Irish music project

1. IRISH MUSIC Gemma, Marzena and Daniel English Matters 2008

2. Irish Music is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres on the entire island of Ireland, North and South of the border . DEFINITION

4. Irish music has kept many of its traditional aspects and has itself influenced many forms of music.

5. In recent decades Irish music in many different genres has been very successful internationally. However, the most successful genres have been rock, popular and traditional fusion, with groups such as The Corrs, The Chieftains, Enya, Riverdance, Van Morrison and U2 achieving success nationally and internationally.

6. THE INSTRUMENTS OF IRISH FOLK MUSIC

7. BODHRÁN

8. FIDDLE AND BOW

9. TIN WHISTLE

10. UILLEANN PIPES

11. GUITAR

12. CHEATING SPOONS

13. ACCORDION

14. CONCERTINA

15. BOUZOUKI

16. HARP

17. IRISH GROUPS AND SINGERS

18. THE CHIEFTAINS

20. CLANNAD

22. THE DUBLINERS

24. ENYA

26. VAN MORRISON

28. THE CORRS

30. U2

32. SINÉAD O’CONNOR

34. Special thanks to Allyson Prizeman And Aideen O’Brien

35. Go raibh maith agaibh as bhur aird

36. Thank you for your attention