Musicals Set in Ireland
The following list features stage musicals set in Ireland, including works that are set fully or partially within the country. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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Musicals Partially Set in Ireland
Musicals Set in a Fictional Ireland
Musicals Fully Set in Ireland
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Setting: Ireland (Dublin)
Music/Lyrics: Marc Blitzstein Book: Joseph Stein
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Setting: Ireland (Dublin)
Music/Lyrics: Gary Clark, John Carney Book: Enda Walsh
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Setting: Ireland (Dublin)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics/Book: Ben Elton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Setting: Ireland (Belfast)
Music: Vincent Youmans Lyrics: Edward Heyman Book: Brian Hooker
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1932)
Setting: Ireland
Musicals Partially Set in Ireland
Music/Lyrics: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová Book: Enda Walsh
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Setting: Ireland (Dublin), USA (NYC)
Music/Book: Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics: John Dempsey Lyrics/Book: Alain Boublil, Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Setting: England, Ireland, At Sea
Music/Lyrics: Ralph Blane Book: Charles O’Neal, Abe Burrows
Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)
Setting: Ireland, USA (Georgia)
Musicals Set in a Fictional Ireland
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael Webborn, Daniel Finn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Setting: Ireland (Fictional)
Musicals That Mention Ireland
Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster Book: Pearl S. Buck, Charles K. Peck, Jr.
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Song That Mentions Ireland: “Ireland Was Never Like This”
Music: Burton Lane Lyrics/Book: Yip Harburg Book: Fred Saidy
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Song That Mentions Ireland: “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?”
Music: Harry Tierney Lyrics: Joseph McCarthy Book: James Montgomery, Joseph Stein, Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1919)
Song That Mentions Ireland: “An Irish Girl”
Music/Lyrics: Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe Book: Heather Hach
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Song That Mentions Ireland: “Ireland”
Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Song That Mentions Ireland: “Lady’s Maid”
Music/Lyrics: Tom Lehrer Adaptation: Cameron Mackintosh, Robin Ray
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Song That Mentions Ireland: “Irish Ballad”
Music/Lyrics: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: 1944 Film/Late 20th Century Musical (1989)
Song That Mentions Ireland: “A Touch of the Irish”
Irish Musicals
The following musicals were created by Irish composers and writers.
Music/Lyrics: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová Book: Enda Walsh
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Music/Lyrics: Gary Clark, John Carney Book: Enda Walsh
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
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Last Reviewed: May 6, 2025