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It's my deepest darkest secret. Until this moment, no one has ever known, but the time has come for a full confession. My alltime favorite thing to do when I'm bored is to listen to Irish music and eat Lucky Charms! When I really get into it, sometimes I will even get out my old clogs and pull a Lord of the Dance impression.

Whatever the situation, Irish music can always seem to lift my spirits. It sounds so happy and carefree. It just makes me want to dance, or bust a jig! Irish people have such awesome accents, and their singers' voices are always great. Something about the way that they sing seems to always makes me happy.

People sometimes forget that Irish music is not just about a bunch of guys in a pub singing silly chants and yelling about the pursuit of their lucky charms. Most Irish music features many different instruments like the great penny or tin whistle, accordian, and various stringed instruments. I would even say that many Irish musicians are better than many country musicians.

Many great bands have came to the United States from Ireland. A few of these include U2 and more recently Damien Rice. Time and time again, these immigrants have proved that they know good music, and they know how to make good music.

So next time you're bored, try some Irish music. If it's too much to listen to traditional Irish music, Irish bands are always great, and there's many of them to choose from. To make things even better, it can never hurt to get out a box of Lucky Charms Cereal to go along with your favorite Irish CD.

The sound haunts my darkest nights and burns like a cinder in my mind. You know what I’m talking about: Irish music. The sound of penny whistles whistling and step dancers stepping, stepping to that intolerable beat. In the simplest terms, Irish music is assault on my precious ears.

It was not always this way. Irish music was once intriguing to me in its own strange little way, holding a small place in my heart. There was a time when my feet would willingly attempt, feebly, mind you, to step to the infectious beat. The penny whistle was actually tolerable and even the Lord of the Dance never ceased to amaze me.

But soon the sound began to equal the annoyance of finger nails on a chalkboard, and the Lord of the Dance slowly crept into my nightmares. The sound is so bouncy and jovial that when I listen to it, against my will of course, I feel as if I'm riding The Raven for the fortieth time on a hot summer day after about five chilli dogs and a side of nachos. Irish music is most definately one type of music whose rancid sound I could certainly exist without!

To be totally and completely honest with you, Irish music, at least to me, is just music to become intoxicated to. When I hear Irish music, I picture three old drunk guys at a pub step dancing to some annoying Irish folk music. In fact, one would have to be totally and completely intoxicated to even half appreciate the foul sounds of the Emerald Isle.