18 artists have been awarded prestigious Next Generation bursaries by the Arts Council - the programme recognises and promotes a selection of artists from ...

A January 'Gathering' of young and old, from communities all over Cork and beyond who love to dance, will take to the floor in City Hall, to the 'Savoy Hotel' style ...

When does Dancing With The Stars Ireland season three start on RTE and who is in the line-up for new series?

As a boy growing up in Wexford along Ireland's southeast shore, Larry Kirwan, like most of the people he knew, could sing two or three songs by the 19th century ...

CHAMPAIGN — After 14 years of Irish dancing, Allie Hartlein knows it's a lot more than tricky footwork and a challenge to learn.She has seen Irish dancing foster ...

Dancing With The Stars Ireland season three celebrity Instagram and Twitter handles - keep up to date behind the scenes.

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Broadcaster and entrepreneur, Mairéad Ronan, has been confirmed as the first celeb taking part in Dancing with the Stars in the New Year. Following on from ...

New Dancing With The Stars Ireland co-host Jennifer Zamparelli will be sticking to script according to show bosses.

“A Taste of Irish Christmas” will be held at the Tenterfield School of Arts on Wednesday, November 28. The 7.30pm session has been booked out but there may ...

The Beatles' ground-breaking 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album is the inspiration behind Mark Morris Dance Group's (MMDG) Pepperland, ...

The remaining slots for Dancing With The Stars 2019 have been filled, and all 11 dancers for the ...

The Gothard Sisters, a dynamic musical group of three sisters who play contemporary Celtic music, bring their special Christmas show to the Auburn State ...

Nathan Carter needs no introduction to Irish World readers. A decade on from his debut at the Irish World awards in Cricklewood the Liverpool-Irish singer and ...

The Irish Mirror can reveal that Kennedy will be vying for the glitterball trophy with pro dancer Karen Byrne.

It looks set to take a closer look at the world of Scientology in Ireland, and the affect that it can have on both individuals and society as a whole.

As Ava Burroughs took her new dress for a spin around the studio floor at Millennium Academy of Irish Dance & Music, she couldn't help holding her chin a bit ...

CARPENTER joins Mairead Farrell, ex Fair City star Clelia Murphy and country singer Cliona Hagan who will also appear along with Eilish O'Carroll and Darren ...

As she prepares for her Killarney gigs, Jenny Greene tells Ellie O'Byrne about the dance music meets orchestra format that has become an entertainment ...

As the darkness lifts, seven frozen figures are revealed on a dimly lit stage. Their stagnant poses and stoic demeanors create a hazy atmosphere, pulling the ...

The New England Regional Irish Dance Championships, also known as the "Oireachtas," was recently held in Hartford, CT. It is the area's most prestigious event ...

Illinois Youth Dance Theatre's “The Nutcracker” will be performed Dec. 20-23 in Lake Zurich. Showtimes are at 7 p.m. Dec. 20-22, 1 p.m. Dec. 22 and 3 p.m. Dec.

Former Miss Ireland Holly Carpenter and comedian Fred Cooke have their eyes set on this year's Dancing with the Stars trophy. After much speculation, the two.

Former Dublin footballer and five-time All-Ireland winner Denis Bastick has been revealed as the seventh star participating on Dancing with the Stars.

Former Irish rugby star Peter Stringer will be lining out for a whole new challenge in the New Year after signing up to take part in the new series of Dancing with ...

Now in its 16th year, this annual ensemble concert of playing, singing, reading, and dancing has itself become a holiday tradition in the Boston area.

Fernando Lafeunte Saiz, who hit the headlines last month after Ballybrack claimed the Spaniard had died, wants to take part on RTE's Dancing with the Stars.

The gorgeous Tyrone native says she's 'probably the worst dancer of the whole bunch' but is out to win the Glitterball when the RTE series returns in January.

A TALENTED schoolgirl from Widnes is set to compete in America after being awarded north west Irish dancing champion.

Three members of a Co Armagh family will be travelling to the United States next year to represent Ireland at the World Irish Dancing Championships. The Mack ...

Nollaig Shona, everybody! That's Irish for Merry Christmas!

The Park Ridge Civic Orchestra's annual winter concert was full of Irish flair as musicians, dancers and singers took the stage at Maine East High School on ...

Award-winning theatre company Back Alley Productions invites you to attend our production of “An Irish Courage Christmas,” which will perform on Fridays and ...

Model Holly Carpenter, Denis Bastick and Mairead Ronan have also signed up.

Whether you're looking for New Queer's Eve or a New Year's Eve cruise, a family-friendly party that features a 6 p.m. toast or a rager...

A special fund-raising GAA game is to be held in Ardara on Saturday, 12th January in aid of Owen McConnell and his family. Reigning Ulster champions ...

