Michael Flatley, creator and star of the Irish dance show ‘Lord of the Dance,’ has said that he has given up his U.S. passport in order to get a British one.

The stage line-up for “The Homecoming” on June 22, one of the major celebratory dates of the JFK50, features some of County Wexford’s best known citizens.

Historian Seamus Moran has authored “Great Irish People,” the first county by county dictionary of Irish people, including a great testimonial written by Irish dancer Michael Flatley. Senator David Norris wrote the foreword.

Dance show creator, Michael Flatley, has presented Taoiseach Enda Kenny with an abstract painting of the victims of the famine entitled ‘The Walking Dead.' The painting is 8ft by 4ft in size and was framed in London using wood from trees grown on Flatley’s Castlehyde estate near Fermoy, Co. Cork.

Riverdance star Michael Flatley has said his wild days are over and he is now enjoying time away from the media and spending time at home with his wife Niamh and their son Michael.

The world’s largest grossing Irish dance show, Michael Flatley’s “Lord of the Dance” will return for a North American tour in 2013.

Irish dancer extraordinaire Michael Flatley and film producer Harvey Weinstein have teamed up to create the ‘World Dance Awards,’ already being dubbed the ‘Grammys’ of dance.

1. Maureen O’Hara - She starred in “The Quiet Man”, the Irish movie that has captured the hearts of millions of Irish Americans and will continue to do so for ever.

2. Waterford Crystal - For generations the embodiment of the best that Ireland could offer and produce. Still number one on most Irish Americans' gift list.

Fathers and golfers Michael Flatley, Padraig Harrington, Paul McGinley and Shane Lowry today tee’d off a charity campaign called ‘Drive for Dads’ for Breakthrough Cancer Research.

A new initiative seeking to bring jobs to Ireland has asked that people join Michael Flatley, Martin Sheen and Saoirse Ronan in answering Ireland’s call to use their connections this St. Patrick’s Day.

The final curtain is coming down – “Riverdance” is saying goodbye to America and the tears are flowing.

Irish dancer Michael Flatley sold his first painting at auction on Friday for €5,600.

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The first outdoor performances of Michael Flatley’s “The Lord of the Dance”. at the Cliffs of Moher, in County Clare, has been cancelled due to the economic climate in Ireland. The two shows, on September 1 and 2, were set to coincide with the Cliffs of Moher’s campaign to be named as one of the "New7Wonders of Nature".

An emotional Micheal Flatley shed tears yesterday as he was inducted into the Irish American Hall of Fame in County Wexford as 400 invited guests looked on, including Ireland’s tourism minister Leo Varadakar.

Michael Flatley, the original Lord of the Dance, has revealed he is working on a new reality TV show about the production of his sell-out shows.