▁gen res ▁that ▁evol ved ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁folk ▁musical ▁trad itions ▁of ▁the ▁C elt ic ▁pe op les . ▁These ▁trad itions ▁include ▁Irish , ▁Scottish , ▁Man x , ▁Corn ish , ▁Wel sh , ▁and ▁Bre ton ▁trad itions . ▁Ast ur ian ▁and ▁Gal ician ▁music ▁is ▁often ▁included , ▁though ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁significant ▁research ▁showing ▁that ▁this ▁has ▁any ▁close ▁musical ▁relationship . ▁Brit t any ' s ▁Fol k ▁rev ival ▁began ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁with ▁the ▁" bag ado ù " ▁and ▁the ▁" kan - ha - dis kan " ▁before ▁growing ▁to ▁world ▁fame ▁through ▁Alan ▁St iv ell ' s ▁work ▁since ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 6 0 s . ▁ ▁In ▁Ireland , ▁The ▁Cl ancy ▁Brothers ▁and ▁Tommy ▁Mak em ▁( although ▁its ▁members ▁were ▁all ▁Irish - born , ▁the ▁group ▁became ▁famous ▁while ▁based ▁in ▁New ▁York ' s ▁Green wich ▁Village ), ▁The ▁Dublin ers , ▁Cl ann ad , ▁Plan xty , ▁The ▁Ch ie ft ains , ▁The ▁P og ues , ▁The ▁Cor rs , ▁The ▁Irish ▁Ro vers , ▁and ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁other ▁folk ▁bands ▁have ▁done ▁much ▁over ▁the ▁past ▁few ▁dec ades ▁to ▁rev ital ise ▁and ▁re - pop ular ise ▁Irish ▁traditional ▁music . ▁These ▁bands ▁were ▁root ed , ▁to ▁a ▁greater ▁or ▁less er ▁extent , ▁in ▁a ▁tradition ▁of ▁Irish ▁music ▁and ▁benef ited ▁from ▁the ▁efforts ▁of