Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Scottish and Scotch Irish Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Scottish and Scotch-Irish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Library of Congress
Loc: Celtic Roots, Stories, Songs and Traditions
View a webcast of the program put on by the Library of Congress about Irish immigrants. Program includes Irish music, storytelling and poetry.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: Track Preview: Music of Ireland: Medley
Listen to a sample of traditional Irish music played on the uilleann pipes, from a 1951 recording of music of the world's peoples.
PBS
Pbs: Frontline: The Ira and Sinn Fein: Poetry: "The Foggy Dew"
A favorite of Irish nationalists from the time that it was written (1919), "The Foggy Dew" is an example of a traditional ballad inspired by one of the most significant events in Ireland's long struggle with Britain: the 1916 Easter Rising.
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Other
Na Piobairi Uilleann [Society of Uilleann Pipers]: History of the Uilleann Pipes
A history of an instrument central to the playing of traditional Irish music: the Irish bagpipes known as the uilleann pipes.
Other
Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann: Glossary
Glossary of Irish words associated with traditional Irish music. Includes vocalized pronunication of terms.