IRISH MUSIC

History of Irish Music.
The most common instruments used in Irish traditional dance music, whose history goes back several hundred years, are the fiddle, tin whistle, flute and Uilleann pipes. Instruments such as button accordion and concertina made their appearances in Irish traditional music late in the 19th century.

Ireland has produced many great musicians over the years in various genres.

IRISH MUSICIANS

• Hozier
• Gavin James
• The Script
• Picture This
• West life
• Boyzone

Traditional Irish Music is still very popular throughout the country, and many young people are involved with playing traditional instruments or dancing.

In recent decades Irish music has been very successful in genres such as rock, popular and traditional fusion, with performers such as...

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• The Chieftains
• The Dubliners
• Niall Horan
• Thin Lizzy
• Sinéad O'Connor
• Snow Patrol
• U2

Many young people today get popular through busking and doing small public gigs or entering competitions.

The Top 5 biggest selling Irish acts of all time have sold over 400 Million Albums and records between them.

BIGGEST SELLING IRISH ACTS

• U2 - 170 million+
• Enya - 80 million+
• Van Morrison - 55 million+
• Cranberries - 50 million+
• The Corrs - 45 million+

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Wikipedia
• Irish times
• People.com
• Kilteelcoppercraft
• Google Images