The Mahones are a Canadian Irish punk band, formed on St. Patrick's Day in 1990, in Kingston, Ontario.

The Mahones were formed in 1990 by Dublin-born[1] Finny McConnell, as a one-off band for a St. Patrick's Day party.

Their song "Paint The Town Red" was featured in the climactic final fight scene of the 2010 Oscar Award-winning film The Fighter.

The Mahones have shared stages and toured with bands such as Dropkick Murphys, Stiff Little Fingers, Shane MacGowan and The Popes, Billy Bragg, Chuck Ragan, UK Subs, Sick of It All, The Defects, Agnostic Front, The Buzzcocks, D.O.A., Against Me, The Tragically Hip, Crash Vegas, The Damned, Suicidal Tendencies, The Prodigy, Gwar, Skunk Anansie, Blue Rodeo, Steve Earle, The Alarm, Sinéad O'Connor, Roger Miret and the Disasters, Dylan Walshe, Flogging Molly, Spirit of the west, The Dubliners, Christy Moore, The Band and Van Morrison.

The band’s cited influences included The Clash, The Pogues, Greenland Whalefishers, The Who, and Hüsker Dü.