The 2016 Scoil Acla Summer School will take place from Saturday 23rd July to Saturday 30th July on Achill Island. It is reputed as one of Ireland’s oldest summer schools, founded in 1910 for the preservation and promotion of the Irish language and traditional Irish music. It revived in 1985.

The extensive range of traditional music classes available at Scoil Acla includes accordion, banjo, bodhrán, concertina, flute, fiddle, harp, tin whistle and uileann pipes for all levels.

Many sessions will be held around Achill Island throughout the week.

This popular summer school also hosts a highly esteemed writers' workshop, poetry readings, drama performances, concerts and art exhibitions. There are also workshops in Traditional Irish Dance, classes in Irish Language and courses in Traditional Basket Weaving.