Some Irish Instruments

TY class have a short video to produce as part of their I.T assessment this year. Their project was to make a short video using images and/or video. They had to include captions and music. Lisa made this one about Irish music. The names of the songs in her video are:

Song 1: 'The Pipe on the Hob' and its a Jig

Song 2: The Fishermans Island; and its a reel

Song 3: It was a hornpipe

Song 4: 'The Moving Cloud' and it is a reel.


Look out for these Irish words:

Ceol na hÉireann - Irish music

An Cairdín - the accordian

An Fliúit - the flute

An cairdín agus an fliúit - the accordian and the flute

An Fhidil - the fiddle

Watch how the players tap their feet to the music. Why do they do this?



The symbols over the letters are called fadas.

On a PC: To type a fada on a letter hold the 'AltGr' button (to the right of the space bar) and press the vowel at the same time. Eg. AltGr + a = á

On an Apple computer: Type option-vowel for áéíóú and shift-option-vowel for ÁÉÍÓÚ.

On an iPhone or iPad: Simply keep your finger pressed on the letter you need to use a fada with. Your iPhone or iPad will display the extended keyboard, which gives you lots of options to choose from.

Most important to remember - a fada ALWAYS points to the right.