tis a bit complicted but in general the Irish music scene of the early/mid 60s was dominated by showbands who specialised in playing live covers of various genres - country/pop/folk/cabaret/surf etc. in dancehalls throughout the country. Some would be more pop, country or whatever but generally they were jack of all trades. Many musicians such as Rory Gallagher and Van Morrison started off in these bands.
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Might be a daft question but were there any Irish Surf bands that anyone knows of..I checked the WWW but found nowt
The Blarney Boys from Tipperary released a couple of singles in the '60's -
Surfin' IRA [1963]
I Wish They All Could Be Irish Calendar Girls [1965]
They reformed briefly in 1971 and released the single Smurfs Up but it sank without a trace.
In 1973 Donal O'Doyle and Seamus McShameful, two founder members of the band met up to record and release Guinness Vibrations.
It went down well with their fans who thought it was worth waiting for.