Once again, I’m compiling a mega list of every Irish act appearing on Year End Best of 2012 lists, from both Ireland and abroad.
Check out all the different Best of 2012 Lists from various Irish bloggers, writers, and publications here:
http://swearimnotpaul.com/2012/12/list-irish-best-of-2012-roundup.html
Adrian Crowley
#3 On the Record: Lauren Murphy – Irish Acts of the Year
#5 On the Record: Tony Clayton-Lea – Albums of the Year
#10 Goldenplec – Top 10 Irish Albums
#11 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
#16 On the Record: Jim Carroll – Albums of the Year
Adultrock
#10 Nialler9 – Top 10 Irish EPs of 2012
Aine O’Dwyer
#1 On the Record: Ian Maleney – Albums of the Year
#3 On the Record: Ian Maleney – Irish Acts of the Year
Autumn Long
#2 2UIBestow – Top Irish Albums of 2012
Autumn Owls
#18 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
Bantum
#5 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
#19 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
#47 Noise – Cork’s Top 50 Albums
Bats
#5 Goldenplec – Top 10 Irish Albums
#5 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish Videos of the Year
#15 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
#23 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
Bleeding Heart Pigeons
#1 On the Record: Jim Carroll – Irish Acts of the Year
Carried By Waves
#5 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
The Cast of Cheers
#1 Goldenplec – Top 10 Irish Albums
#1 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
#2 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
#4 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
#4 On the Record: Ailbhe Malone – Irish Acts of the Year
#4 On the Record: Lauren Murphy – Irish Acts of the Year
#6 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
#8 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
#11 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
The Chieftans
#7 On the Record: Brian Boyd – Albums of the Year
Cian Nugent
#2 On the Record: Ian Maleney – Irish Acts of the Year
Clu
#21 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Croupier
#8 Goldenplec – Top 10 Irish Albums
#10 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
#16 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
#24 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Damien Dempsey
#4 On the Record: Brian Boyd – Irish Acts of the Year
Delorentos
#1 On the Record: Una Mullally – Irish Acts of the Year
#2 Goldenplec – Top 10 Irish Albums
#2 On the Record: Tony Clayton-Lea – Albums of the Year
#2 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
#3 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
#5 On the Record: Una Mullally – Albums of the Year
#9 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
#10 On the Record: Jim Carroll – Albums of the Year
Dott
#19 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
Eatenbybears
#9 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish Videos of the Year
Enemies
#7 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish Videos of the Year
Eric McGrath
#4 2UIBestow – Top Irish Albums of 2012
Faws
#6 Nialler9 – Top 10 Irish EPs of 2012
#10 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish EPs of the Year
Forrests
#4 Nialler9 – New Irish Artists of 2012
#8 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
The Frank & Walters
#41 Noise – Cork’s Top 50 Albums
Frank B
#7 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
#11 On the Record: Jim Carroll – Tracks of the Year
Funeral Suits
#6 Goldenplec – Top 10 Irish Albums
#10 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
#15 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
#20 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
Gemma Hayes
#3 On the Record: Tony Clayton-Lea – Irish Acts of the Year
Ghost Estates
#14 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
Ghost Trap
#18 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
Ginnels
#5 Totally Dublin – Favourite Records of 2012
#9 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
#12 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
#25 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Glen Hansard
#4 On the Record: Tony Clayton-Lea – Irish Acts of the Year
Grand Pocket Orchestra
#18 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
The Hard Ground
#49 Noise – Cork’s Top 50 Albums
Heathers
#3 On the Record: Una Mullally – Irish Acts of the Year
#4 Goldenplec – Top 10 Irish Albums
#7 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
#17 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
#22 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Heritage Centre
#5 2UIBestow – Top Irish Albums of 2012
Hidden Highways
#7 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish EPs of the Year
The Holy Roman Army
#3 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
Hudson Taylor
#14 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
I Am Not Lefthanded
#8 2UIBestow – Top Irish Albums of 2012
#14 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
I Am The Cosmos
#5 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Jogging
#3 On the Record: Brian Boyd – Irish Acts of the Year
Julie Feeney
#1 On the Record: Tony Clayton-Lea – Albums of the Year
#1 On the Record: Tony Clayton-Lea – Irish Acts of the Year
Katharine Philippa
#4 On the Record: Jim Carroll – Irish Acts of the Year
Katie Kim
#1 On the Record: Ian Maleney – Irish Acts of the Year
#3 On the Record: Aoife Barry – Irish Acts of the Year
#5 On the Record: Lauren Murphy – Irish Acts of the Year
#9 On the Record: Aoife Barry – Albums of the Year
#15 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
#20 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Knoxville Morning
#24 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
Kodaline
#1 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
Lar Kaye
#2 Nialler9 – Top 10 Irish EPs of 2012
#5 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish EPs of the Year
Last Days of 1984
#8 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish Videos of the Year
#13 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
Laura Sheeran
#2 On the Record: Aoife Barry – Irish Acts of the Year
#3 On the Record: Aoife Barry – Albums of the Year
Le Galaxie
#1 Nialler9 – Top 10 Irish EPs of 2012
#1 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
#2 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish EPs of the Year
#2 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish Videos of the Year
#2 On the Record: Laurence Mackin – Irish Acts of the Year
#5 On the Record: Una Mullally – Irish Acts of the Year
#17 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Lemonada
#5 On the Record: Ian Maleney – Irish Acts of the Year
