Patrick Street

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This article is about the band. For the street in Cork, Ireland, see St. Patrick Street.

Patrick Street is an Irish folk group.

The band was formed in Dublin in 1986 by Kevin Burke (formerly of The Bothy Band) on fiddle, Jackie Daly (De Dannan) on button accordion, Andy Irvine (Sweeney's Men, Planxty) on bouzouki and vocals, and Arty McGlynn (Van Morrison, Planxty) on guitar. McGlynn later left the group, and other members were added: Ged Foley (The House Band, Battlefield Band) on guitar, and Declan Masterson on uilleann pipes and keyboards. They have also played with Donal Lunny, Bill Whelan and Enda Walsh. Jackie Daly left shortly after recording "On the Fly". On this album John Carty joined the band.

In 2008, the furniture company MFI used "Music for a Found Harmonium", played by Patrick Street, in the background of a TV advertisement. (Ref Answerbank). The same track was used near the end of the movie Napoleon Dynamite, as well as in the movie It's all gone Pete Tong .