Kelida, I agree with Calum Galleitch. In fact, a lot of the old Irish céilí bands used horns and woodwinds. On my annual pub tour to Ireland (I bring Americans over every year) there are a couple of older gents who join us for a session in Seamus Delaney's pub in Kilkenny who play traditional tunes on clarinet and sax,. And damn fine they are too, I might add. And just like a lot of American string bands had musicians who doubled as comedy/comic relief, so too did the céilí and show bands, and the two gents I'm talking about still do some of their old routines between sets of tunes. Great stuff! All the best
Seamus