We hate to see you step away, but if you must, consider visiting these sites. Area pubs are listed further down. means the group sponsored the RKIDs' cookbook.

Other Irish set dance organizations in the DC-Maryland-Virginia area:

Other Celtic organizations in our area:

Ballyshaners	Celtic Society of Southern Maryland
Philadelphia Ceili Group

A great compendium of upcoming Irish activities in the DMV is IrishUSA. Transceltic lists Celtic festivals in the USA and worldwide. Bill Lynch's Sets.ie site shows major set dance events around the globe.

For general information about folk dancing and music of all kinds in our area, there's the Folklore Society of Greater Washington. Focus Music lists Washington, DC - Baltimore area folk and acoustic music resources. And the inestimable Mary Cliff has her (Word document) lists of all things folk for the DC metro area. Some other Celtic music resources are:

If you want to try step dancing in the Montgomery County, MD area

Culkin School of Irish Dance

Hurley School of Irish Dance

Local shops for your dance shoes

Finally, here are a couple of other fine organizations who sponsored our cookbook:

Artists Circle Fine Art

Montgomery Preservation

Here are 30 of the area's finest Irish pubs. Some host dances and dance classes. Please support our pubs!

Across the Pond
1732 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20009

Auld Shebeen Pub
(their home page automatically plays music - click the speaker icon to mute it)
3971 Chain Bridge Road
Fairfax, VA 22030

Blaguard
2003 18th St NW
Washington, DC 20009

Celtic House Irish Pub
2500 Columbia Pike
Arlington, VA 22204

Daniel O'Connell's Pub
112 King St.
Alexandria, VA 22314

Duffy's Irish Pub
1016 H St NE
Washington, DC 2000

Fado Irish Pub
808 7th St NW,
Washington, DC 20001

Finnegan's Wake
in Rockville Town Square
100-F Gibbs St.
Rockville, MD 20850

Fitzgerald's Shamrock Restaurant
7701 Fitzgerald Rd
Thurmont, MD 21788

Flanagan's Harp and Fiddle
4844 Cordell Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814

Galway Bay
63 Maryland Ave
Annapolis, MD 21401

Ireland's Four Courts
2051 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201

Ireland's Four Provinces - The 4Ps
105 W. Broad St.
Falls Church, VA 22046

Irish Channel
500 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

Irish Inn at Glen Echo
6119 Tulane Ave
Glen Echo, MD 20812

Kelly's Irish Times
14 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Lahinch Tavern & Grill
7747 Tuckerman Lane
Potomac, MD 20854

Limerick Pub
11301 Elkin Street
Wheaton, MD 20902

Magoo's Pub & Eatery
1-A West Second Street
Frederick, MD 21701

McGinty's Public House
911 Ellsworth Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Murphy's Pub of Alexandria
713 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

Nanny O'Briens
1 block south of Cleveland Park metro, just across from The Uptown Theater
3319 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008

O'Lordan's Irish Pub
14 Liberty St.
Westminster, MD 21157

Old Brogue Irish Pub
(their home page automatically plays music)
760 Walker Rd
Great Falls, VA 22066

P.J. Mulligans
2310 Woodland Crossing Dr.
Herndon, VA 20171

Quincy's Bar & Grill
Facebook page
616 Quince Orchard Rd
Gaithersburg, MD 20878

Shenanigans
2450 18Tth St.NW
Washington, DC 20009

The Dubliner
(close to Union Station - Red Line)
4 F St NW
Washington, DC 20001

The Irish Whisper
177 Fleet Street
National Harbor, MD 30745

Tir Na Nog Irish Bar & Grill
201 E Pratt St.
Baltimore, MD 21202