Sounds Irish, Acts Global: Explaining the Success of Ireland's Popular Music Industry

Michael Mary Murphy is a lecturer on the music industry at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin. Jim Rogers is a lecturer in communications at Dublin City University. Michael Mary Murphy is a lecturer on the music industry at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin. Jim Rogers is a lecturer in communications at Dublin City University.

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