Hi ya Brendy! Welcom back!
If you ever want to know about how to play Irish music, watch Ronan Browne, chanter high off his knee the whole effing time! He said a few months ago, he learned the orniments and then learned to listen, and then took off to find himself, (paraphrasing). In speaking about making reeds, he said (almost shouted), "make reeds with gay abandon (...who would name a beer after Sam Adams - only in America)!" That also sums up his playing and that is why he is bloody great. Flute old skin, learn the twiddly bits, learn to listen, then play with gay abandon and like Ronan ask yourself and other, why the f*ck would someone name a beer after Sam Addams...
Cheers
Larry