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Irish National Irish Dancing Championships 2012Top Five Girls 15-16Photo Breda GreganThe 2012 Irish National Dancing Champion for Girls 15-16, Ellen Kennedy, placed 9th at Worlds and 10th at the All-Irelands.  Shauna Ryan, who placed 4th at the Irish Nationals, was the highest-placing Irish dancer in her age group at the 2012 World Irish Dancing Championships, taking 5th place in both Belfast and at the 2012 All ... FULL STORY >

New York Irish Dance Company on "America's Got Talent" - VIDEO

The New York Irish Dance Company is made up of competitive and retired-from-the-competitive-circuit  Irish dancers.  Many of the Irish dancers in the company are ranked or have been ranked as top ten in their age group in the Irish dance ... FULL STORY >

Irish National Irish Dancing Championships top team results

Champion team dancers from Kiely-Walsh 2012 World Irish Dancing Championships Photo courtesy Paul Seale   Seven team competitions involving hundreds of skilled Irish dancers kept audiences enthralled this weekend at An Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha's Irish National Irish Dancing Championships in Dublin.  Irish dancing schools from every region of Ireland competed for the top spot on the podium, and seven winners, including three teams from Ui She in the Leicester Region, were the delight of Irish dance enthusiasts in attendance at ... FULL STORY >

All Ireland Irish Dancing Champion Slemon Clinches Irish National Title - Boys top five results

Sean Slemon 2012 Irish National Irish Dancing Champion Boys 9-10 Photo courtesy Annette Foley Slemon   Sean Slemon, the 2012 All Ireland Irish Dancing Champion for Boys 9-10, claimed the Irish National Irish Dancing Championship title Saturday in Dublin.  Slemon, who dances with Rinceoiri na Riochta in the Munster Region of Ireland, was followed by his friendly rival Jack Lynch from Ui ... FULL STORY >

World Irish Dancing Champion Kelly clinches Nationals - Top five results

  Ronan Kelly 2012 Irish National Irish Dancing Champion Boys 11-12 shown here as 2011 World Irish Dancing Champion Photo courtesy Sylvan-Kelly Two-time World Irish Dancing Champion and All Ireland Irish Dancing Champion Ronan Kelly has won the Irish National Irish Dancing Championship for Boys 11-12. The 2012 Irish National Irish Dancing Championships, hosted at CityWest in Dublin by An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha, is taking place this ... FULL STORY >

Top seven favorite videos of Irish dancing boys and men

Inspiration! Photo courtesy Gabriella Wood One of the greatest things about Irish dancing in this day and age is the great assortment of fabulous Irish dance videos of some of the best and brightest in the Irish dance ... 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 >

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 >

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 >

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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