The 1990s brought a growing international awareness of Irish traditional music, along with a period of economic success for Ireland (the "Celtic Tiger") and the launch of the music-and-dance show Riverdance. In America, the 1991 television series Bringing It All Back Home, produced by Philip King, focussed on the Irish roots of much American music, and was followed by other TV productions also themed around Irish music.
As Irish music became more widely performed and increasingly commercialised, debates arose over issues of "purity" in Irish music in the face of diversifying settings and uses, and also over intellectual property inhering in compositions and recordings in the genre.
Births and deaths Births Fintan Warfield, born 1992 SOAK, born 1996
Deaths Tom Clancy, died 1990 Tom Lenihan, died 1990 Sean McCarthy, died 1990 Josie McDermott, died 1992 Paddy Murphy, died 1992 Micho Russell, died 1994 Nioclás Tóibín, died 1994 Liam Weldon, died 1995 Seán 'ac Dhonncha, died 1996 Jimmy Ferguson, died 1997 Paddy Clancy, died 1998 Eithne Ní Uallacháin, died 1999
Recordings 1990: The Red Crow, by Altan 1991: Bringing It All Back Home, by Gerry O'Connor The Song of the Singing Horseman, by Jimmy MacCarthy Essential Pogues, by The Pogues 1992: 30 Years A-Greying, by The Dubliners 1993: All in Good Time, by Patrick Street 1994: Banba, by Clannad Someone to Dance With, by Sonny Condell A Stór Is A Stóirín, by Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin 1995: Dirty Rotten Shame, by Ronnie Drew Coming Days, by Ron Kavana 1996: Flame, by Johnny Duhan Graffiti Tongue, by Christy Moore Aoife, by Aoife Ní Fhearraigh 1997: Talk On Corners, by The Corrs 1998: Fire in the Kitchen, by The Chieftains 1798 – The First Year of Liberty, by Frank Harte and Dónal Lunny 1999: The Morning Mist, by Joe Burke Otherworld, by Lúnasa Back on Top, by Van Morrison
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