The Feis Ceoil.

The main purpose of the Feis Ceoil Association is "to promote the study and cultivation of Irish music" and "to collect and preserve by publication the old airs of Ireland." To this end, prizes are offered for the best solo singing of Irish songs, in English and in Irish; for the best choral and quartet singing in Irish, accompanied and unaccompanied; and for the best rendering of Irish instrumental music on the small Irish harp, the Irish pipes, and the Irish fiddle. In the field of composition there is competition for the best arrangements of Irish airs for violin, 'cello, and voice solos with piano accompaniment.