Um…jigs and reels don’t appeal to me…I think because they don’t have words so I get bored easily.
Almost all the IrTrad songs I know how to play are ones with words.
Are there any good songbooks out there that have songs with words and chords, etc?
I saw a couple on amazon.com but they dont have reviews.
Soodlum’s Irish Ballad Book, for sure. 158 songs with words, notes, and chords. All kinds of stuff in there. The table of contents and sample pages are viewable at amazon.
Tony
I saw this recently, and it sounds good. Mel bay publications, CD and book sets of two volumes. I rely on both the written music and the recording, and these sets include both. I don’t own them, so I can’t review them.
95173WBCD Book/CD Set 0786652993 $20.95
95174WBCD Book/CD Set 0786653000 $20.95
"Great Irish Ballads with melody lines, lyrics, chord symbols, and authentic photographs from Ireland. The included CD features 90 of the tunes performed by an ensemble of bouzouki, bodhran, flute, whistle, banjo, and fiddle. "
Another is “Whistle and Sing” by Eamonn Jordan - book one and two - published by Ossian. ISBN 1 900428 008
There’s quite a list of books on Irish music, including song books, at http://www.nuzhound.com/newsoftheirish/musicstore.html All of the links seem to go to Amazon.com.
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I have the Celtic Fake book. Not sure why they call it “fake” but is quite nice.
Jenn
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My school’s library had one book, which I looked at for a little while. It focuses on traditional songs that are sung (which isn’t much of a suprise, really.) It seemed fairly strong academically, with fairly detailed histories of the songs included. I’m pretty sure that either the reviewer or the author played or sang for the Chieftans as well. It’s
Traditional songs of the north of Ireland, Liam Ó Conchubhair & Derek Bell
I picked up a copy of these books a couple of years ago. They definitely cover the majority of the more well-known songs. My copies are looking pretty ragged now. 
An interesting book is “Singing in Irish Gaelic” by Mel Bay. It’s an instructional book on how to sing in Irish gaelic. Not too many songs in it, but the CD has two versions of each tune, one spoken slowly, and the other sung. The book has gaelic verses, “phonetic gaelic” verses, and the verses in english, so you know what you’re singing.
I have the Celtic Fake Book, which is a nice collection of folk and popular songs. Most of them are from Ireland, but there are some from Scotland and Wales also. The ranges and keys are not necessarily whistle-friendly without some adaptation.
There is only one tune I can sing and play the fiddle on at the same time.
Bored or not, I don’t think I could sing any playing along with the whistle. 
Fakebook is a common name for books that have melodies and chords in them. The idea is that professional musicians use this kind of book to “fake it”, playing as if they knew the music.