I dunno, I was flirting with the idea of writing a history book... the last really good, from-the-dawn-of-time-of-Irish-Music history book was written way back in 1906! Maybe it's time for an updated version....

but, really, ethnomusicology is becoming a big field for teaching. there's this big emphasis (in the east, at least, I don't know what the situation is in the rest of the country) on students being exposed to cultural aspects of all kinds. music being a very popular one.