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Sites of Irish and Celtic* Interest

* - If the term "celtic" causes you distress, anger, and/or anxiety, just hit the back button and pretend you've never seen this page!
This is a page of links I originally did for my own use, but people have been finding it useful.  If you wish to suggest a site to be included, let me know at gormley@hslc.org.

The majority of these entries link to pages on external sites over which I have no control. If you find a broken link, or a link that goes to an unexpected or inappropriate site, please let me knew at gormley@hslc.org.


Celtic Fonts and Art Work
Comhaltas and other Irish Societies
DADGAD and other Guitar sites
Dance
Famine
Flutes 
Genealogy


Harp 
History
Instrumental tutors
Irish (language)
Maps
Newspapers 
Performers, Recording Groups and Personalities


Retail Outlets:Instruments,records,books 
Radio Programs On-Demand and otherwise
Songs 
Summer Schools, Workshops & Festivals
Tourism - B&B Locations, etc. 
Tunes
Miscellaneous 

Celtic Fonts and Art Work

Luc Devroye's page on Celtic/Gaelic fonts
Everson Typography:CeltScript
Celtic Art by The Celtic Lady
the bigted Celtic Truetype Fonts Page (with added Celtica)
Vincent Morely's Page of TrueType Gaelic Fonts
Coron's Sources of Fonts
Celtic Font & Art Page

Comhaltas and other Irish Societies

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann; Delaware Valley Chapter
O'Neill - Malcom Chapter of Northern Virginia
Jim Seery/Paul Curry Branch Of Comhaltas, An Irish Culture Organization
Detroit-Windsor Branch of CCÉ
Mid Atlantic Fleadh Home Page
Fleadh rules from Ceolas
CCÉ '96 USA and Canada Cassette
Philadelphia Ceili Group
South Jersey Irish Society
CCC-Celt (Newtown, PA, USA)

Coleman Irish Music Centre (Gurteen, Co. Sligo)
To the beat of a different bodhran The Irish Independent on 50 years of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
Cumann Ceoil Traidisiúnta Loch Lao (Loch Lao Traditional Music Society) from Belfast

DADGAD and other Guitar sites

DADGAD tuning: Reel In G
Han's DADGAD Guitar Page
CELTIC FINGERSTYLE GUITAR PAGE
JOHN SHERMAN GUITARIST

Dance

Fiona Buckley's Home Page Irish Set Dance Information
Movin' with Ver Hoeven - Dance instruction including Irish Ceilí, Set and Step Dancing
ceili.ie - traditional Irish music, song, & dance direct from Ireland
December 18, 1996: Will the real Irish dancing please stand up?
A Brief Overview of Irish Dance
London Set Dancing News
Ann's Place -- Irish Dance
Liam Harney Irish Dance Company
North American Feis Commission
Irish Dance Art by Nicole McKeever
Let's Dance The Irish Way: Dance Resource and Directory

Famine

The Great Irish Famine Curriculum (Nebraska Department of Education and the Irish Famine Curriculum Committee)
The Great Starvation and British Imperialism in Ireland
Views of the Famine
The History of the Irish Starvation (From the Philadelphia Irish Memorial Site)
Irish History, Poor Revision (New York Daily News Online, Sunday, April 01, 2001)
The Mass Graves of Ireland


Flutes

Copeland Woodwinds
Brad Hurley's Guide to the Irish Flute
The Wooden Flute Home Page
Choosing a Flute for Irish Music.
Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection - US Library of Congress
Eugene Lambe
Tony Dixon PVC Flutes and Whistles
Desi Seery Flutes Home Page
Fyfer Restorations - Flutes, cases, and repairs
The Chris Wilkes Page
Terry McGee - Flutemaker
Hamilton Flutes, Macroom, Co. Cork
Irish Flute FAQ
Rob Greenways Irish Flute Pages
M & E Irish Flutes Home Page
FOUR WINDS - Association of the Celtic Flute
The Whistler's Page
Chiff & Fipple:  Tinwhistles On the World Wide Web
The Flow~ Traditional Irish Flute Playing
The Healy Flute Company - Wooden Fifes & Flutes Made and Played
Mark Hoza; Irish Style Flutes and Wooden Headjoints for Concert Flutes
Peter Noy: Irish Flutes,custom manufacture, restoration and repair
George Ormiston: Manufacture and Supply of Musical Instruments
Casey Burns: Irish Flutes and Paleontology
Fife and Flute Makers of Ireland
The Whistle Shop
Auto Tuner and Metronome for PC, Mac (Download)

Genealogy

IrishGenealogyCentre.com
IrishGen.com - Your complete guide to Irish Genealogy online
YourIrishRoots.com: Irish Genealogy, Surnames and Coat of Arms resource
The UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service (GENUKI)

