Once avoided as unfashionable by the children of the rich in urban Ireland, Irish dancing is becoming an  expensive pastime and the cost is rising, according to irishcentral.com
One New York mother, who travelled with her dancing daughter to the 2010  North American Irish Dancing Championships in Orlando, said the cost is now getting so large [...]

Sean-nos dancer Seosamh Ó Neachtain hails from An Spidéal in Co. Galway and has had a keen interest in sean-nos dancing from a young age. Although he never received any formal training, he has received both national and international acclaim as a dancer. He has performed with some of the most influential acts in traditional [...]

Connemara sean nos dancer Emma O’Sullivan became All Ireland Champion in 2009

Anybody else notice the word “sport” creeping into the Irish dancing vocabulary? “Irish dance is a great sport,” declares one teaching academy which  boasts several North American Irish Dancing Champions among its achievements. About a tenth of such dancing schools drop the word casually on their websites. Elsewhere a dancer tells a forum “how superficial [...]

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Brian Cunningham talks about growing up in Connemara and his new show