(updated 2024/04/15)
Adult social dances – Ceili
| Greater Washington Ceili Club Thursdays, 7 to 8 pm beginners 8 to 930 pm advanced Ann Marie Breheny email | Argyle Park Bldg Forest Glen Rd Silver Spring, MD | set dances and ceili dances | |
| Ring of Kerry Irish Dancers Tuesdays, 7 to 845 pm instructor tbd email | Ridgeview Middle School Gaithersburg, MD | ceili dances and set dances | |
| Tuesday Night Ceili Club Hugh Conway email | Green Acres Center 4401 Sideburn Rd Fairfax City, VA | set dances and ceili dances | |
| Irish Set Dance lessons Mondays, 7:30 to 9:30 pm Anne Marie Russell email | Baltimore County Arts Guild Clubhouse 10 St Timothy Lane Catonsville, MD | set dances | new |
Traditional Irish Music
Group Classes
| Washington Conservatory of Music Irish fiddle, Irish flute, tin whistle, Irish banjo/mandolin, guitar, bodhran, Irish folk songs | DC metro area | ||
| Baltimore Irish Music School (formerly BWAIC) Irish tin whistle | Baltimore metro area | ||
| Sligo Creek Hedge School hammered dulcimer. Irish tin whistle | DC metro area | 301-655-0103 | |
| Baltimore Irish Arts Center | Baltimore metro area | 443-629-8699 |
Individual Classes
| Keith Carr | private lessons on bouzouki and Irish tenor banjo in Falls Church, VA | 703-969-6909 | |
| Tina Eck | private lessons on Irish flute and tin whistle in Cabin John, MD Zoom classes available. | 202-812-8614 | |
| Mitch Fanning | private lessons on fiddle in Silver Spring, MD | 301-565-3657 | |
| Elise Kress | Private lessons on Irish flute and tin whistle in Alexandria, VA | 703-522-2866 | |
| Pauline Lerner | private lessons on fiddle in Rockville, MD | 301-770-0973 | |
| Alex Caton | private lessons on fiddle in Charlottesville/Gordonsville area | 434-989-4591 | |
| Brian Conway | private lessons on fiddle Zoom classes | New York City |
Stepdance schools
| Boyle School of Irish Dance | 3 Northern VA locations | Alannah Boyle Sweeney, ADCRG and Ellen Boyle Gibbons, ADCRG. | 703-791-0800 |
| Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance | Glen Echo and Rockville, MD | Sean Culkin, TCRG | 301-593-9600 |
| District Irish Dance Academy | Washington, DC | Joe Duffy. TCRG | 202-525-6091 |
| Foley Academy of Irish Dance | Reston, VA | Shannon Foley Dilles, TCRG | 703-375-9369 |
| Hunt School of Irish Dance | Crofton, MD | Sheila Hunt Murray, TCRG | 410-212-7955 |
| Maple Academy of Irish Dance | Vienna, VA and Annapolis, MD | Bill Maple, ADCRG and Marnie O’Callaghan-Maple ADCRG | |
| McGrath Academy of Irish Dance | 7 VA and MD locations | Lauren McGrath Dutton, ACDRG | 703-772-1236 |
| McHale School of Irish Dance | Lutherville, MD | Linda McHale Poggi, TCRG | 410-252-8459 |
| Doherty Petri School of Irish Dancing | Parkville, MD | Lisa Petri, ADCRG Karen Petri, ADCRG Casey O’Connor Kelly, TCRG | |
| O’Grady Quinlan Academy of Irish Dance | Owings, MD | Joanie Feeney Ohrt, TCRG | |
| O’Neill-James School of Irish Dancing | Arlington and Falls Church, VA | Laureen O’Neill James ADCRG TCRG | 703-241-1978 |
| Teelin School of Irish Dance | Columbia, MD | Maureen Berry, TCRG and Kathleen Young, TCRG | 443-629-7808 |