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The loss of a lifetime. The redemption of a land. Coming in August 2001... Illumination by Terry McGarry Preorder from Amazon at 20% off |
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The loss of a lifetime. The redemption of a land. Coming in August 2001... Illumination by Terry McGarry Preorder from Amazon at 20% off |
Traditional music:Ceolas: comprehensive information and links. IRTRAD-L archives, an easily navigable archive of the IRTRAD mailing list. The Irish Traditional Music Archive
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Places where music and dance happen:The Irish Arts Center in New York City. Also has a homepage here. The Catskills Irish Arts Week in East Durham, NY. I went in '96 and '97. It was outstanding. Irish Week by the Sea, in Nova Scotia New York Area Irish Traditional Music and Dance Events
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Tunes and tune software:Henrik Norbeck's ABC Tunes, a downloadable archive The ABC Homepage: The ABC system of musical notation is awesomely useful for collecting and sharing tunes through the Internet. Download shareware to render ABC in staff notation (or play it through your computer's speakers), download some of the tune archives people have put on the Web, and you have instant access to hundreds of tunes. This is too damn cool. abc2win by Jim Vint, the shareware I use Tune of the Month from Na Piobairi Uilleann
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Instruments:Celtic Music Instruments (at the Ceolas site) The Guitar and Bouzouki in Irish Music The Chiff and Fipple and Dale's Tin Whistle Newsletter Casey Burns flutes (I have one of his and love it) Rob Greenway's Irish Flute Pages The Flow, great info about regional styles |
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Lists of links:The Celtic Traditional Music Ring
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Literature:Cló Iar-Chonnachta, publisher of books and music preserving the Gaeltacht heritage Nobel Prize-winning Seamus Heaney. Photo, bibliography, and intensely affecting poems. The Irish Bookshop in New York. Kenny's Bookshop in Galway.
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Language:An Focloir Beag, an online Irish dictionary (in Irish) Where to find Irish classes in your area
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Newspapers:The Irish Times, Ireland's major daily newspaper. This site hits you with about forty cookie grenades, but it's a great resource. The Galway Advertiser. I can't believe this is online. Getting this one hot off the presses--knowing where it was going to be dropped off first when it came out--was a big deal in Galway when I lived there, and a lot of our lives depended on being the first to answer an ad. |
Film, TV, Radio:Celtic Sounds on WFUV in New York City and environs. A Thousand Welcomes is one of the best traditional-Irish-music shows, if not the best, period. RTE Online Audio Files. This is really great--streaming audio of radio from Ireland. The Late Session is great--traditional music and interviews. The RTE to Everywhere Homepage
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Various:Celtic Music New Zealand, home of the Cittern FAQ Celt.net: An Online Celtic Community Earthlore's Ireland. Also look at Earthlore's home page. Clár Chinn Conamara. In Gaelic. (There's an alternative, though not as developed, English page available at a click. Look for the agonized-little-face icon.) Atlantic Island: News, chat (in both Irish and Gaelic), D.Diaspora, arts and culture, an Irish kitchen, an A to Z of Ancient Ireland. Nua Dán, a fascinating experiment in interactive arts.
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Ireland Travel Impressions and more--pictures, recipes, music, tourist information, links. In English and in Italian. Good if you're thinking of going and want to read about the experiences of other people who did. Aras Chronain, Irish music, language, and culture Irish Emigrant Publications. Good news summaries and other interesting material. Irish Emigrant's glossary of terms and acronyms in daily use in Ireland Irish Emigrant's historic documents Ireland On-Line, the Hibernian AOL |
Travel:Things To Do in Galway, my favorite Irish city and a home away from home. Gaffney Travel (still an active link, but not sure what's going on with the page) |
Real estate:
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