Irish Dance World Championships - Ladies under-18 results - PHOTOS

IrishCentral staff writer, Aoife Finneran, brings you the latest results from Dublin at the Irish Dance World Championships.

Ladies under-18 results

1st: Niamh Taylor, Doherty, Ulster

2nd: Caroline Gray, McGahan-Lees, Southern Region, England

3rd: Corinne Gallibois, Butler-Fearon-O’Connor, Eastern Region, Canada

4th: Bobbie Trotter, Carey, Midlands Region, England

5th: Niamh O’Donovan, Kiely-Walsh, Munster

6th: Maggie Eileen Doyle, Trinity, Mid America Region, USA

7th: Taylor Kerrane, Petri, Mid Atlantic Region, USA

8th: Erinn Brown, McGinley Academy, Eastern Region, Canada

9th: Clodagh Roper, Domican, Ulster

10th: Tara Walsh, Higgins, Munster

11th: Kaitlin McAlexander, Clarkson, Mid America Region, USA

12th: Kelly McCourt, Gray Gillan Owens, New England Region, USA

13th: Anna McGovern, McGing, Mid America Region, USA

14th: Alesandra Doughty, McDade-Cara, Mid Atlantic Region, USA

15th: Fiona Lawrence, Glendarragh Academy, Midlands Region, England

16th: Jennifer Toal, Goggin-Carroll, Eastern Region, Canada

17th: Mary Katherine Kulp, Clann Na Cara, Mid Atlantic Region, USA

18th: Janie Turek, Inishfree, Mid Atlantic Region, USA

19th: Emma Guerin, Doherty, Ulster

20th: Tara Blake, Connacht

4 Comments

| May 10, 2011, 09:52 PM EDT

I agree, Glenbeigh, the wigs look tacky and are not part of traditional Irish dancing. It's some misguided import from the United States, like vulgar beauty pageants for toddlers. They ought to be dispensed with because they make genuinely lovely girls look fake and cheap.
bogsidebunny | Apr 22, 2011, 10:42 AM EDT

WOW........I bet Tom Humphries is checking this article out!
GeorgeDillon | Apr 22, 2011, 09:37 AM EDT

Don't be such a killjoy, glenbeigh. Did it ever occur to you that the girls (and their moms) like wearing those wigs? Do you even know anyone who's involved in Irish dancing? I suspect you don't. Did you ever even attend a festival or competition of Irish dancing? I'm pretty sure you didn't. Or are you one of those Irish in Ireland who sneer at Irish dancing, music and language?
Glenbeigh | Apr 21, 2011, 11:42 AM EDT

Those wigs are ridiculous. It takes takes a competition that requires years of practice, skill and hard work and makes it look like something spawned from Toddlers & Tiaras. Can you please get back to the dancing and get rid of the wigs and $4k dresses.