(updated 2026/04/24)
Adult dance – Ceili & Country Sets
Step dancing & Sean nós
Irish Music – Traditional Instruments
Adult dancing – Ceili & Country Sets
| Greater Washington Ceili Club Thursdays, 7 to 8 pm beginners 8 to 930 pm advanced Ann Marie Breheny email | Pinecrest Park Bldg 301 St. Lawrence Ave (Four Corners area) Silver Spring, MD | set dances and ceili dances | |
| Ring of Kerry Irish Dancers Tuesdays, 7 to 845 pm Toni Dufficy 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 | Baltimore County Arts Guild Clubhouse 10 St Timothy Lane Catonsville, MD | set dances | |
| Baltimore Irish Music School Mondays, 5:30 to 7:30 pm Catherine Marafino Brice | St. Luke’s Church on the Avenue 800 W 36th St Baltimore, MD | set dances |
Adult dance – Step dancing & Sean nós
Traditional Step Dancing
| Boyle School of Irish Dance | Alexandria and Manassas, VA | Alannah Boyle Sweeney, ADCRG and Ellen Boyle Gibbons, ADCRG. Elizabeth Doughty, TCRG Katie Francis, TCRG | 703-791-0800 |
| Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance | Glen Echo and Rockville, MD | Sean Culkin, TCRG Caterina Earle, TCRG | 301-593-9600 |
| District Irish Dance Academy | Washington, DC | Joe Duffy, TCRG Bernadette Devereaux, TCRG Kendal Griffler, TCRG Elyse Transon, ADCRG Moira Ragen, TCRG Stephen Brennan, 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 Marnie O’Callaghan-Maple, ADCRG | |
| McGrath Academy of Irish Dance | Damascas, MD Falls Church, VA | Lauren McGrath Dutton, TCRG, 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 Mary Martin, TCRG | |
| O’Neill-James School of Irish Dancing | Arlington and Falls Church, VA | Laureen O’Neill James, TCRG, ADCRG | 703-241-1978 |
| Teelin School of Irish Dance | Columbia, MD | Maureen Berry, TCRG Kathleen Young, TCRG Annie Hurley Morrison, ADCRG Meg Ortel, TMRF Martine Parode, TCRG | 443-629-7808 |
| Kristin Butke Irish Dance | Ashburn, Fairfax, Warrenton | Kristin Butke Zagorski, TCRG, ADCRG Denise Foster Fumagali, TCRG | new listing |
Sean nós (old style) steps
| Baltimore Irish Music School | Baltimore, MD | Catherine Marafino Brice Sean-nós and old style | group class on Monday |
| Kate Spanos Irish Dance | Rockville, MD and Takoma Park, MD | Kate Spanos sean nós and step dance for beginners | group classes on Wednesday |
| Baltimore County Arts Guild | Baltimore County Arts Guild Clubhouse 10 St Timothy Lane Catonsville, MD | Sean-nós and step dance | group class on Monday |
Irish Music – Traditional Instruments
(updated 2025/06/02)
Group Classes
| Washington Conservatory of Music 7300 MacArthur Boulevard Glen Echo, MD 20812 Irish fiddle, Irish flute, tin whistle, Irish banjo/mandolin, guitar, bodhran, Irish folk songs | DC metro area | ||
| Baltimore Irish Music School All classes are at St. Luke’s Church on the Avenue in Hampden unless otherwise noted. lessons for children under 18 | Baltimore metro area | ||
| The Clubhouse in Catonsville 10 St. Timothy’s Ln Catonsville, MD Join fellow musicians to explore new tunes, new techniques and new ideas | Baltimore metro area |
Individual Lessons
| 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 | |
| Karen Ashbrook | private lessons on hammered dulcimer in Silver Spring, MD | 301-655-0103 | |
| 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 |