Celtic Thunder has done some good stuff...I find them way way better than Celtic Women. I think they were assembled by Phil Coulter, about whom I am sure some people would have nasty things to say about too.

Larwence Welk was a German American who played accordian very nicely I thought and assembled a pleasant group of people to play various things...not all bad versions of pop songs..he did a lot of old WWII big band things, religious hymns, standard American songs. Had the resident Irish tenor, a great honkey tonk piano player, the lovely Lennon Sisters etc. I liked him.

I think if you want to hear a beautiful voice of an Irish woman Anne Byrne can not be beat..she has a couple of songs on youtube, and I think her husband comes on here occasionally. She was popular in the 60s and has the most beautiful voice imaginable. I love the Dubliners, John McCormack of the 1920s etc. Bing Crosby did some good Irish American stuff. mg