Kíla

The original lineup of the band included Rossa Ó Snodaigh (whistle and bones), Rónán Ó Snodaigh (bodhrán), Eoin Dillon (uilleann pipes), Colm Mac Con Iomaire (fiddle), Karl Odlum (bass) and David Odlum (guitar).{{Cite web |title=KILA |url=https://journalofmusic.com/listing/05-03-22/kila |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=The Journal of Music {{!}} Music in Ireland: News, Reviews and Opinion |language=en}}

In 1988, one of Rossa and Rónán's older brother's, flute player Colm Ó Snodaigh, joined the band. Rónán, Rossa and Colm are brothers of Teachta Dála, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, and sons of Pádraig Ó Snodaigh and Clíodna Cussen.

They began their musical careers busking in Dublin.{{Cite web |date=5 September 2008 |title=Kíla Interview |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2008/0904/414490-kila/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=RTE}} In their first year, they busked on Grafton Street nearly every week. Their first paying concert was upstairs in the Baggot Inn and was attended by only three people, one of whom was the broadcaster Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh.{{Cite web |date=2015-04-28 |title=The Greystones Guide {{!}} Kila On The Loose |url=https://www.greystonesguide.ie/the-kila-kid-stays-in-the-picture-2022/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=The Greystones Guide |language=en-GB}} They played 44 concerts in their first year, most of them at events like book launches for Coiscéim, the Ó Snodaigh's father's publishing company, or at their mother's art exhibition openings or their brother's political campaign launches.

In 1988, they went abroad to play at their first festival in Germany and made their first recording titled Éist - a collection of 10 of Colm's songs. Since then, Kíla have played at the Cambridge Folk Festival,{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}, the Glastonbury Festival,{{Cite web |date=17 February 2023 |title=Kila - Glastonbury Online |url=https://glastonbury.uk/event/kila/ |access-date=20 December 2024 |website=Kila - Glastonbury Online}} and at the opening ceremony of the 2003 Special Olympics in Ireland.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

In 2006, the band collaborated with Ainu-Japanese artist OKI on the album "Kila & Oki."

In 2008, Kíla recorded "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" along with other artists as a tribute to the Dubliners singer. In 2010, the band collaborated with French composer Bruno Coulais on the soundtrack of Cartoon Saloon's Oscar-nominated movie, The Secret of Kells.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://kila.ie/about/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Official Kíla Website |language=en-GB}} In the same year, their music was featured in three films: Maeve Murphy's Beyond the Fire, Ciarán O'Connor's Trafficked, and the award-winning Peter J. McCarthy documentary, Fight or Flight. In late 2011, Kíla published Book of Tunes, a book containing over 100 of their compositions, photos, poems and prose.

In 2015, the band collaborated with Bruno Coulais on the music for the Oscar-nominated animated feature, Song of the Sea, and they received an Annie Award nomination for 'Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production'. They also received an Emmy nomination for their work on the "Crossing The Line" production called, The Secret Life of the Shannon.

In 2020, Kíla recorded music for the 2019 film Arracht (for which they won an IFTA){{Cite web |last=Diário |first=O. Pint |date=2023-01-20 |title=Around the House: Interview with KÍLA's James Mahon |url=https://www.opintdiario.art/en/post/around-the-house-interview-with-k%C3%ADla-s-james-mahon |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=O Pint Diário |language=en}} and the 2020 film Wolfwalkers. Arracht was nominated for 11 IFTA awards and won two, with Kíla awarded 'Best Original Score'. During the two COVID-19 lockdowns, the band performed six online concerts in a Wolfwalker-themed Saint Patrick's Day broadcast. After the lockdowns, they went on tour and produced three shows: Kíla and Tumble Circus (September 2021), Kíla le Prás (New Year's Eve 2021) and Kíla and Cairde for TradFest in the National Stadium (January 2022).

In 1988, flute player and singer Colm Ó Snodaigh joined the group. In 1991, fiddler Colm Mac Con Iomaire and guitarist Dave Odlum left Kíla to join the band The Frames. Dee Armstrong replaced Colm on fiddle and guitarist Eoin O'Brien, lead guitarist Dave Reidy also joined. In 1994, Karl Odlum left and joined Mick Christopher's band The Mary Janes; he was replaced by jazz bassist Ed Kelly, who left in 1995 along with Eoin O'Brien after the release of Mind The Gap. Drummer and rhythm guitarist Lance Hogan took Eoin's place and Laurence O'Keefe filled in on bass until Brian Hogan became bass player prior to recording Tóg É Go Bog É (1996).

In 2009, Donegal guitarist Seanán Brennan joined the band to replace Hogan, who was on a sabbatical. In 2010, drummer Dave Hingerty was invited to join the band. In 2015, piper Eoin Dillon left and James Mahon replaced him. Dee Armstrong began playing with Kíla in 1991. She has composed for three animated feature films with the Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon.

