Europe

Left photo, San Diego Irish Fiddlers

Irish culture

Music in Ireland has always been popular since the first Harp was brought to the island many years ago and has played a huge part on shaping the Irish culture. What is unique about Irish Music is the different variations of style that is created such as Irish Celtic music better known as traditional Irish music, Irish rebel music, Irish dance music and even Irish rock.

Meals in Ireland consist of many different food groups such as vegetables, fish, meat, spuds (potatoes) etc. The most popular being spuds as so many variety of meals can be made such as poundies (mashed), chips (also known as fries or wedges), jacket potatoes or just plain old spuds. The method used to cook and serve the potatoes is usually decided on what other types of food will be served such as lamb chops, sausages, peas, gravy etc. The spud is so popular because off how cheap they are to buy and also the many diferent variations of meals that can be cooked from them.

A common connection with the Irish culture and Ireland would be that of the Irish dance, a tradition that has been followed for hundreds of years within Ireland which was spread throughout the world during the huge migration of Irish people during the ‘Great famine’ in the 1800’s. Today Irish dance has become more famous due to the tour of the hit show “The Riverdance” which still tours the world with sellout shows in almost every country. Robert SG

One from Ireland, by J B 4

My maternal great grandfather was from Germany in Europe.About 80 or 90 years ago my maternal great-grandfather emigrated from another country with his father and his step mother, when he was about nine years old. My mother’s grandfather came from Germany and settled in Spring Valley, California. My mother’s great-grandparents met here and married her. Also on my dad’s side my dad grandfather came in a car, and he brought his wife and four children. He also brought all his goods. My dad’s grandfather is Irish. My dad’s grandfather was stationed here by the US navy. My dads grandfather relocated to Imperial Beach, California from Rhode Island, New York. All my brother and sisters were born in La Mesa, California.

My family came from Scotland, Ireland, 2nd century France, etc…. Brianna, gr. 6