Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Scottish and Scotch Irish Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Scottish and Scotch-Irish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Contemplator
Folk Music of England, Scotland,ireland, Wales & America
Fine comprehensive intro to folk music of English-speaking countries. Lyrics, background and midi files make this a useful site.
Other
Na Piobairi Uilleann [Society of Uilleann Pipers]: History of the Uilleann Pipes
A history of an instrument central to the playing of traditional Irish music: the Irish bagpipes known as the uilleann pipes.
PBS
Pbs: Frontline: The Ira and Sinn Fein: Poetry: "The Foggy Dew"
A favorite of Irish nationalists from the time that it was written (1919), "The Foggy Dew" is an example of a traditional ballad inspired by one of the most significant events in Ireland's long struggle with Britain: the 1916 Easter Rising.