Gaelic music

Gaelic music (Irish: Ceol Gaelach, Scottish Gaelic: Ceòl Gàidhealach) is an umbrella term for the folk music of Ireland (see Irish folk music) and of the Scottish Highlands (see Scottish folk music). It has also been used for any music written in the Gaelic languages of Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic music is a type of Celtic music.

Famous Gaelic songs

External links

Gaelic songs on Education Scotland website

Gaels

General history	Gaelic Ireland High King of Ireland Gaelic Irish kingdoms Dál Riata Alba Nine Years' War Statutes of Iona Flight of the Earls 1641 Rebellion Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 Jacobite risings Penal Laws Great Hunger Irish diaspora Highland Clearances Gaelic Revival Gaeltacht Gàidhealtachd

Gaelic culture	Ogham Brehon law Gaelic mythology Lebor Gabála Érenn Gaelic warfare Gaelic astrology Gaelic kinship Bardic poetry Gaelic literature (Early Irish, Modern Irish, Scottish Gaelic & Manx) Gaelic type Insular script Fáinne Gaelic music Sean-nós song Oireachtas na Gaeilge Am Mòd Gaelic games Highland games Insular Christianity Gaelic Christian mission

Language	Primitive Irish Old Irish Middle Irish Classical Gaelic Irish Manx Scottish Gaelic

Major tribes or clans	Connachta (incl. Uí Néill, Clan Colla, Clan Donald, Uí Maine, etc) Dál gCais (incl. Déisi) Eóganachta Érainn (incl. Dál Riata, Corcu Loígde, Clan Conla, Dál Fiatach, etc) Laigin Ulaid (incl. Dál nAraidi, Conmhaícne, Ciarraige, etc)

DNA haplogroups	R-S971 (Clan Colla) R-M222 (Connachta & Uí Néill) R-L21 (Dál Fiatach) R-L226 (Dál gCais) R-CTS4466 (Eóganachta) R-L159.2 (Laigin)

Prominent organisations	Údarás na Gaeltachta Foras na Gaeilge Bòrd na Gàidhlig Culture Vannin Conradh na Gaeilge An Comunn Gàidhealach Manx Gaelic Society Seachtain na Gaeilge Gael Linn ULTACH Trust Clì Gàidhlig Comunn na Gàidhlig Columba Project Clans of Ireland Association of Highland Clans and Societies

Related subjects	Celts Norse–Gaels (incl. Uí Ímair and Clan MacLeod) Kingdom of the Isles Gaelicisation

Folk music

Subgenres	Ballads Carols Children's songs Contemporary folk Drinking song Hornpipe Jigs Morris dance Protest song Sea shanties War songs

Fusions	Americana Anti-folk Celtic music Celtic rock Country folk Electric folk Freak folk Filk music Folk jazz Folk metal Folk pop Folk punk Folk rock Folktronica Indie folk Industrial folk song Manila Sound Medieval folk rock Neofolk Nerd-folk Psychedelic folk Progressive folk Skiffle Turbo-folk

Related articles	Festivals Folk clubs Folk dance Instruments Lists of traditions Pub session Record labels Roots revival Singer-songwriter Traditional music World music

Regional scenes	Alps American Andean Armenian Assyrian Azerbaijani Balkan Cuban English Filipino French Greek Hungarian Icelandic Indian Iranian Irish Italian Jamaican Macedonian Mexican Pakistani Poland Portuguese Scottish Swedish Turkish Ukrainian Russian

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