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• Rossa Ó Snodaigh: mandolin, whistles and percussion (1987–present)
• Rónán Ó Snodaigh: bodhrán and singer (1987–present)
• Colm Ó Snodaigh: fluter and singer (1988–present)
• Brian Hogan: bass (1996–present)
• Seanán Brennan: acoustic and electric guitar, bass and mandola (2009–present)
• Dave Hingerty: drums (2010–present)
• James Mahon: flute, uilleann pipes and whistles (2015–present)
• Dee Armstrong: fiddle percussion and hammered dulcimer (1991–present)

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• Eoin Dillon: uileann pipes (1987–2015)
• Lance Hogan: guitar, djembe and drum kit (1995–2009)
• Laurence O'Keefe: bass (1995–1996)
• Eoin O'Brien: acoustic and electric guitar (1991–1995)
• Ed Kelly: bass (1994–1995)
• Karl Odlum: bass (1987–1994)
• David Reidy: electric guitar (1991–1992)
• Dave Odlum: acoustic guitar (1987–1991)
• Colm Mac Con Iomaire: fiddle (1987–1991){{Col-end}}

File:Ronan o snodaigh.jpg|alt=Dee Amstro|Rónán Ó Snodaigh

File:COLM O SNODAIGH.jpg|Colm Ó Snodaigh

File:Rossa o Snodaigh.jpg|Rossa Ó Snodaigh

File:Dee Amstrong playing fiddle.jpg|Dee Amstrong

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• Suas Síos (2014)
• Soisín (2010)
• Gamblers' Ballet (2007)
• Kíla and Oki (2006) – with Oki
• Luna Park (2003) – [No. 15 Ire]
• Lemonade and Buns (2000)
• Tóg É Go Bog É (1997) – [No. 27 Ire, No. 55 Auz{{cite Ryan|page=154}}]
• Mind the Gap (1995)
• Handel's Fantasy (1993)
• Groovin' (1991) – 6-track EP

• Kíla – Alive Beo (2017)
• Live in Dublin (2004)
• Live in Vicar St. (2000)

• Arracht – film soundtrack (2021)
• Wolfwalkers – film soundtrack with Bruno Coulais (2021)
• Song of the Sea – film soundtrack with Bruno Coulais (2015)
• The Secret of Kells – film soundtrack with Bruno Coulais (2009)
• Monkey – soundtrack to West End pantomime (2002)

• 'The Best Of – double album (2009)
• Best of and Live in Dublin – double album, in Japan only (2005)

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• Cara Liom – featuring the Paul Frost Brass (2023)
• Raise the Road – featuring the Paul Frost Brass (2023)
• Cúrsaí Grá – radio single (2019)
• Cardinal Knowledge – radio edit (2009)
• The Ballad of Ronnie Drew – with U2, The Dubliners and A Band of Bowsies (2008), [No. 1 Ire]
• Cabhraigí Léi/Nothing Changes Around Here – remixes with The Thrills giveaway with Hot Press (2007)
• Leath ina dhiaidh a hOcht – radio edit (2007)
• hAon Dó and Ní Liom Féin – with Oki, radio edits (2006)
• Tóg é go Bog é – with Oki; featuring remixes by Sakana and Oki (2005)
• An Tiománaí – with Heatwave; featuring remix by Sakana (2005)
• Glanfaidh Mé – radio edit (2003)
• Tóg é go Bog é – live Christmas single (2002)
• Ón Taobh Tuathail Amach (1997)

• Pot of Gold/Alive – 2 discs, DVD (Pota Óir) and CD (Alive Beo), in the United States only (2021)
• Cúl an Tí – 12 songs, 12 singers and 12 animators; in collaboration with Cartoon Saloon, Fócas Films and TG4 (2018)
• Kíla 'Once Upon a Time' – concert film filmed in Vicar St Dublin (2008)
• Pota Óir – directed by Anthony White (2018)
• Live in Vicar St – bonus DVD with Luna Park (2003)

• Leabhar Foinn – Kíla (2011)

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• Capall Bán Fút – Rónán Ó Snodaigh (2025) CD and digital
• The Beautiful Road – Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O'Reilly (2023) (Céirníní Claddagh) vinyl, CD and digital
• Tá Go Maith – Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Indistinct Chatter (aka Myles O'Reilly) (2021), vinyl and digital
• Wild Journeys – Rónán Ó Snodaigh (2020), soundtrack album, digital only
• Ór and Airgead – Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Mark Gavin (2017)
• Sos – Rónán Ó Snodaigh and The Occasionals (2013)
• Water Off a Duck's Back – Rónán Ó Snodaigh (2011)
• The Last Mile Home – Rónán Ó Snodaigh (2007)
• The Playdays – Rónán Ó Snodaigh (2004)
• Tonnta Ró – Rónán Ó Snodaigh (2003)
• Tip Toe – Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Simon O'Reilly (2001)

• Giving – Colm Ó Snodaigh (2007)
• Éist – Colm Ó Snodaigh (1990)

• 10 Stories Tall – Preachers Son (Brian Hogan) (2014)
• Love, Life and Limb – Preachers Son (Brian Hogan) (2010)

• We Burn Bright – Side 4 Collective – Dave Hingerty (2020) – vinyl

• Aistir ar an Aibítir – Rossa Ó Snodaigh (2020) – digital only

• The Golden Mean – Eoin Dillon, Steve Larkin, Des Cahalan and Frank Tate (2010)
• The Third Twin – Eoin Dillon (2005){{col-end}}

• [http://www.kila.ie/ Official website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110910213200/http://www.bluegreenearth.us/archive/article/2007/island/island-3-2007.html Excerpt of an article about Kíla by Donald Mahoney, 2007]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100317153234/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/08/13/story16273.asp Article by Nadine O Regan about Kíla and Oki] in the Sunday Business Post, 13 August 2006

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