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Portrait of Bill Whelan

Bill Whelan

Irish composer

  • Born 1950
  • from Limerick
  • On fono: 7 songs
  • 3 sources

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

  • Bill Whelan wrote or co-wrote 1 of 7 songs on fono (14%)

Top songs

  1. From Riverdance: Music from the Show

    1. 1

      Reel Around the Sun

      1995

    2. 2

      The Countess Cathleen / Women of the Sidhe

      1995

    3. 3

      Firedance

      1995

    4. 4

      American Wake (The Nova Scotia Set)

      1995

    5. 5

      Andalucia

      1995

    6. 6

      Marta’s Dance / The Russian Dervish

      1995

    7. 7

      Macedonian Morning

      1995

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Releases

  1. 1995

Member of

Sources (3)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

  1. 1MusicBrainz Bill Whelan is a member of Planxty

    Bill Whelan is a member of Planxty

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Bill Whelan is from Limerick

    Bill Whelan is from Limerick

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3Wikidata The genre of Bill Whelan is irish folk music

    The genre of Bill Whelan is irish folk music

    Wikidata

    CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 17, 2026