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Udance Records - In step with the needs of practicing traditional Irish and Ceili dancers. Custom CDs one can create on-line that contain the reels and jigs for practice.
Irish Traditional Music Archive - This reference archive and resource centre for traditional song, music and dance, based in Dublin, offers, in English and Irish, details of its history, workings, staff and collections. There are location and access notes, research details, publication data and outlines of ways to support the institution.
Altan - The official site of Altan, one of the most famous Irish traditional bands, offering details on band members, events, history, a contact facility, images, press material and discography.
Ceoltóirí Loch Lao - Details, in English and Irish, of a CD from the young musicians of the Loch Lao branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, based in Belfast's Falls Road. There are also notes on the musicians.
Encyclopedia of Traditional Celtic Music - Includes history, theory and instruments of Celtic music.
Topics in Traditional Irish Music - A collection of pages describing the history of traditional music in Ireland.
Dara Records - Website of this large mail-order distributor of Irish and Celtic music.
Traditional Irish Songs - Lyrics to many Irish songs (as sung in pubs, clubs and homes of Ireland)
The Session - Traditional Irish music, featuring a new tunes, recordings and discussions.
Ceolas - Reviews, biographies, guides, audio samples, links to real-world and internet resources, tunes, schedules and instrument guides. Currently unmaintained, but still valuable.
Begley & Cooney - Profile of the Irish traditional duo of Seamus Begley, accordion player, and Steve Cooney, guitarist (Ceolas).
Shantalla Homepage - Traditional Irish and Scottish music. Information on the band, albums, concerts, reviews and forthcoming tour dates.
Dolores Keane - Official web site which includes biography, discography, tour dates, sound files and photographs.
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill - Official site for the Celtic musicians.
Na hAmhráin - Traditional gaelic song lyrics.
Tommy Peoples - Official site of the famed Clare fiddler, born and raised in Donegal, winner of the 1998 TnaG Traditional Music Award. Sound samples.
The Cobblestone's Irish Traditional Music Archive - Uilleann Pipes and Irish Traditional Music, including a cross reference album archive.
The Journal of Music - A magazine bringing together new writing on classical, jazz and traditional music.
Brian McNamara - Uilleann pipe player. Sound files and information.
Dainín Music - Traditional musicians, Maidhc Dainín & Caoimhín Ó Sé provide biographies, discography, photos, contact details, CD sale information and links. Bilingual site.
Boghill Music Centre - Residential workshops for mixed instruments in traditional Irish music - calendar of events and information. Located in County Clare.
Osna - Tour dates, news and information. Listen to music samples online.
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann - Details of this organisation and movement, promoting traditional Irish music, song and dance in Ireland and worldwide. Offers music samples, session details, branch information, concert and educational programmes, structures and archuives.
Jim Maginn's Diddilee Dee - Photographic picture library, featuring major figures in the traditional music of Ireland, taken by Jim Maginn, a photographer in Belfast.
Claddagh Records - Enormous online catalog from one of the largest, best-known, and best-respected Irish traditional music labels.
The Donegal Fiddle Pages - About the fiddle tradition of County Donegal. What makes the style(s) unique; the fiddlers; how to learn.
Na Píobairí Uilleann - The Pipers Club - Information on the Irish "uilleann" pipes plus this famous Irish piping club. About the instrument, how to buy a set, calendar of activities, publications, tune of the month, and a picture gallery.
Sessions from the Hearth - Details and photos about touring show in the style of the trad "session", music pub tour, event organisation and related CD, with reviews, contact details and sound clips.
Leitrim's Hidden treasure - An album of traditional Irish music from South Leitrim played by the McNamara family
Irish Traditional Music - Links to resource sites on tunes, sessions in numerous countries, learning various instruments, with some original content.
Kevin Burke - Irish fiddler, formerly of Bothy Band and Patrick Street, presents forthcoming shows, concert notes, lessons, discography, biography, equipment, music samples and news.
Teada - Traditional band provides biographies, history, album details with purchase information, audio samples, reviews, tour dates, means of contact and links.
Queen Maeve School of Traditional Music - Irish music school, run by musician Carmel Gunning.Information on classes in tin whistle, flute, traditional singing, button accordion, piano accordion and fiddle.
O Ghluin go Ghlun - From Knee to Knee - A collective of over 60 local Irish musicians in the North-West corner of Ireland.
folk-music group. galicia (spain) - Official web site of the band DOA. Records, history, photos. How contact.
Bridge Ceili Band - Information about the band's origins and their music style, includes photos and audio clips.
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It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations Traditional "Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?" (George Bernard Shaw) Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's chara Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. -- Roger Babson Traditional
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