Irish traditions
Emerald Isle heritage
Irish traditions encompass the cultural practices, customs, and celebrations passed down through generations in Ireland and its diaspora.
These include music sessions in pubs, storytelling, Catholic feast days like St.
Patrick's Day, wakes for the dead, and seasonal festivals.
The phrase often evokes step dancing, folk music, and communal gatherings: The pub kept Irish traditions alive with weekly céilí nights.
- bodhránIrish handheld drum
- sean-nós singingTraditional Irish unaccompanied vocal music
- Tuatha Dé DanannAncient Irish deity tribe
- ogham stonesInscribed Celtic standing monuments
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
Celtic cross · Táin Bó Cúailnge · leprechaun · fairy fort · harp · St Patrick's Day · colcannon · Beltane · soda bread · banshee · storytelling tradition · tin whistle · selkie · shamrock · pub · wake · jig · Guinness
- Irish AmericanaCeltic roots, immigrant stories, Ellis Island, coffin ships, potato famine
- Irish Diasporaemigration, coffin ships, chain migration, Great Famine, immigration waves
- Atlantic culturesea shanties, sailing, cod fishing, Atlantic crossing, lighthouse
Irish traditionsBritish customs
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