House Of Guinness: All the Irish bands who soundtrack the Netflix show
- Richard Blowes
- Oct 27
- 3 min read
The new Netflix drama House Of Guinness, about the famous brewing family after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, is soundtracked by an all Irish lineup of contemporary bands.
The House of Guinness is a Netflix series set at the turn of the 20th century in Dublin and New York. However it was mainly shot in Manchester not Dublin and is written by Steven Knight, the man behind Peaky Blinders and SAS: Rogue Heroes.
It's a stellar cast featuring Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge, Fionn O’Shea, Emily Fairn, James Norton, Jack Gleason and Dervla Kirwan however for us the interest is in the accompanying music. The score by Ilan Eshkeri includes collaborations with Tim Wheeler (Ash) and WØLFFE but there are tracks from contemporary Irish bands placed throughout the eight episodes including Pebbledash with Carraig Aonair from their debut Blowtorch Records EP and old and new Galway favourites The Stunning and Shark School.
The music supervisor was Amelia Hartley and director Tom Shankland takes up the story: "I had one basic rule – everything had to be Irish! But of course, you don’t want to be too obvious, or if you’re going to use something famous, try to do it in a surprising way. I also love being introduced to new talent The music scene in Ireland has always been so dynamic. I did a deep dive with our brilliant music supervisor, Amelia Hartley, but also invited our cast to hit me with ideas. Amongst other great artists, Anthony sent me a few Lisa O’Neill tracks which I love. This was all part of giving the cast the space to take ownership of the tone of the show beyond just brilliantly playing their characters.
"A big shout out to Ilan Eshkeri and Steve McClaughlin (music mixer), who conjured up a fantastic score. We’d always talked about having something that felt like a raucous ceilidh, but also with space for dirty electric guitar and bass…. Steve did a deep dive into some very traditional Irish songs and worked them into the score with our modern twists. That hybrid is the show, and I think the score is fantastic. The needle drops and the score give so much to our tone.”
Here's the full list of Irish bands and artists featured in House Of Guinness series one.
Episode 1
Fontaines DC – Starburster
Kneecap – Get Your Brits Out
Flogging Mary – Devil’s Dance Floor
Kneecap – Hood
Episode 2
Lankum – Cruel Katie
Fontaines DC – In ár gCroíthe go deo
The Mary Wallopers – The Rich Man and the Poor Man
Episode 3
The Mary Wallopers – As I Roved Out
Lisa O’Neill – Goodnight World
The Scratch – Another Round
Episode 4
Kneecap – I bhFiacha Linne
Adrian Crowley – Brother was a Runaway
Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak
Episode 5
The Stunning – Brewing Up a Storm
Pebbledash – Carraig Aonair
Shark School – Choose Life
Episode 6
Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfetones – Come Out Ye Black and Tans
I Dreamed I Dream – Meth Lab Zoso Sticker
Poitín – The Congress Reel
Lankum – The Granite Gaze
The Scratch – Cheeky Bastard
The Chieftains – Boil the Breakfast
YARD – Lawmaker
Fontaines DC – Death Kink
Episode 7
IMLÉ – Fáilte 2025
Ruby Murray – Phil the Fluter’s Ball
The Feelgood McLouds – Saints and Sinners
Lisa O’Neill – Old Note
Cardinals – Amphetamines
ROCSTRONG – Go Head
Kneecap – It's Been Ages
Episode 8
The Murder Capital – For Everything
Robocobra Quartet – The Parting Glass
TPM – All the Boys on the Dole
Gurriers – Nausea
Boygenius & Ye Vagabonds – The Parting Glass
Gilla Band – Lawman
Fontaines DC – Starburster
The Clancy Brothers – Beer, Beer, Beer
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