Divison 32 Music Club - Top 10 Irish Bands?

I saw a list recently on the web that someone put together of the top 10 Irish bands of all time. Not the traditional-type bands, but pop bands. I'm not sure I totally agree with it, and it's obviously open to debate, but here are the first three on the list (starting from 10):

10. SNOW PATROL: Although you could argue that they should be excluded from the list on a technicality (they were formed in Glasgow, Scotland), the members of the band are Irish. Perhaps they are a bit of a Coldplay ripoff, but the single below catapulted Snow Patrol into international stardom:



9. The Pogues: Mixing traditional Irish music with Clash-influenced punk, The Pogues were Ireland's main musical export in the 1980's. The short interview below says a lot about how the band's personality:



8. Boomtown Rats: Never really hitting it big in the US, this Bob Geldof-fronted band (from Dún Laoghaire near Dublin) was enormously popular in the UK. Geldof eventually became more famous in the US for being the organizer of Live Aid in 1985 than for his work with the Boomtown Rats. Below is their highest charting single in the US from 1979:



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