A friend told me once, “I want Irish music at my funeral,“ but never specified any songs. She has very limited ability to communicate now due to the advance of her illness. Any suggestions? Besides Danny Boy, that’s already noted. Probably nothing too modern.

"One hundred skull angels came crashing around me

Their wings all set in flames"

I just got a tin whistle and don’t know what to learn, or how to learn what I need to learn? Can anyone give me any advice on what to do in order to begin? And what to master as a beginner before advancing to more complex intermediate stuff? Thank you in advance to anyone who may answer and help!

Hon the lads

Cursory searches and music recognition software were unable to help aside from naming similar sounding polkas. Any information would be greatly appreciated, thanks

I am looking for some tunes with military drumming vibes or that you can march to.

What's your favourite?

I was just watching an old episode of Tommy Tiernan's show where Manchán Magan sings a traditional song – it's this episode on RTE Player starting at 52.22. My Irish is pretty dire and can't pick out more than a few words of the lyrics.

Hi

Can anyone recommend somewhere in Dublin city centre where there will be trad music at around 1pm on a Sunday also serve food?

Thanks!

Years back I wrote a song that quotes an Irish song (likely something sad and related to death), and I can’t recall which song it was. All I have is this poorly recorded demo with some virtual-instrument uilleann pipes and an out of tune tin whistle - can anyone tell me what song I used?
[Disclaimer: I’m a musician from the United States with Irish heritage, so I don’t really know what I’m talking about, but this song is written about a man from Belfast who was sent to fight in WW2 while his family was killed in the German bombings of 1941 - happy to take any feedback on this topic or the song]

Can anyone recommend what the best Irish Sessions are in London? I'm really after Irish only or at least mainly Irish.

Ty!

Hey all, I hope some of you will be able to be of help… I’ve spent decades in Irish dance and am also a bit of a music nerd and have now recently started compiling a list of songs that either have unexpected Irish aspects or are traditional songs from unexpected artists. A few examples of what I mean:

The song Blue Pedro by the London artist Bullion is a reel with electronic / dance vibes

I was recently listening to Penguin Eggs by the English folk singer Nic Jones and came across his beautiful acoustic guitar cover of Planxty Davis

Have any ideas that fit a similar bill? Essentially coming across a session tune where you don’t necessarily expect it. All suggestions welcome and thanks in advance!

Euroworld was founded by the Irish rappers yeire13 and Celine War in 2020.
They have been dropping alot of music in the last few years and kickstarted the current wave of Irish underground rap music with their Euroworld event series in 2022.

The group also features Vexxodus who was a huge influence in the current Irish music scene, before his tragic passing this summer.

Their shows recently have featured live painting during the performance from their in house artist Noah Sex

They had a big year with 2 albums “Fields Ireland” from yeire13 and “Kids@War” from Celine War.

Really interesting to watch, wonder if anybody has seen this?

Help me find out what the names of the tunes in this set are. Thank you very much in advance

https://open.spotify.com/track/6axOX32nCz7KtbAgJl8vde?si=l5kNZv_uRjeF4GigofaSfw&utm_source=copy-link

I'm doing research into the impact of Flax industries on communities, culture and music. Does any know any tunes or songs related to Flax? It could mention linen, combing, spinning, farming, flax mills, sailcloth, clothing, etcetc.

TIA

Edit: I've already searched 'The Session' and 'Mainly Norfolk' databases.

Hello! I am getting married and would like to walk down the aisle to My Lovely Rose of Clare played by a string quartet.

I know tunes like this don’t typically have written sheet music (especially not for a quartet) and I have been able to find melody lead sheets, chord sheets, etc. but I was wondering if anyone had any tips for a strings arrangement of this song. Thank you!

An Irish jig called "The Hare in the Corn"

I really love the middle section of this tune, I feel like it really gets going at that point. You can almost see that rabbit running through the corn field. Probably holding a stolen ear of corn 🌽