Links
International musicians, groups and music press
Altan
http://www.altan.ie/
Perhaps the most popular contemporary Irish music group.
Tommy Peoples
http://homepage.eircom.net/~logo/tommy.htm
The official website of Tommy Peoples, Donegal fiddle master.
Kevin Burke
http://www.kevinburke.com/
Ex member of the Bothy Band, and a world renowned fiddler
Irish Music Magazine
http://www.irishmusicmagazine.com/
Everything that's happening in the contemporary Irish music scene.
Music schools
Learning feels good
I think every tune has its own speed.

-Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
And I don't think pubs are the place for music at all. It's a very bad setup that we have at the moment where most people play in pubs. I mean, fair enough, you can have fun and you can socialize, but for the heart of the music, it's just crucifying.

-Caoimhin O Raghallaigh
If you play something complex with no feeling behind it, that's just complexity, it may not be music. Keep it simple and play from the heart.

-Martin Hayes
The real art form, as far as traditional music is concerned, is actually playing solo, that's what it's about. It's the interpretation that you can give a melodic line, the basic line there of a tune. You stand or fall on your interpretation of that particular piece.
 
-Matt Molloy
To me, the rhythm is almost everything. It's the hypnotic part of Irish music that takes you into another place.

-Frankie Gavin
Sessions are a great starting ground and meeting ground for musicians, but with everyone playing at once it confines itself to the one particular sound, meaning many will not get a chance to express their own musical imagination. The session environment often does not inspire musicians to achieve higher standards of playing. As publicans know, any old rubbish will do for a pile of drunks so long as it gets the feet tapping and the bar-taps pumping.

-Rossa Ó Snodaigh
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They have loads of free tunes to download. In their main menu look under "music" and go to "school tunes".
Software
Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
The best free music editor on the net. This program is a must for anyone who needs to record themselves and edit their music. You can even use it to slow down tunes to figure out those tough diddley-bits.
Other Irish cultural links around Valencia
Sant Vicent Gaelic Football Club
www.valenciagaa.com
Gaelic Football teams for both men and women here in Valencia.
Lochlainn
www.lochlainn.es
Local groups around Valencia that play Celtic music
Uilleann.es
http://www.uilleann.es/new/
Perhaps Spain's best web site for learning the Irish bagpipes.
Comhaltas
http://comhaltas.ie
The organization that does the most to teach and promote traditional Irish music around the world.
www.irish-music.net
www.irishmusic.net
for Traditional Irish Music CDs, festivals, musicians, summer schools, and much more . . .