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Irish-Canadian musical group

This article is about the band. For the folk song, see The Irish Rover. For the newspaper, see The Irish Rover (newspaper).

The Irish Rovers is a group of Irish musicians that formed in Toronto, Canada in 1963^[1] and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover".

They are best known for their international television series, contributing to the popularization of Irish Music in North America, and for the songs "The Unicorn", "Drunken Sailor", "Wasn't That a Party", "The Orange and the Green", "Whiskey on a Sunday", "Lily the Pink", "Finnegan's Wake" and "The Black Velvet Band".

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The primary voices heard in the group's early songs were Will Millar (tenor), Jimmy Ferguson (baritone), George Millar and Joe Millar, and in the last twenty years, also John Reynolds and Ian Millar. Wilcil McDowell's accordion has been a signature sound of the band throughout their more than fifty five years.

Founding member George Millar