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Library Ireland has "A History of Irish Music", published in 1905, written by William H. Grattan Flood - online to read for free.
Everything in the Table of Contents is linked, so you can easily skip around between Chapters.
What caught my attention - Chapter IV. Ancient Irish Scales!
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Irish music is associated with dancing!
Found a great little timeline of The History of Irish Dance at the Celtic Steps site.
Anyone ever see Celtic Steps when they've been on tour?
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Ran across Dr. Martin Dowling's book, "Traditional Music and Irish Society: Historical Perspectives". Not new (2015?) and this one's not free (avail on amazon, etc...) - but seems to pick up where others left off.
Review by Mícheál Ó Súílleabháin
Anyway, to launch the book he did a series of videos!
Chapter 2.) Foundations of a Modern Tradition - 'Traditional Music and Irish Society: Historical Perspectives' with Robbie Hannan.
Chapter 3.) Music in The Revival: The Feis Ceoil, The Gaelic League, and The Pipers - performances by Thalia & Breandan O'Hare, Una Monaghan & Lorraine Ni Bhriain.
...more:
Chapter 4.) James Joyce and Traditional Song - performances by Brian Mullen & Christine Dowling.
Chapter 5.) Traditional Music and The Peace Process in Northern Ireland - Dr. Fintan Vallely and performances.
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