The Mahones are an Irish-born, Canadian Celtic punk band, who are widely believed to have pioneered the Irish Punk genre, having debuted in 1990, prior to other modern Irish Punk bands. The band ...

Irish-punk band The Mahones arrive to feed the fascination many Croats have with Ireland, the Irish and their culture. The fact that the band are actually Canad ...

The Mahones are still bringing their brand of Irish punk rock to fans all over the world. The band’s most recent release was last year’s The Hunger & The Fight (part one), the first of a ...

Canada's The Mahones have been staying true to their Irish roots for 25 years now, so they're releasing a retrospective, The Very Best: 25 Years Of Irish Punk. For the compilation, they re-recorded "A ...

The Mahones use all the instruments at their disposal (mandolins, penny whistles, along with the traditional rock band fare) to create some catchy songs ranging from the rocking, sing-along sound ...

What was supposed to just be a St. Patrick’s Day lark in Kingston in 1990 is today the most important thing in Finny McConnell’s life, after his family. The Dublin-born, Toronto-based singer ...

UltraBomb is the new-ish punk band with Hüsker Dü’s Greg Norton on bass, The Mahones’ Finny McConnell on lead vocals and guitar, and drummer Jamie Oliver of UK Subs, SNFU, and more.

The Mahones were founded in 1990 by Finny McConnell, ... Inspired by the enthusiastic response of the crowd, the Dublin-born McConnell decided to make the band a full-time project.

Early on, Canadian Celtic-punk band the Mahones never expected to make a career out of singing. Starting off as a St. Patrick's Day party band in 1990, they went from a onetime act to a veteran ...