Andy Irvine

Irish folk musician and singer-songwriter

Person Human Q73132

Facts

17 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: June 14, 1942
Place of birth: London
Country of citizenship: Ireland^[8]
Occupation: mandolinist, guitarist, songwriter, singer-songwriter, singer, music arranger, composer, musician^[9]^[10]^[11]
Genre: music of Ireland^[18]
Official website: www.andyirvine.com^[21]
Student of: Julian Bream, Ramblin' Jack Elliott^[22]^[23]
Described by source: The Companion to Irish Traditional Music^[26]
Family name: Irvine^[19]
Given name: Andy^[20]
Influenced by: Lonnie Donegan, Woody Guthrie^[15]^[16]
Instrument: harmonica, mandolin^[24]^[25]
Member of: Andy Irvine & Dónal Lunny's Mozaik, Sweeney's Men, Patrick Street^[12]^[13]^[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Irish Traditional Music^[28]
Start of work period: 1962^[27]

🏷️ Also known as

en Andrew Irvine en Andrew Kennedy Irvine en Andy Irvine ar أندي إيرفين es Andrew Kennedy Irvine ja アンディ・アーヴァイン ja アンディ・アーバイン nl Andy Irvine (muzikant) zh 安迪·歐文

🔖 Identifiers · 29

ISNI: 0000000114398134
VIAF cluster ID: 24795534
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n82153099
GND ID: 134414551
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Patrick Street Andy Irvine smile.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000753104
Bandcamp profile ID: andyirvine
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13976751v
Deezer artist ID: 255269
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134414551
Discogs artist ID: 671422
Europeana entity: agent/base/68499

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FAST ID: 102083
Freebase ID: /m/045c0g
IdRef ID: 236112635
J9U entity ID: 987007325764105171
LyricsTranslate ID: andy-irvine-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID: e29b5246-94f8-43ba-8384-2af3467c421e
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 129088
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000072609
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100011619
Rate Your Music artist ID: andy_irvine
Rock's Backpages artist ID: andy-irvine
Songkick artist ID: 233557
The Session composer ID: 2264
Tidal artist ID: 3888805
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJhd8wJQTrB9gVxwyHmjmd
Yale LUX ID: person/670da1e1-a094-4d20-999b-23ffdda9a023
Yandex Music artist ID: 208934

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🔗 Connections

Mb:member of band 5

Planxty, Sweeney's Men, Patrick Street, Andy Irvine & Dónal Lunny's Mozaik, Usher's Island

Occupation 5

singer, songwriter, singer-songwriter, guitarist, mandolinist

Mb:performer of 4

Parallel Lines, Rain on the Roof, Abocurragh, Parachilna

Influenced by 2

Woody Guthrie, Lonnie Donegan

Instrument 2

harmonica, mandolin

Student of 2

Julian Bream, Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Belongs to 1

Sweeney's Men

Country of citizenship 1

Ireland

Genre 1

music of Ireland

Given name 1

Andy

Instance of 1

human

Place of birth 1

London

Sex or gender 1

male

Teachers 1

Julian Bream

← Significant person 1

Kevin Burke

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Summary

Andy Irvine was born on June 14, 1942^[1], in London^[2]. He has worked as a mandolinist^[3], guitarist^[4], songwriter^[5], singer-songwriter^[6], and singer^[7].

FAQs

Where was Andy Irvine born?

Andy Irvine's place of birth was London^[2].

What did Andy Irvine do for work?

Andy Irvine worked as a mandolinist^[3], guitarist^[4], songwriter^[5], singer-songwriter^[6], and singer^[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Andy Irvine — place of birth (P19): London. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Andy Irvine — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Andy Irvine — country of citizenship (P27): Ireland. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Andy Irvine — occupation (P106): mandolinist. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Andy Irvine — occupation (P106): guitarist. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Andy Irvine — occupation (P106): songwriter. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Andy Irvine — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Andy Irvine — occupation (P106): singer. Retrieved 2019-06-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Andy Irvine — occupation (P106): music arranger. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Andy Irvine — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Andy Irvine — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Andy Irvine — genre (P136): music of Ireland. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Andy Irvine — member of (P463): Andy Irvine & Dónal Lunny's Mozaik. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Andy Irvine — member of (P463): Sweeney's Men. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Andy Irvine — member of (P463): Patrick Street. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Andy Irvine — date of birth (P569): June 14, 1942. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2019-12-30. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Andy Irvine — family name (P734): Irvine. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Andy Irvine — given name (P735): Andy. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Andy Irvine — influenced by (P737): Lonnie Donegan. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved 2025-08-09. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Andy Irvine — influenced by (P737): Woody Guthrie. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved 2025-08-09. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Andy Irvine — official website (P856): http://www.andyirvine.com. musik-sammler.de. musik-sammler.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Andy Irvine — student of (P1066): Julian Bream. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved 2025-08-09. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Andy Irvine — student of (P1066): Ramblin' Jack Elliott. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved 2025-08-09. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Andy Irvine — instrument (P1303): harmonica. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved 2025-08-09. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Andy Irvine — instrument (P1303): mandolin. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Andy Irvine — described by source (P1343): The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Andy Irvine — start of work period (P2031): 1962. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Andy Irvine — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject Irish Traditional Music. wikidata.org.

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8d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 255269

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Tidal artist ID → 3888805

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The Session composer ID → 2264

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