IrishCentral Contributor Siobhan O'Neill on the importance of commemorating the Irish orphan girls who were sent to Australia ...

In the heart of Irish music history, the name Luke Kelly stands tall as a symbol of passion, talent, and indomitable spirit. Luke Kelly, who was born in Dublin on November 17, 1940, and died on ...

Abarta began the concert by playing a few reels, which is a form of bagpipe music played with two main beats per bar. As the ...

Naturally, links between Irish music and the north woods have long fascinated me. This led to years of enjoyable and fruitful ...

Explore collection items related to Ireland and Irish American history and heritage. Learn how a chance encounter and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival helped launch a revival of Irish American music.

With a career spanning six decades, the Chieftains remains one of the most influential and heralded music groups to emerge from Ireland - and all led by Paddy Moloney, the charismatic performer at ...

It's one of the most iconic instruments in Irish music history and now it's being put up for auction - fans are calling on ...

As a part of its 2024 World Tour, “A Taste of Ireland -The Irish Music & Dance Sensation” came to Bloomington on Nov. 8 at ...

Black '47 -Watching the Irish suffer from the view of London, Sir Charles Trevelyan believed that the potato famine was part ...

I write about popular culture and the arts. The artistic sense of an ‘original spin’ on Irish traditional music reflects the range of musical influences that make up the distinctive brew of ...