Harp

11th Annual Harpers' Escape! Weekend in Ocean Grove, NJ
Gráinne Hambly
The Irish Harp Centre, Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
Bridget Highet's Harp Page
Debbie Brewin-Wilson: Celtic Harp & Song
Máire Ní Chathasaigh
An An Interview with Máire Ní Chathasaigh
Trad@Harp
Harp Art by Brian Clark
Odilia's Harp directory
The Somerset (NJ, USA) Folk Harp Festival
Celtic Harp in central Delaware
Turlough Carolan: An Irish Harper
Turlough O'Carolan
Ancient Music of Ireland
International Society of Folk Harpers and Craftsmen

History, Government, etc.

The Great Irish Famine
Claremorris, Co Mayo Poor Law Union and Workhouse
The Bloody Sunday Trust: Human Rights, Reconcilation and Healing
Welcome to The Wild Geese Today -- The Story of the Irish in Exile
Irish History on the Web
Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research - History Page

The Constitution
Eolas ar Stat na hEireann
NIO - Northern Ireland Office (UK)
Flags of Ireland (Éire, Republic of Ireland, Poblacht na hÉireann)

Instrumental tutors, tips on technique, etc.

Scoiltrad - The Interactive Internet Irish Music Tutor
MadForTrad.com
Sanger's Guide to Learning Irish Fiddle
Learning tunes by ear
The Donegal Fiddle Homepage
Rob Greenways Irish Flute Pages
Brother Steve's tin-whistle pages

Irish (language)

The Home Page of Daltaí na Gaeilge
Beginning Irish at Solas Éireann
Cumasc
Blas Learners' Courses
Irish Lesson with Celtic Harpist Dennis Doyle
The Celtic League
An Tobar
The Archives of GAELIC-L
Focal an Lae
Ceachtanna/Lessons
Gaelic Languages Info
An Foclóir Beag: Irish language "search engine" style dictionary
An Chrannóg: Foclóir Béarla-Gaeilge

Maps

Map of Ireland
Another map of Ireland
Map of Co Mayo
Map of Co Leitrim
Map of Co Donegal
Map of Co Clare
Map of Co Kerry
Map of Traleee, Co Kerry
Map of Ballinamore, Co Leitrim

Newspapers

O'Connell Street: The Online Irish Magazine of the Philadelphia Region

Newshound ("news sifting" service focusing on news of Northern Ireland)
www.headlines-irl.com - Irish News Headlines
The Irish Times
Shoot The Scattering
The Clare Champion, Ennis, Co. Clare
The Limerick Leader
The Limerick Post
Welcome to The Mayo News
Failte go Lá (Irish Language Newspaper from Belfast)
Andersonstown News, Belfast News
The Irish Post (Weekly newspaper for the Irish in Britain)
Folk Roots Home Page
Irish America Magazine
The Galway Advertiser - Home Page
AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS
AP/RN HOME PAGE
A LISTINGS FOR THE IRISH VOICE DIRECTORY
Irish Voice Online Homepage
The Cork Examiner
The Portadown News (satire)
"The Ballykissangel Examiner"

Performers, Recording Groups and Personalities

Irish Traditional Music with McDermott's Handy
Gráinne Hambly
Draíocht (Michael Rooney and June McCormack)
Ed Reavy
John Vesey
Turloughmore Ceilí Band
Cumann Ceoil Traidisiúnta Loch Lao (Loch Lao Traditional Music Society) from Belfast
Carmel Gunning
Padraic O'Reilly (Corofin), Traditional Irish Piano Music
Treása Ní Chatháin
Síona
Tommy Martin - Uilleann Piper
Lunasa
Dervish
Christie Burns
The Lentil Soup Boys
Michael McGoldrick
Paddy's Rambles
Brendan Mulvihill
Flaithrí & Eoghan Neff; Uilleann Pipes and Fiddle

Altan Profile at Ceolas
John McKenna Tommy Peoples
Matt Molloy
Celtic Roots: Traditional Irish Music and Dance from Bree, Co. Wexford
Capercaillie (Official Web Site)
The Whistlebinkies : WWW Site
Silly Wizard (and related) Albums and Lyrics
Andy Irvine
China to Galway: Andy Irvine, Planxty, Mozaik, Patrick Street and Sweeney's Men fan site
Clannad
Clannad: Alphabetical Song List
The Rita Connolly Page

