members[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: IE[29]

  • Began / founded: 1987[30]

  • Genre(s): celtic, folk, irish folk[31]

  • Community tags: akcent, celtic, celtic folk, folk, irish, irish folk[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e6211cf7-272f-4431-bbd3-40c081b992d4[33]

Body

Founding

1987 marks the founding of Altan[19].

Why It Matters

Altan ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (331 views/month).[2] Altan has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Altan is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

Ireland Virgin Records

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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