PPT-Traditional Irish Music

Contents Irish Traditional Instruments Irish Traditional Tunes Information on I rish songs Irish Traditional Artists Irish Pop Artists Introduction What you will learn during this presentation. Setting the stage for disaster. Introduction. The famine killed 1 million people and forced another 1 million to leave. . Most of the land in Ireland was owned by British landlords who rented it to Irish farmers for large amounts of money.. the Land of Saints and Scholars. . April 5. th. @ St. Bernard’s School 2013. What are the main ingredients of . Irish culture?. Irish language. Story telling, music and dance. Literature. Food. Why saints and scholars?. Before the War. First immigrant group to arrive in large numbers. Between 1800 and 1920, 5 million Irish men and women emigrated to the United States. Were only half involved in American culture. Were tasked with constructing an image of themselves as both Irish and Americans. Introduction to Irish . History. John Rickard. Bucknell. University. Irish Geography. Ireland . is an island located at the far Western edge of Europe in the Atlantic Ocean. Map of Ireland. Lying . . project. 2. CREATED BY . Rafal. Surma. Irish. . Culture. . Irish culture includes customs and traditions, language, music, art, literature, folklore, cuisine and sports associated with the island of Ireland and of the Irish and Northern Irish people. However, the culture of the people living on the island is not homogeneous. There are notable cultural divides between urban and rural, Catholic and Protestants, Irish-speakers and English-speakers, immigrants and native population, the Travelers and settled population and between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. (For an overview of Ireland's culture during the Gaelic period, see Gaelic Ireland. Also for an overview of Northern Ireland's culture see Culture of Northern Ireland.). By Valerie King. Here is our flag:. Our Flag. The Republic of Ireland's flag is made of three equal-sized rectangles of orange, white, and green (this type of flag is called a tricolour). The flag is twice as wide as it is tall. The green side is by the flagpole. This flag was first used in 1848. Introduction. The Irish Brigade would come to be one of the most extraordinary brigades that would be produced during the American Civil War on either side. Additionally, it is remarkable how a collection of regiments that were made up predominately of Irish immigrants and Irish Americans could fight so heroically for a country that was new to them. Perhaps no year gives a better depiction of the type of fighting unit this was than the year of 1862, which included their participation in major battles such as the Seven Days Battles, Antietam, and Fredericksburg.. Celebration of Halloween began in Ireland about 1000 AD. Irish immigrants brought these traditions to the United States. Halloween was originally a pagan festival named “. Samhain. ” meaning “end of summer”. UNIVERSAL CREDIT . 29 June 2016. Maxine Williams. Outreach/Development Worker. Irish Community Care. Irish Community Care. Who we are . Community based charitable company. Mission: to respond to the health, social care and cultural needs of the Irish and Irish Traveller communities. Chapter 9. Irish Traditional Music. Encompasses traditional, neo-traditional, and post-traditional styles . “Europe’s most commercially successful music” . Backdrop: formation of Irish nation and nationalism, history of oppression (Irish potato famine) and strife (“The Troubles”), Irish diaspora, transnational flows. . Emily . Stubenbort. Instruments. Uillean. . Pipes “bellows”-form . of bagpipe related to the Great Highland Bagpipe of Scotland. Tin Whistle. Fiddle. Irish harp. Banjo. Bodhran. -drum. Accordion . The Fields Of Athenry.. Causes. The Great Irish Famine began in 1845 when a disease called “blight” caused the potato crop to fail.. Most Irish people were extremely poor and depended on potatoes for all of their food .. Immigration to the United States increased dramatically between 1840-1860. The largest group of immigrants to the United States at that time were from Ireland. Between 1846 and 1860, more than 1.5 million Irish immigrants came to the US because of a potato blight that destroyed most of the potato crops in the 1840s. A famine, an extreme shortage of food, struck Ireland. More than 1 million people died.. The History of Terrorism as a Strategy of Political Insurgency. April 2011. Where did the Irish Republican Army come from?. Historical Roots in Genuine Oppression. Economic – land redistribution, famine, race laws.