The D-Major Singers
Christy Moore
Tommy Sands

Radio Programs: On-Demand and otherwise

RTE Ceili House, Eire: (On-demand for Real Player)
RTE The Late Session, Eire:(On-demand for Real Player)
Clare-FM: Ennis, Eire (Streamed for RealPlayer: Traditional Music Programing Mon-Fri 2pm-4pm)
Highland Radio, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
A Celtic Sojourn: WGBH Boston, USA (On-demand)
LIVEIRELAND.COM
WSRN-FM, Swarthmore College, PA, USA (Streamed for RealPlayer: There Was A Lady, Sat, 10am)
WDVR FM Radio On Line, NJ, USA (Streamed for Windows Media Player: Tree & Root, Mon, 10pm, Mists of Avalon, Sat, 6pm)
Grey Larsen: Irish Flute on NPR's The Connection


Retail Outlets:Instruments,records,books

Celtic Grooves Imports - The Specialist in Irish Traditional Music
Ossian USA - Traditional Celtic Music from around the World
Ulstersongs: promoting the social singing tradition of (mainly the north of) Ireland
The Knotted Cord: Traditional Irish, Folk, and World Music
Read Ireland Tel/Fax: +353-1-8302997
Cló Iar-Chonnachta Home Page
House of Musical Traditions home page
Hobgoblin Music International Index
Elderly Instruments Welcome
Viva Voce
Lark In The Morning
Iona Records
http://www.musweb.com/VivaVoce.htm

Ireland's Eye
Bernadette McBride's Celtic Art
CD Now: The Celtic Revivalists
JustStrings.com
Mostly Strings
Atlantic Violin Supplies: Strings
Thin Man String Co. - Folk instrument sales, repairs, and strings!
Thomastik-Infeld - handmade strings for violin, etc.
Animato Violin Strings Price List
Bristol Violin Shop - Strings
Stringed Classical Instruments - Southwest Strings Online

Songs

Lyric: An Cailín Gaelach
The Gaelic Song Archive
Irish Gaelic Song Texts
Ceolta Gael
Richard Kopp's Irish Folk Songs page
Clár Cinn le Áine Cooke: Ceol (Music)
The Irish Song and Singers' Resource
Cultures of Ulster: Song Tuition
       (includes phrase by phrase pronunciation for 5 songs in Ulster Gaelic)
Clannad Lyrics at Ceolas
Irish Gaelic Songs collected by Dennis Doyle
The Mudcat Cafe presents The Digital Traditions Folksong Database Search Page
Yet Another Digital Tradition Page includes engine to produce music notation for tunes
Christy Moore Lyrics & Tabs Page

Silly Wizard (and related) Albums and Lyrics
Irish Folk Songs
Some Irish Ballads
Irish Song Lyrics
Song Lyrics (From Jennifer Tyson's Music Page)
10,000 Folksongs:Ireland
Tadhg Ó Muiris - New Songs in Irish
Cruinneachadh de dh'órain Gháiddhealach (Songs in Scottish Gaidhlig)
Mo Chailin Díleas Donn
UC Cork Mountaineering Club Song Book
Prof's Traditional Music Pages: Lyrics
Dhá Lon Promotions: Singing and sessions in South Roscommon
Article: Sean-nós in Donegal - In search of a definition
Article: Here is a Health - Songs, music and stories of an Ulster community
Article: The late Con Greaney (Limerick Leader 30 June 2001)

Summer Schools, Workshops and Festivals

Harper's Escape Weekend, Ocean Grove, NJ, USA
O'Carolan Harp Festival & Summer School
Joe Mooney Summer School, Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim, Ireland.
Willie Clancy Summer School, Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare, Ireland
South Sligo Summer School, Tubbercurry, Co Sligo, Ireland
Queen Maeve International Summer School -- Sligo Town The organiser of the school is Carmel Gunning. Renowned Musician and Traditional Singer of Note.
Seisiún na h-Éireann: Quin, Co. Clare
Fleadh Nua Traditional Irish Music Festival -- Ennis, Ireland
Scoil Acla, Acaill, Co. Mhaigh Eo - Co.Mayo, Ireland
Gaelic Roots, Boston College
Irish Arts Week in the Catskills
Irish Week at the Augusta Heritage Center
Meitheal Irish Traditional Music Residential Summer School, Limerick City, Ireland
Burwell Bash: Annual five day folk music course at Burwell House in Cambridgeshire, England

Tourism - B&B Locations, etc.

