Irish Music and Dance The Traditional music of Ireland has become known all over the world.Many Irish people who emigrated to countries such as Austrailia, America and England brought the tradition with them. Up to the seventeenth century Irish musicians were employed by the aristocracy of Ireland but after the collapse of the Gaelic Ireland during the eighteenth century. Traditonal Irish music includes reels, jigs, slip jigs and hornpipes.Reels are fast and lively. Hornpipes are usually slower. The Traditonal songs of Ireland are called laments and ballads. These are sung unaccompanied. the Traditional muscial instruments of Ireland include the fiddle, the uillean pipes and also the flute. Irish music was revived during the 20th century. People began to get more involved in Irish music again.