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Irish Traditional & Gaelic midi music from Ireland
Old Irish traditional airs & music pieces have migrated to many parts of the world. Irish settlers who travelled abroad to escape Ireland's famine during the 1840's helped build the American West and contributed to the music & society of the time.
The forced deportation of Irish citizens to Van Diemens land (Tasmania) in colonial days also brought the Irish traditions to the Southern hemisphere & Australia.
Some of those musical influences can be heard in U.S. Bluegrass, Cajun & French Breton music styles.
Here you can hear a selection of Irish Midi Music files, reflecting a tradition where music making and story telling was a central part of the community and social gatherings. Enjoy listening and share in the Spirit of Ireland. To listen to a selected piece, click radio button & media player will play it in a separate window. |
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A Nation once again - Written by Thomas Davis, the Irish poet, novelist & one of the co-founders of the Nation newspaper in 1842. He also wrote "The West's Awake". Lyrics with Midi. |
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| Mise Eire - Sean O'Riada's evocative music. | |
| Planxty George Brabazon - A lively traditional piece, sequenced by Harold Doolan. | |
| Kilgary - A Traditional piece, popularly known as Whiskey in the Jar, made famous by the Dubliners & the late Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy. | |
| The Derry Air - Danny Boy, traditional. |
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| The Black Velvet Band - Trad. Irish Song, also known as Van Diemen's Land. | |
| Give me your hand - In Irish, "Tabhair dom do lamh" Traditional. | |
| The Hills of Connemara - Trad. Irish Song, about evading the "exise men" in search of illegal poitin (moonshine) in the Connemara Hills. |
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| The Star of County Down - Traditional, Re-recorded by Van Morrison during the 1980's. |
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| The Holy Ground Irish fisherman's song, Made famous internationally by the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem in the 1960's. |
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| The Irish Rover - Another Traditional piece made popular internationally by the Pogues, & The Dubliners. | |
| Whiskey before Breakfast - An American bluegrass tune with Irish musical influences, sequenced by R. G. Allen. |
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| The Devils Reel - An American tune with Irish music influences. |
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| St. Anne's reel - A lively traditional reel, still popular in the west of Ireland. Midi Sequencing by Barry Taylor. |
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| Dowd's Favourite - Sequenced by Harold Doolan. |
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| The Wind that shakes the barley - Traditional Irish accoustic music. |
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| Inchquinn - A Melodic Irish air, harpsichord Trad. |
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| The Oak Tree - A Lively Irish reel. |
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| The Wild colonial boy, - A ballad about Jack Duggan, the Irish emigrant to Australia who became a "Robin Hood" - type bandit in Colonial Australia during the 1800's. |
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| The Derry hornpipe - A Traditional Irish reel. |
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| She moved through the fair, - a modern lyrical version was used in the movie "Michael Collins", Traditional. |
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| The Dawning of the day A Traditional Irish air. with lyrics from Patrick Kavenagh's poem, Raglan Road. |
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| Midi files courtesy Reelmusic, Frank Lennon B. Taylor & listed contributors. |
 There's a piece here by O'Carolan if you Harp back to it! Requires Windows media player or similar midi player.  
 Ireland Australia Media - Main Contents. |
| All original files copyright their respective owners, accredited where applicable, design concept copyight 2008. |