Ireland in the Eurosonic Festival

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Each year Ireland selects a number of bands and musicians to participate in the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, Netherlands. In recent years, RTÉ 2fm, have sponsored two bands per festival.^[1]

Ireland's entries

Year	Date	Artists Sponsored by 2fm	Other Artists	Source
2012 (Spotlight Country)	January 11–14	Bitches with Wolves, Cashier no9, Fionn Regan, We Cut Corners, Emmet Tinley, Foy Vance, Funeral Suits, God Is an Astronaut, Hello Moon, James Vincent McMorrow, Jape, LaFaro, Lisa Hannigan, Mojo Fury, Rams' Pocket Radio, Squarehead, The Cast of Cheers, The Minutes, Thread Pulls, Toby Karr, Wallis Bird	^[2]
2011
2010	January 14–15	And So I Watch You From Afar	Delorentos, Imelda May, Villagers	^[3]^[4]
2009	January 15—17	The Coronas, Fight Like Apes	Declan de Barra, Wallis Bird, General Fiasco	[1] [2] [3] ^[5]
2008	January 11—12	Cathy Davey, Republic of Loose	Halves, Si Schroeder	[4] ^[6]
2007	January—January	Julie Feeney, Humanzi	Duke Special, The Answer	[5]
2006	January 12—13	The Chalets, The Radio	—	[6] [7]
2005	January 13	Hal, Iain Archer	—	[8]
2004	—
2003	Bell X1, The Frames	—	[9] [10]
2002	David Kitt	—	[11] [12]

Undated: Other entries have included JJ72 and Bass Odyssey.

^ Jim Carroll in The Ticket
^ "RTÉ 2fm gearing up for EuroSonic". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 5 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
^ "RTÉ 2fm select And So I Watch You From Afar for Eurosonic 2010". Hot Press . 2009年10月28日. Retrieved 2009年11月15日.
^ "More Irish acts added to Eurosonic bill". Hot Press . 2009年12月03日. Retrieved 2009年12月04日.
^ "Dutch courage". The Irish Times . 2009年01月23日. Retrieved 2009年06月08日.
^ "Cathy Davey confirmed for Eurosonic 2008". Hot Press . 2007年10月25日. Retrieved 2009年11月22日.