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Lankum are a contemporary Irish folk music group from Dublin, consisting of multi-instrumentalists Ian Lynch, Daragh Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada, and Radie Peat. The group originated as a duo of the Lynch brothers, known as Lynched, who released their debut album, Where Did We Go Wrong?!, in 2003. After a period of international touring, the Lynch brothers returned to Ireland and became involved in Dublin's traditional music sessions, where they met Radie Peat and Cormac MacDiarmada. The four musicians formed the current band lineup and released the albums Cold Old Fire in 2014 and Between the Earth and Sky in 2017. In 2018, they received the Best Folk Group award at the RTÉ Folk Music Awards, with Radie Peat also named Best Folk Singer. Their album Between the Earth and Sky was nominated for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year in 2017. The band won the same award in 2019 and 2024 for their albums The Livelong Day and False Lankum. Their fourth studio album, False Lankum, released in 2023, received widespread critical acclaim and increased their visibility, earning a Mercury Prize nomination and high placements on various end-of-year lists.