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Celtic/Folk

Ireland

Oral song and dance traditions were preserved through tune collections and renewed by twentieth-century revival and diaspora networks.

History & evolution

  1. 1700s–1800s

    Tune collections

  2. 1900s

    Revival and recordings

  3. Today

    Sessions and diaspora

Key styles

  • Traditional dance tunes
  • Sean-nós
  • Air

Instruments

  • Uilleann pipes
  • Fiddle
  • Flute
  • Harp
  • Bodhrán

Masters & composers

  • Séamus Ennis
  • Willie Clancy
  • Seán Ó Riada
  • Mary Bergin

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