General knowledge
The world’s biggest traditional Irish music festival.
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann
Apart from the bodhrán and drums, this category of instruments are of minor importance in Irish traditional music.
Type of Irish dance established by the Gaelic League. Believed to be traditionally Irish.
Céilí
Blind Irish harpist born in the 17th century.
Turlough Carolan
The year in which Riverdance performed at the Eurovision Song Contest.
1994
The institutionalized arm of Irish music.
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
Name of person for whom a summer school devoted to the uilleann pipes was established in West Clare.
Willie Clancy
Meaning of the word 'céilí' in Ulster and Scotland prior to the creation of the Gaelic League.
People visiting a neighbour's house to converse
Traditional instruments associated especially with women.
Harp / concertina
Composer of Riverdance.
Bill Whelan
The year in which Comhaltas was founded.
1951
Complete this George Pétrie quote from 1855.
“...the music of Ireland has hitherto been the exclusive property of the __________.''
peasantry
An example of a céilí dance.
Siege of Ennis / Walls of Limerick
These types of instruments are generally associated with males.
Highest-status and the loudest instruments
Riverdance originally cateogrised as _______ ________ in the US.
World Music
The venue for the Fleadh in 2024.
Wexford
Cultural nationalist movement established in 1893 in Ireland.
Gaelic League / Conradh an Gaeilge
There was a revival of this type of dancing in 1970s Ireland.
Set dancing
Informal meeting-place between family and work for men.
The pub
Term referring to the economy of Ireland from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s.
Celtic Tiger
The century in which tunes began to be written down in Ireland.
The 18th. - 1762
Type of celebrations which take place on St. Stephen's Day (December 26th).
Wrenboy
Céilís choreographed by itinerant dancing masters who adapted them from these types of dances.
English Country Dances / Sets of Quadrilles
This quote can be attributed to whom.
'But if the women were really determined about a career they could have found ways of organising their lives to combine the two. I did it.’
Dolores Keane
Female Irish swimmer who won three Olympic gold medals in Atlanta 1996.
Michelle Smith