Keencap’s album Fenian has reached number 1 in the Irish album charts Earlier the band said it was donating all of the royalties from Fenian this week in Wales, England, Scotland and the Occupied 6 to Irish language organisation in West Belfast, Glór na Móna, the Irish language cultural centre on the Falls Road, Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, and Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Tweeting this afternoon when word broke the FENIAN had reach number one in the Irish charts, Kneecap posted: “Muintir na hÉirean, is grá linn sibh. “We’re buzzing to be number 1 in the Irish charts. A big part of Kneecap has always been bringing the Irish language into the contemporary space, so young people see the language iso f value and on par with any other language. “And with this also comes showing solidarity with those who need it most around the world and at home.” “This past year though, as the British state witch-hunt came for us, we got solidarity from across this island – electric picnic being one of our highlights this year with 50,000 of us in a field. “GRMA to everyone who got the album and we’ll see you this summer to celebrate FENIAN.” Later this afternoon when the UK album chart was announced, the band said: Kneecap's first album release, 2024's Fine Art, went to number 43 in the UK and number two in the Republic of Ireland.
