LOST CELTS were an Irish Rock-American Acoustic-British Folk band based in Cincinnati, Ohio, 2014-2023. For much of their existance, they were the city's premier locally-based Irish Rock band!

Covering artists such as: Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, The Pogues, The Young Dubliners, The Waterboys, The Corrs, and more ... 

LOST CELTS played 100+ songs in our catalog including many originals! While focusing mainly on Irish Rock and British Folk, there was ALWAYS a surprise in their setlist, borrowed from Pop, Jazz, Bluegrass, Country, and even Heavy Metal! A typical LOST CELTS performance included many of the following songs, as a sample:

"Abhainn Mor"
"The Night Patty Murphy Died"
"Tell Me Ma"
"Galway Girl"
"Rose Tattoo"
"Fisherman's  Blues"
"Bedlam Boys"
"Eleven Mile"
"Rocky Road to Dublin"
"Zombie"
"Fields of Athenry"
"Joy of Life - Trout in the Bath"
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
"Whiskey in the Jar"
"Float"
"Shady Grove"
"America"
"Come on Eileen"
"Toss the Feathers"
... And nearly 100 more! Too many to list here.

Sean Halloran - Lead vocals, guitar, harmonica and founding member of the band.

Denise Saker - Fiddle, vocals, tin whistle, and founding member of the band.

Ross Johnson - Mandolin, banjo, vocals, and founding member of the band.

Ben Farringer - Bass, backing vocals

Tom Millard - Percussion, vocals

Past members included:

R. Stacy Fenner - Bass
Mark Becker - Bass
Matt Norton - Percussion

In the first few centuries A.D, invating Roman Legions conquered much of Europe, from the Iberian peninsula to the North Sea. From Gallaecia (modern France), they crossed into what they called Britannia, Hibernia, and Caledonia -- modern day England, Ireland, and Scotland. Everywhere they went, they encountered strange, mystic peoples who were unlike anyone else they had met before: the CELTS.

Celtic tribes or individuals which didn't care to assimilate into Roman culture quickly went underground, or scattered themselves to the far corners of the Earth, or were simply ... lost.

Rome soon fell, and the Dark Ages began. But for centuries, there persisted rumors of forgotten Celtic tribes -- these so-called 'LOST' celts -- who survived on the fringes of civilization, or whom had found a way to 'hide in plain sight' out of the oppressive bullies of the Middle Ages. Other Celts found their way to obscure settlements within Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. But also appeared in Spain, France, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, and even as far away as Romania, Turkey, Lebanon, and North Africa, making encampments everywhere they went. It is also possible that a few of these Celts managed to find their way all the way to the shores of the New World, centuries before the Norse. Or so the legend goes ...

We thought the story of Celts being rooted in Ireland but then being scattered to draw influences from anywhere the Celts may have lived was a great idea for a band name. And bringing it all full circle, LOST CELTS band based itself in an American city named after a prominent Roman: Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus.

Remember, those who are among friends are never truly "lost" ...