The history of Kilshannig 

Kilshannig is the direct follow up of the Dutch folk group Buskers that, after ten years of growing success and the release of a highly acclaimed CD, called it a day in 1995. Three of their members decided to continue making traditional Irish music, and formed Kilshannig.

The name of the band comes from a small hamlet called "Kilshannig" (Cill Seanaigh: St. Seanach's church), which is situated just south of "Rough Point", on the Dingle peninsula, County Kerry, in the south-west of Ireland.
On various places on our site, and also on other documentation of Kilshannig you'll find the stylized drawing of a toad. This figure once was the logo of Buskers. A toad was chosen since the abbreviation of "Buskers Folk" is "BUFO", which happens to be the scientific latin name for toad. We still use our "BUFO" for emotional reasons, and to indicate the relation between Buskers and Kilshannig. 

Kilshannig also has his own logo, shown in the upper left corner of our site. It represents the letter "K" from Kilshannig, which is entwined by a snake forming the letters "I" and "M", from Irish Music. The snake has ears and a tail, and is one of the characteristic ornaments in Celtic art. The same snakes figure in the illuminated capital "K" on our home page.