traditional Irish music

Traditional Irish music is the folk music of Ireland, featuring instruments like the fiddle, tin whistle, uilleann pipes, bodhrán, and accordion.

The repertoire centers on dance tunes—jigs, reels, hornpipes—and ballads often sung unaccompanied.

Musicians typically learn by ear and play in informal sessions at pubs.

The term distinguishes this acoustic, orally transmitted tradition from modern Irish rock or pop.