Irish traditional music began as an oral tradition, passed on from generation to generation by listening, learning by ear, and without formally writing the tunes on paper.

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A plane full of passengers unexpectedly became a lively Irish pub, thanks to some travelling musicians with joyous music to share. On a flight from Belfast to Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, an Irish ...

‘Whack fol lol le rah!’ Inside the roaring resurgence of Irish trad music From Jack O’Connell’s viral rendition of ‘Rocky Road to Dublin’ in Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ to Irish ...

A bold new cross-cultural music collaboration between traditional musicians from Northern Ireland and Iraq is set to take to ...

Aer Lingus representatives, Music City Irish Fest's CEO Brenda Willis, Irish musician Niall McCabe highlight long ties between Nashville and Ireland.

This is the amazing moment a spontaneous folk music performance broke out on a Ryanair flight from Belfast to Lanzarote with a passenger playing the fiddle and another doing an unplanned ...

Lankum puts the metal in Irish folk music On tour across Europe, the Dublin quartet triumphs with their dark, intense versions of traditional songs.

There's the sound of banjos, fiddles and tin whistles everywhere, as Irish trad music enjoys a roaring resurgence. It's resonating "fiercely" with young people, who "roar out the lyrics" in pubs ...

Aer Lingus representatives, Music City Irish Fest's CEO Brenda Willis, Irish musician Niall McCabe highlight long ties between Nashville and Ireland.