The Jivenaires present the showbands

"At it's peak the showband boom provided employment directly to some 12,000 people..."(source: The Northside Folklore Project: http://www.ucc.ie/research/nfp/archive1/page3.html)

Listed below are the names of some of the more well-known showbands. In time, this list will expand and include links to scrapbook pages containing photographs and other showband memorabilia. If you would like to suggest that we include a band not listed here, please feel free to send in the name (to: Webmaster@jivenaires.com) or leave a note in the showband memory book . If you have pictures you'd like to share, or have included on this site -- we'd love to see them --before sending any, however, please do take the time to read our submission guidelines.

~ d ~	note: #'s in brackets tell how many pics are in that section
The Michael Dalton Showband	T. R. Dallas Band [1]	The Danstimers Showband
The Davitt Brothers Showband	The Debonaires[1]	The Decca Showband
The Dee-Jays	The Defenders Showband [1]	Mick Delahunty and his Band
Delta All Stars	The Delta Boys Showband	The Demons Showband
The Denver Showband	The Deputies Showband	The Derek Joys[1]
The Derry City Showband	The Derrytones Showband	The Des-Etts Showband
The Des Lee Band	The Detroit	The Diamonds
Dickie's Band[4]	Dingaling	The Diplomats
The Dixielanders [2]	The Dixies[2]	The Alex Dixon Showband
The Dave Dixon Orchestra/Dixonaires [8]	The Domino Showband	The Donnays Showband
The Jimmy Donnelly Irish Showband	Malachy Doris Showband	The Dots[1]
The Downbeats	The Dreambeats	The Dreams
Joe Dolan and the Drifters[10]	The Driftwood Showband	Dromore/Trillick Showband
The Drumbeats[1]	The Jimmy Dunny Showband	The Dynamics Showband
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The Easybeats	The Echoes	The Editors[1]
The Eldorado	The Embassy Showband	The Emeralds
The Emperors[1]	The Empire Showband	The Encores
Evlyn and the Envoys	The Ennjay Quartet	The Epic Showband[2]
The Esquires	The Exciters	The Exiles Showband
The Express Showband [3]	The Everglades Showband [1]
	~ f ~	The Fab Five
The Fairways[3]	The Falcons	The Jim Farley Allstars[1]
The Jim Farrelly Showband	The Federals[2]	The Fendermen [1]
The Fernandos	Jimmy Ferne Showband Orchestra	The Fiesta Showband [1]
The Finnavons [1]	The Firehouse Five [1]	The Five Silhouettes
The Jack Flahive Band [5]	The Fleet Showband	The Flying Carlton Dance Band
The Johnny Flynn Showband[3]	The Fontana Showband (Antrim)[4]	The Young Fontana (Antrim) [3]
The Fontana Showband [Cork]	The Footappers[1]	The Foyle Showband
The Freshmen [2]	The Friars	The Frielmen[1]
~ g ~	The Gamblers[1]	The Gaylords[2]
The Gentry	Gene and the Gents[2]	The Giants[1]
The Earl Gill Showband[1]	The J.P. Gill Dance Band	Gimik [1]
The Globe Trotters [1]	Dave Glover Band/All Stars [3]	The Jack Glynn Quintet
The Golden Aces	The Golden Seven	Tony and the Graduates
The Grafton Showband [1]	The Granada Showband	Tracy and the Grassroots
The Gravediggers Showband	The Great 8	The Green Angels [2]
The Greenbeats[1]	Roly Daniels & Green Country [2]	The Grenada Showband
The Grenadiers
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The Jack Hanley Showband	The Fred Hanna Danceband	The Frank Hanvey Showband
The Harlequins Showband	The Harmony Aces Showband	The Harvest Showband
The Jack Harrison Showband	The Hawaiian Showband	The Heartbeats Showband
The High Seas/C's Showband [2]	The Highwaymen	The Hi-Lows[1]
Ray Lynam & the Hillbillies [1]	The Hilton Showband[20]	Earl Gill/Sean Dunphy & the Hoedowners[3]
The Hollywood Stars	The Homesteaders	The Honeybunch
The Hootnannys	The Hudson Showband [1]	Dinny Hughes and his Band
The Hunters	The Huntsmen Showband	The Red Hurley Band[1]
The Hurricans Showband [1]	Brendan Hughes and the Huskies	The Hustlers Showband
The Huston Showband	~ i ~	The Ideal Showband [1]
The Impact Showband	The Imperial Allstars (The Imps)	The Incas Showband
The Indians [1]	The Inmates Showband	The Innkeepers Showband
The International Showband	The Interns Showband	The Invaders Showband
The Pat Irwin Allstars