Reilly 1 How Irish History Affects Its Music After seven hundred years of British rule, and many uprisings that ended in failure, Ireland had reached a breakthrough. This breakthrough had an affect on many different people, especially Irish musicians. The series of uprisings and wars that led to the freedom of most of Ireland developed a new form of Irish music; the rebel songs. On Easter Monday of 1916, the first shot of the Easter Uprising was …showed first 75 words of 1894 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1894 total…songs were only a small portion of how Irish Music was affected by its history. There are many more examples, but the amount of time that it would take to mention all of them is unthinkable. The Troubles in Ireland are ones that are not very much known, but are Reilly 10 very serious and sad. Hopefully one day the country will get it’s full freedom, fore every person should have that right. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**