• A History Of Irish Ballads🔍
• The Mysteries Behind the Beloved Irish Ballad "Danny Boy"🔍
• The history and origins of traditional Irish music🔍
• Irish traditional music🔍
• The History of Irish Ballads🔍
• Song for Ireland🔍
• The lyrics and history behind traditional Irish song 'Danny Boy'🔍
• The Irish Origins and Variations of the Ballad "Molly Brown"🔍

A History Of Irish Ballads - Irish folk songs

' This song was written in the 16th century by Irish rebel and chieftain, Grace O'Malley, and was used as a rallying cry for Irish soldiers during the Nine ...

The Mysteries Behind the Beloved Irish Ballad "Danny Boy" - WRTI

Although the song “Danny Boy” has come to symbolize the Irish Diaspora and Irish national pride, its author was not Irish at all. Frederic ...

The history and origins of traditional Irish music - IrishCentral

The Celts were influenced by the music of the East, and it's believed that the traditional Irish harp may have originated in Egypt. The harp was the most ...

Irish traditional music - Wikipedia

There are several collections of Irish folk music from the 18th century, but it was not until the 19th century that ballad printers became established in Dublin ...

The History of Irish Ballads - Follow me up to Carlow

This is the first in a number of articles on the history of Irish ballads. Eugene Dunphy has researched the origin of many well-known Irish ...

Song for Ireland: History of the beloved Irish ballad - IrishCentral

"Song for Ireland" was written by Phil Colclough, a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, and first recorded in 1977. It is a classic in the ...

The lyrics and history behind traditional Irish song 'Danny Boy'

We explore the history and lyrics of 'Danny Boy' – a beloved Irish ballad, with an enduring power to move and uplift.

The Irish Origins and Variations of the Ballad "Molly Brown"

The Gaelic expression "acushla graile machree" in version 1 points to an Irish origin; similar Gaelic phrases are found in other variants as well, including one ...

Traditional Irish Music Today and Its Origins

The roots of Irish music can be traced back to the ancient Celtic times when bards and harpists were an integral part of Irish society. The harp ...

Traditional Irish music: A short history of

Traditional Irish music began as an oral tradition, passed down from generation to generation by listening, learning by ear and without writing ...

Irish Song Explained - Enjoy Irish Culture

Irish Ballads. Ballads – songs telling stories – came in from England and Scotland from about 1600 onwards. Throughout the 19th century, Irish story-songs ...

Irish Songs and Their Origins - The Music Lab

Irish Songs and Their Origins ... Traditional Irish music can go back to pagan songs by the Celts. The 18th Century is when the earliest Irish ...

The Powerful Stories Behind Irish Folk Songs - Brojure Bits

While the origins of this song are unknown, musical historians agree it was written in the 1600's to celebrate Irish Highwaymen. The song tells the story of an ...

Based on truth and story: the Irish ballad tradition and its relevance ...

Indeed from 1601 with the flight of the Wild Geese from our shores to the present day, Irish people have fought as soldiers on almost every ...

The real story behind Danny Boy, the beloved Irish ballad

The original air is believed by some to date back to Rory Dall O'Cahan, an Irish harpist who lived in Scotland in the late 17th century, while the lyrics as we ...

List of Irish ballads - Wikipedia

Songs of the Travelling People · "The Blue Tar Road" – song by Liam Weldon · "Danny Farrell" – by Pete St John · "I'm a Rover Seldom Sober" – Irish version of "The ...

From Sean-Nós To Trad-Fusion: A Brief History Of Irish Music

'The Flight of the Earls' in 1607 saw harpists traversing Ireland, while the Great Famine of 1845 led to a mass exodus, spreading Irish music to ...

The Origins of the “Irish” Ballad, “Danny Boy” - Regina Jeffers

It was on a trip back to England in 1912 that Margaret Weatherly introduced Fred Weatherly to the ancient Irish melody, 'The Londonderry Aire.'” ...

The Foggy Dew Meaning and Lyrics: The History of an Irish Rebel ...

The song chronicles the Easter Rising of 1916, encouraging Irishmen to fight for Ireland, and not for Britain (many Irish men fought for Britain during World ...

The "Barbara Allen" From Its Irish Source - FolkWorks

To get into all things Irish for March, I thought it fitting to share with you the origins of the well-known ballad “Barbara Allen.”.