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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = Senakah
| image               = Seneca group.jpg
| caption             =
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| background          = group_or_band
| alias               =
| origin              = [[Limerick]], [[Ireland]]
| genre               = [[Hard rock]], [[alternative rock]]
| years_active        = 2005<ref name="Fluker">{{cite news|title=No leprechauns, but plenty of tunes for Limerick-based band|last=Fluker|first=Meryn |publisher=The Daily Iowan}}</ref> – present
| label               = [[West Pole Music]]
| associated_acts     =
| website             = [http://www.senakah.com www.senakah.com]
| current_members     = Rob Hope<br />Yvonne Conaty<br />Brendan O'Gorman<br />Daragh O'Loughlain
| past_members        = Chris Griffis (2009–2010)
}}
[[File:Seneca guitar.jpg|thumb|Senakah guitarist Brendan O'Gorman performing at the [[Whisky a Go Go]]]]
'''Senakah''' (formerly '''Seneca''') are an Indie/alternative rock band from [[Limerick]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref name="Lush">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockwired.com/seneca.html|title=Rockwired Interviews Seneca|last=Lush|first=Brian|accessdate=2009-05-25}}</ref> Their debut album, ''[[Sweeter than Bourbon]]'', produced the single "[[Clarity (Senakah song)|Clarity]]", which broke into the Ireland Top 20.<ref name="Clarity">{{cite web|url=http://top40-charts.com/song.php?sid=23934&sort=chartid|title=Clarity|publisher=top40-charts.com|accessdate=2009-05-25}}</ref> Senakah's 2008 American debut was met with positive reviews, and spawned a [[North America]]n tour in 2008. In 2009 the band spent three months in the [[United States]] before embarking on the [[Europe]]an leg of their tour.<ref name="Jacques">{{cite web|url=http://www.limerickindependent.com/entertainment/entertainment/limerick%92s-seneca-phone-home-from-us-tour/|title=Limerick's Seneca phone home from US tour|last=Jacques|first=Alan|publisher=Limerick Independent News|accessdate=2009-05-25}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Style==
Senakah incorporates heavy guitar influence along with [[Harmony|harmonic]] vocals and stringed instruments such as the [[cello]] and [[viola]]. Lead singer Rob Hope has been compared to "[[Eddie Vedder]] on his best day."<ref name="Thurlow">{{cite web|url=http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=9093|title=CD Shorts Reviewed this week: Animal Collective, Wild-Wood, Seneca, James Morrison.|last=Thurlow|first=Kendra |publisher=The Valley Advocate|accessdate=2009-06-03}}</ref>
''Sweeter than Bourbon'', the debut [[studio album]] from the band, deals with Ireland's [[social issues]] including [[domestic violence]] which is evidenced by the lyrics in their single "Clarity".<ref name="Gray">{{cite web|url=http://www.uiargonaut.com/content/view/6405/38/|title="Seneca" smooth |last=Gray|first=Jordan|publisher=Argonaut|accessdate=2009-06-03}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
==Reception==
Senakah has been met with positive reception in Europe and North America.
[[The Second Supper]] described the band's live performance thus: ''"No song was vestigial, no member’s contribution was unimportant or repetitive. The spectrum-running creed was adhered to, and it paid off big." ''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secondsupper.com/review.php?r=37|title=Seneca at the Warehouse|last=Emerson|first=Brett|publisher=The Second Supper|accessdate=2009-06-13|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217095147/http://secondsupper.com/review.php?r=37|archivedate=2009-02-17}}</ref>
The band were originally named 'Seneca',<ref>[http://www.amamusicagency.ie/emerging/senekah/ AMA Music Agency re name change] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630100536/http://www.amamusicagency.ie/emerging/senekah/ |date=2013-06-30 }}</ref> but they reported they had to change their name to 'Senakah' to avoid a trademark conflict.<ref>[http://www.senakah.com/ Senaka.com: Latest news, 9 January 2012]</ref>
==Discography==
*''[[Sweeter than Bourbon]] (2008)''
*''Human Relations (2013)''
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.senakah.com/ Senakah's official website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/senakah Senakah's YouTube channel]
*[http://www.myspace.com/bandseneca Senakah's MySpace page]
*[[The Second Supper]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20090217095147/http://secondsupper.com/review.php?r=37 interview and concert review], plus [http://couleetechlink.com/client/secondsupper/story.php?s=59 travel piece featuring Senakah]
*[[The Second Supper]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719145113/http://secondsupper.com/review.php?r=90 second interview with Senakah]
[[Category:Irish alternative rock groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Limerick (city)]]