Music is an integral part of the culture of the Celtic nations – from mournful airs and ballads that seem to call to displaced people, to rousing jigs, reels, and strathspeys, that bring people together in lively dances.
We don’t know much about the music that the ancient Celts played. It’s possible they brought the bagpipes to these shores as they travelled through Europe from the Middle East, and other instruments such as the carynx show us that music was a part of the culture of these early people, but what that music sounded like
