The early history of the triangular frame harp in Europe is contested. The first instrument associated with the harping tradition in the Gaelic world was known as a cruit. This word may originally have described a … See more

• Historical Harp Society of Ireland
• An Chúirt Chruitireachta, International traditional harp course held annually in Termonfeckin Co. Louth, Ireland Archived 13 October 2016 at the See more

Two experts in this field, John Bannerman and Micheal Newton, agree that, by the 1500s, the most common Celtic harp strings are made of … See more

In the early 19th century, even as the old Gaelic harp tradition was dying out, a new harp was developed in Ireland. It had gut strings and semitone mechanisms like an orchestral pedal harp, and was built and marketed by John Egan, a pedal harp maker in Dublin. See more

• Armstrong, Robert Bruce (1904). The Irish and The Highland Harps. Edinburgh: David Douglas.
• Bannerman, John (1991). "The Clàrsach and … See more