Lethal Dialect
#20 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
Little Green Cars
#1 On the Record: Brian Boyd – Irish Acts of the Year
#2 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
#2 On the Record: Ailbhe Malone – Irish Acts of the Year
#5 On the Record: Jim Carroll – Irish Acts of the Year
#13 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Logikparty
#8 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
#19 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
The Lost Brothers
#8 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
Marc O’Reilly
#3 2UIBestow – Top Irish Albums of 2012
Maria Doyle Kennedy
#8 On the Record: Tony Clayton-Lea – Albums of the Year
Master & Dog
#9 2UIBestow – Top Irish Albums of 2012
Michael Brunnock
#1 2UIBestow – Top Irish Albums of 2012
Mick Flannery
#5 On the Record: Brian Boyd – Irish Acts of the Year
#5 On the Record: Laurence Mackin – Irish Acts of the Year
The Minutes
#11 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
MMOTHS
#2 On the Record: Una Mullally – Irish Acts of the Year
#4 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
#8 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish EPs of the Year
#10 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish Videos of the Year
#11 Nialler9 – Top 10 Irish EPs of 2012
#13 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
MojoGogo
#17 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
Monto
#5 Nialler9 – Top 10 Irish EPs of 2012
#9 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish EPs of the Year
Mossy Nolan
#3 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
#4 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
#7 2UIBestow – Top Irish Albums of 2012
Mumblin Deaf Ro
#1 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
#2 On the Record: Lauren Murphy – Irish Acts of the Year
#7 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
#18 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
No Monster Club
#1 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish Videos of the Year
#3 On the Record: Ailbhe Malone – Irish Acts of the Year
#6 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
No Spill Blood
#1 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish EPs of the Year
#7 Nialler9 – Top 10 Irish EPs of 2012
#10 Goldenplec – Top 10 Irish Albums
Not Squares
#2 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Orquestra
#1 On the Record: Ailbhe Malone – Irish Acts of the Year
#2 On the Record: Brian Boyd – Irish Acts of the Year
#4 On the Record: Ian Maleney – Irish Acts of the Year
#14 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Owensie
#4 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
#15 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Parallel Band
#6 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
Pearse McGloughlin
#13 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
The Riptide Movement
#7 Goldenplec – Top 10 Irish Albums
Sea Pinks
#7 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
#11 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
#23 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Seamus Fogarty
#3 On the Record: Laurence Mackin – Irish Acts of the Year
#9 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
#9 On the Record: Jim Carroll – Albums of the Year
#9 On the Record: Laurence Mackin – Albums of the Year
#20 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
Drowned in Sound – Lost 12 of 2012
September Girls
#16 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
Ships
#1 Nialler9 – New Irish Artists of 2012
#3 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Simon Bird
#19 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
Si Schroeder
#5 On the Record: Tony Clayton-Lea – Irish Acts of the Year
Simon Bird
#3 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish Videos of the Year
Sive
#10 2UIBestow – Top Irish Albums of 2012
#12 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
Sleep Thieves
#6 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish EPs of the Year
#8 Nialler9 – Top 10 Irish EPs of 2012
#12 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Slow Skies
#10 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
SOAK
#3 Nialler9 – New Irish Artists of 2012
#3 On the Record: Jim Carroll – Irish Acts of the Year
#9 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Solar Bears
#16 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
Solar Taxi
#12 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
Sorcha Richardson
#9 Nialler9 – Top 10 Irish EPs of 2012
The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock
#1 On the Record: Lauren Murphy – Irish Acts of the Year
#6 On the Record: Lauren Murphy – Albums of the Year
#11 On the Record: Jim Carroll – Albums of the Year
#17 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
Squarehead
#4 On the Record: Aoife Barry – Irish Acts of the Year
The Strypes
#2 On the Record: Jim Carroll – Irish Acts of the Year
Sunken Foal
#21 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
Suzanne Savage
#6 2UIBestow – Top Irish Albums of 2012
Tara Masterson Hally
#5 Nialler9 – New Irish Artists of 2012
Time is a Thief
#30 Noise – Cork’s Top 50 Albums
Two Door Cinema Club
#3 Goldenplec – Top 10 Irish Albums
#4 On the Record: Una Mullally – Irish Acts of the Year
#5 Goldenplec – Top 20 Irish Singles
#5 On the Record: Ailbhe Malone – Irish Acts of the Year
#22 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
Van Morrison
#4 On the Record: Laurence Mackin – Irish Acts of the Year
Villagers
#2 On the Record: Tony Clayton-Lea – Irish Acts of the Year
#4 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish Videos of the Year
#5 On the Record: Laurence Mackin – Tracks of the Year
#6 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
#9 On the Record: Jim Carroll – Tracks of the Year
Wallis Bird
#1 On the Record: Laurence Mackin – Irish Acts of the Year
#5 On the Record: Laurence Mackin – Albums of the Year
White Collar Boy
#3 Nialler9 – Top 10 Irish EPs of 2012
#4 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish EPs of the Year
#6 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish Videos of the Year
Windings
#1 On the Record: Aoife Barry – Irish Acts of the Year
#9 Goldenplec – Top 10 Irish Albums
#16 Swear I’m Not Paul – Best Irish Albums of 2012
#25 Nialler9 – Top 20 Irish Albums of 2012
Yawning Chasm
#5 On the Record: Aoife Barry – Irish Acts of the Year
Young Wonder
#2 Nialler9 – New Irish Artists of 2012
#3 Nialler9 – Reader’s Top 10 Irish EPs of the Year
#4 Nialler9 – Top 10 Irish EPs of 2012
#10 Nialler9 – Top 25 Irish Songs of 2012
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