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The Boys of the Lough

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The Boys of the Lough is an organization founded in 1970.

The Boys of the Lough

Summary

The Boys of the Lough is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Boys of the Lough's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Boys of the Lough's genre is Celtic music[4].
  • The Boys of the Lough's genre is folk music[5].
  • The Boys of the Lough's country of origin is recorded as Ireland[6].
  • The Boys of the Lough's country of origin is recorded as Scotland[7].
  • 1970 marks the founding of The Boys of the Lough[8].
  • The Boys of the Lough's location of formation is recorded as Scotland[9].
  • The Boys of the Lough's official website is recorded as http://www.boysofthelough.com/[10].
  • The Boys of the Lough's start of work period is recorded as 1967[11].
  • The Boys of the Lough's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Irish Traditional Music[12].

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[13]

  • Country: GB[14]

  • Genre(s): celtic, folk[15]

  • Community tags: celtic, folk[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1e37da13-280a-44ba-9d8a-bf2693795b71[17]

Body

Founding

1970 marks the founding of The Boys of the Lough[8]. Its location of formation is recorded as Scotland[9].

Why It Matters

The Boys of the Lough ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Ireland Scotland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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