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Junior Cycle Music: Irish traditional music

How often Irish traditional music comes up on the Music papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Irish traditional music, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Irish traditional music.

(a)What is the usual time signature of an Irish double jig?
  1. 4/4
  2. 6/8
  3. 3/4
(b)Which Irish instrument is filled with air by a bellows under the arm and has drones and regulators?
  1. Concertina
  2. Tin whistle
  3. Uilleann pipes
(c)In trad music, the accordion and concertina are grouped as which type of instrument?
  1. Reed instruments
  2. Percussion instruments
  3. String instruments
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(a) 6/8

(b) Uilleann pipes

(c) Reed instruments

Your turn: Common Level questions on Irish traditional music.

Common Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q4a
2025Q6a, Q6b
2024Q4a, Q4b, Q4c
2023Not asked
2022Q4a

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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