Wisconsin's Cashel Dennehy Irish Dancers Bring Home the Gold Again

2012 World Irish Dancing Champions Ladies under 19 Ceili Teamcourtesy Cashel-Dennehy School of Irish Danceby Sarah Klopp, Feis America internEight hard-working girls from Wisconsin have brought home their second world Irish dancing title for their school, the Cashel-Dennehy School of Irish Dance. They showed incredible teamwork and dedication when they won the Ladies Under 19 Ceili Team competition at the 2012 World Irish Dance Championships in Belfast, Northern ... FULL STORY >

Hopping Mad Irish dance school for adults in the United Kingdom

Hopping Mad adult Irish dancers from the UKPhoto: courtesy of Aine McGovernHopping Mad Scoil Rince na hÉireann in Brighton, United Kingdom is a group of all adult Irish dancers that started in 2010.  The Hopping Mad dancers vary in age and ability level, but they all share a love of Irish ... FULL STORY >

Irish dance music duo Anton and Sully bust fresh feis beats

Hate to admit it, but Irish dancers are inevitably bored by the same traditional dance tunes, and it turns out feis musicians are, too. Anthony Davis and Liam O'Sullivan -- better known as musical duo Anton & Sully -- provide the perfect antidote to musical ... FULL STORY >

Songs for the 12th – 13th May Irish dancing competitions – VIDEOS

by PATRICIA MCNAMARA Heading to Massachusetts this weekend for the Cape Cod Feis or Toronto for the Mae and Paddy Butler Memorial Feis? How about Texas for the Emerald School Bluebonnet Feis or New York for the Sheahan-Gormley Orange County ... FULL STORY >

Book review:"The Little Book of Inspiration for Irish Dancers" by Sean Connolly - VIDEO

The Little Book of Inspiration for Irish Dancers by Sean Connolly Sean Connolly released The Little Book of Inspiration for Irish Dancers in February of 2012. Though he is not a dancer himself, Connolly touches the lives of many Irish dancers around the globe through inspiration and ... FULL STORY >

The Jig is Up! celtic band joins with adult Irish dancer Richard Tew - PHOTOS

The Jig is Up! band teams up with adult Irish dancer, Richard TewPhoto: Christine HeartsillChampion Irish dancer Richard Tew is teaming up with Houston's newest band, The Jig is ... FULL STORY >

TapTronic talks Irish dance, dubstep, fast feet in first official interview - VIDEO

Behind the scenes of "Crave You" video. Photo by Brian ... FULL STORY >

Songs for the 5th – 6th May Irish dancing competitions – VIDEOS

by PATRICIA MCNAMARA Heading to Atlanta this weekend for the Peach State Feis or Edison for the Shea-Jennings School Feis? Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Spring Feis or Connecticut for the Lynn Academy Spring ... FULL STORY >

Twenty questions with a "Reel Boy" from South Africa - Neil Roberts

  Neil Roberts 2012 World Irish Dancing Championships Belfast, Northern Ireland   Every month, I have the great honor of interviewing one of the fabulous boys or young men in Irish dance.  This month, I chatted via e-mail with sixteen year old Neil Roberts of Johannesburg, South ... FULL STORY >

Master Irish Dance workshops offered online with fantastic instructors - VIDEOS

Ciara SextonPhoto: courtesy DiddlyiBy Caitlin Buck, Feis America LLC ContributorI found out today that Diddlyi.com now offers online Master Workshops with three truly fantastic ... FULL STORY >

Teenage professional Irish dancers - Joey and Clare Roca in "Rhythm in the Night"

Teenagers and siblings, Joey and Clare Roca are competitive Irish dancers.  They are also Irish dancers with professional dance ... FULL STORY >

Giving back with Irish dance - Carolan School and LauraLynn House

with Sarah Klopp, Feis America LLC intern   Irish dancers share smiles and competition proceeds with a good cause! Photo: LauraLynn House   It is not often that one hears reports of such positive and helpful actions as that which the Carolan School of Irish Dancing in Dublin has done recently; they have proven that no matter one's age, one can find a way to help those in ... FULL STORY >

Boston fans' last chance to see global sensation "Riverdance"

After 16 years of wowing fans on this side of the Atlantic, the United States touring production of the internationally-acclaimed phenomenon Riverdance will close in June, as previously announced by producer Moya Doherty. FULL STORY >

“Riverdance” steps back to Boston for its final curtain call - Win tickets with IrishCentral

The show that started it all, “Riverdance”, has been performing in the United States since March, 1996 when it had its US premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York. FULL STORY >

A look back at 2011’s top ten North American male Irish dancers

Four North American Irish dancers topped the World Irish Dancing Championship podium in 2011, and one of them was a boy. FULL STORY >

World Irish Dancing Championships 2012 preview

With St. Patrick's Day celebrations and dance-outs on the calendar of every Irish dance school in North America, it's hard to think ahead to the end of March and the start of the World Irish Dancing Championships. FULL STORY >

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