Mayo on the Move
Destination Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Virtual Tourist Guide to Ireland
Bed and Breakfast Guesthouses Ireland The Town and Country Homes B and B Association
The Town and Country Homes Association - Bed and Breakfast in Ireland

NI tourist board
TradTours: Specializing in Traditional Music and Dance Tours
Virtual tour of Ireland - Tipperary Internet Project
Tom Malone's Pub and Market House, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
The Rose of Tralee
Irish Cycling Safaris
Irish Cycling Safaris Set Dancing Tours
Cheap Fares To Ireland - O'Connors Fairways Travel
Irish Independent's Universal Currency Converter
Fahrenheit to Celsius Converter

Tunes

McDermott's Handy: Dennis' Grab Bag of Tunes
Richard Moon's TUNEdb at Woodenflute.com
JC's ABC tune finder
the web-wide abc index
Tunes at Ceolas
John Walsh's ABC Session tunes at Ceolas
Some Session Tunes to Learn (From CCE Site)
Progress Report:O'Neill ABC Project
Uilleann Bagpipe MIDI Page
The Session
BBC Online - The Virtual Session (need Flash 5 Plugin)
Ceol Rince na hÉireann: Translation of original notes and musicians' details by Paul de Grae
The abc home page
The AbcMus Software Home Page
The Fiddler's Companion: Encyclopedia of fiddle tunes, including notes, references, alternate titles, etc.

Miscellaneous

Beyond The Commons: The Expansion of the Irish Music Rights Organisation, The Elimination of Uncertainty, and the Politics of Enclosure (Anthony McCann)

      (NOTE - Links on this site to the thesis are in .pdf format - must have Adobe Acrobat to open those links.)
How to Start and Run an Irish Music Slow Session
Out of Obscurity: Discovering the Dulcimer in Ireland (Thesis by Christy Burns)
Na Píobairí Uilleann: Submission to The Joint Committee on Heritage and the Irish Language on the Traditional Music of Ireland
Irish Music Session Etiquette
The Sessioneer: Session Listings, Tunes, and Tinwhistle tutorials
Tony Kearns-photographs of Willie Clancy Summer School, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, Ireland
Closely Reasoned Discourse, IRTRAD Style (Bill Black)
Music to our ears: Finding Traditional Music in Ireland (Christian Science Monitor)
Pay The Reckoning; Aidan Crossey's collection of tunes, reviews, rants and raves, and links
Archives of IRTRAD-L@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE (Irish Traditional Music Internet Discussion List)
The Global Etiquette Guide: Ireland
Archives of FIDDLE-L@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU (Fiddle Players' Internet Discussion List)
Cavanmusic.com
Maoin Cheoil an Cláir (Clare Music Education Centre)
Scoil Cheoil Traidisiúnta Na Gaillimhe (Galway School Of Irish Traditional Music)
Y-chromosome variation and Irish origins
Philadelphia Irish Book Club Bulletin Board

Ceolas celtic music archive
Irish Abroad - Connecting the Global Irish community
The Irish World Music Centre
Glor na dTonn, Currane community centre (Co. Mayo)
An Fear Rua - The GAA Unplugged
Irish Dancing and Music in Central (New) Jersey (USA)
IRISH DANCE and MUSIC in Wash/Balt Area (USA)
ezFolk Link Directory: Celtic Music
The Celts and the ancient religion of the Druids. (Anthony Browne)
Nessie on the Net - the Loch Ness Live-Cam
Hector Macdonald - Fighting Mac
ZOOKMAN - Irish Music Funnies - Latest installment
ZOOKMAN - Irish Music Funnies - Archives
Emerald Reflections Photographic Gallery displaying "The Beauty of Donegal"
American Folklife Center Address and Phone Numbers
Cell Phones in Kilts?
eXplore! homepage: Scottish Magazine
Paul James' Music Review: Irish Folk Music
Mayo on the Move - Home Page
SINN FEIN HOME PAGE
Britain in the USA: Northern Ireland: Breaking News
RTÉ Online: The Website of Ireland's National Broadcasting Organisation RTÉ
Irish Music Warehouse: Ireland's leading Irish Music mail order company.
Irish Music Online Store
Irish Music Box On-line Magazine
TnaG
Access Ireland
Time for straight talk on unionists arsenal: Irish News (4 August 1999)
Unionism exposed for what it is: Sunday Business Post (5 November 2001)
Rossville Street, Bloody Sunday
Conflict Archive on the Internet
Irish Postcards
Postcards from Northern Ireland
Homer's odyssey (The Scotsman)
An American Tune: Foundation of a Legend (Folklore study of roots of the American ballad "House of the Rising Sun")
Baby Girl Katie's First Pictures
Musician's CD Player
MiniTuner
Audacity (free Open Source audio editor)
Cool Edit
The true cost of MP3 files . . .
The Universe Of Bagpipes
PCAVTech Sound Card Technical Benchmarks
Musical Traditions: The Magazine for Traditional Music throughout the world
New Jersey's Tall Ship, The A. J. Meerwald, and the Delaware Bay Schooner Project Homepage.
Lee River; Belts and Buckles from Co. Cork
Symantec
Tonya Skates!

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