Recommended Folk Links

Marcus Music Manufacture & Repair of Musical Instruments  (http://www.marcusmusic.co.uk/)

Wales Folk Listings - Great site for Welsh Folk stuff. Listings, folk clubs, concerts, bands etc. 

Trac Cymru - Folk development site for Wales. Loads of useful info.

Comhaltas Links

Main Comhaltas site

Comhaltas ne Breataine

Festivals

Cwlwm Celtaidd - The Celtic Festival of Wales 

Two Rivers Folk Festival - Held in Chepstow, South Wales in July each year

Tredegar House Folk Festival - Annual festival held at Tredegar House, Newport

SOME GOOD SITES FOR TUNES, TABS, MIDIS ETC.

 The Session  (www.thesession.org) - A place to find, discuss and exchange tunes.

BBC VIRTUAL SESSION  (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/sessions/) - Play along with some top notch musicians in virtual reality!

O'REGAN'S TUNEBOOK  (http://www.gordfisch.net/music/oregans/) - Fantastic and well organised  collection of tunes from the Montreal Comhaltas people. Midi format and notation. Very easy to navigate.

MANDOLIN CAFE  (http://www.mandolincafe.com/) - All things mandolin, including free online lessons, chords,  tunes in tab form and practice exercises.

COMHALTAS SESSION TUNES  (http://www.comhaltas.com/seisiun/learn.htm) - A selection of session tunes to learn.

WHISTLE TUTOR (http://www.whistletutor.com/) - Online tutorials in Irish tin whistle with good resource page as well.

CEOLAS (http://ceolas.org/ceolas.html) - Excellent and massive online resource for Irish traditional music. Includes, for instance, a great section for bodhran beginners. (http://www.ceolas.org/instruments/bodhran/) among many other things.