Salsa.ie all started 6 years ago with the opening of Salsa @ Afterhours.ie. On the 3rd of September 2003 we opened the Salsa @ Afterhours.ie site to create an online community for Salsa Dancers all over Ireland. The site was setup with forums, full salsa class and event listings and an article section where our members could publish congress reviews and other articles of interest to the community.

It started out with a few of us at first but soon grew to be a thriving community (the chat room has cost a lot of us more time than it really should have during a busy working day!) which has been a central part of the salsa scene for years.

Our community was founded on a core set of beliefs, formed from a passion for salsa dancing and with the dancers themselves in mind. To this end we aimed to become a neutral voice allowing promoters to list their classes and events for free so as to created a single platform for the exchange of information within the Irish salsa community. We also added forums, member pages and a chat room to allow salsa dancers to chat and get to know other dancers around the country.

Out of this community came not only some great friendships but what can only be discribed as a unique salsa event in the form of the Irish Salsa School which we believe is the worlds only non-profit international salsa congress.

Our site policy is a declaration of our sites policy and practices. If you have any question or concern that isn't addressed by this document then please contact us so that we may update it.

Privacy Policy

This website does not collect and record any personal information unless it is volunteered by the end user. Any information that is collected is used solely by salsa.ie and is not shared with any third parties under any circumstances.

Advertising

This site exists primarily as a source of information and interaction for the salsa dancing community in Ireland. It is not intended to be used as a source of free advertising for salsa promoters and, any blatant advertising via the site that could be construed as spam may be removed without notice. All members are welcome to post listings for salsa classes, courses or events through the relevant form free of charge and are expected to limit such items to these pages. Any member that continuously and blatantly ignores this policy may have their profile and all posts removed from the site.

Michael Gargan

Michael started dancing salsa in 2000 in the Temple Bar Music Centre taking classes with Dr. Rumba and has been hooked ever since. He founded the Salsa@Afterhours.ie site in 2003 and co-founded the Salsa.ie site and the Salsa School congress.

Mark Elmore

Mark started dancing Salsa in 2000 in the Earl of Kildare Hotel and rapidy caught the bug, dancing up to six nights a week when ever and where ever possible. He Currently teaches regularly in the Garda Club, Dublin and has attended congresses in Ireland, the UK and Italy over the years He is co-founder of the Salsa School congress and Salsa.ie with Michael Gargan.