CORK'S eminent dance teacher, Aruba Coughlan, recently retired as director and founder of the Cork Dance Company, safe in the knowledge that her school is ...

BBC 2018 Young Scottish Traditional Musician of the Year Hannah Rarity makes her American solo debut in “Christmas Celtic Sojourn.” Elly Lucas photo.

Shop small, do big things for your community. Why Small Businesses Matter puts a spotlight on the local merchants who donate their time, talent, goods, and ...

There must be something unique and appealing about how the Irish observe Christmas, for there are no less than three separate shows in Orange County over ...

He's best known for playing bad boys in Love/Hate and Fair City but actor Johnny Ward is looking forward to being a gentleman on Dancing with the Stars.

THE 11 faces who will be taking to the dance floor when our version of Strictly returns in the New Year were revealed by RTE this week. Among them are actor ...

The decision has been made on whether Portlaoise is to be Leinster's choice to host Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann 2020. The Laois capital put forward an ...

FOR 10 years Erin Boag was one of the most popular professionals on Strictly Come Dancing.

Sportspeople of the year in Ireland and the UK, the fittest of the fit, and a Strictly finale.

Six-month-old baby doing The River Dance is a viral sensation after dad shares clip.

As the Sweat in Sir Henry's marks 30 years, author Lisa McInerney recalls the fun of her formative years in the legendary Cork club. 'The pictures on this page of ...

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with two burglaries on the same premises on two consecutive nights in West Cork earlier this week.

The Lea-Green Down features more than 60 new poems responding to Kavanagh's work.

Here's our pick of the top events happening this week across Northern Ireland.

In the 12th round of this spellbinding fight, Deontay Wilder looked at Tyson Fury on the canvas and told himself:

Strictly Come Dancing attracted a peak 12.7m viewers for Saturday night's final as Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton were crowned champions.

Watch the best bits from the Euro 2020 qualifying draw, including a bizarre dance routine which opened the ceremony and a moment to savour for the Republic ...

If, for you, 2018 will be remembered as the year of living cautiously, then you obviously haven't been to the Panto.

Some of Ireland's most successful professional dancers joined forces with international stars in Dublin last month for a workshop to help train the next generation ...

From Celtic reels to the Cranberries, and Val Doonican to the Pogues, Irish music has long found fame in Britain. Now a new wave of acts from the Irish Republic ...

The piece was choreographed by Chris Naish and performed by Fusion Fighters and the cast of Fusion Dance Fest.

It's about more than just dance; it's about transforming lives and bridging cultural divides.

ChristmaS, they say, waves a magic wand over the world, where everything is softer and more beautiful. And nowhere more so than the Presidential Suite of the ...

Dancer Anne-Marie Hickey met Lord of the Dance lead Damien Doherty when they were both working on Inish Mór-inspired Irish music and dance show Ragus.

Bride-to-be Tamara O'Donovan spent over a year teaching her partner, James Hissett, how to Irish dance so the pair could surprise their guests at their wedding.

Here's something new to try on the dancefloor this weekend. Fusion Fighters, an Irish dance performance crew, have shared their latest video with us and we are ...

County Kerry Irish dancer David Geaney bringing his own high-energy Irish dance show to New York. At only 23 years of age, he has five world championships ...

Cork dance troupe RDC and Dublin's Double Impact have qualified for the Ireland's Got Talent live final. RDC impressed the judges in the audition to qualify for ...

Old houses in Ireland often have horse skulls buried beneath the floors, but folklorists and archaeologists disagree on exactly why.

An Irish ballet dancer who took up dancing just three years ago has been offered a Russian state scholarship to train at the prestigious Perm State ballet school.

The Fusion Fighters are back and this time it's an amazing version of David Guetta's 'Don't Leave Me Alone' Featuring Anne Marie! To see more from fusion ...

Everybody gets excited with Irish culture, whether it's whisky and Guinness or its fast-paced dancing. Here to give the Cypriot audience an authentic taste of ...

It's nearly the bank holiday weekend - hurray! That realisation can lift even the most miserable of moods. One dad has perfectly captured that joyful weekend ...

Liz Roche's new show pays homage to the work of artist Brian O'Doherty, writes Ellie O'Byrne. A YEAR-LONG Brian O'Doherty retrospective, centred around the ...

Theresa May's tour of South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya began on Tuesday with a little dance. The Prime Minister's shuffle with some young pupils of ID Mkize ...

FORMING friendships and travelling to festivals all over the world is what the students of the Attridge Academy of Irish Dance get to do. To view this media, you ...

Army of dance-school kids crowded the stage like a moonwalking militia.

A large family pulled on their dinosaur costumes for an indoor dance party when it got too hot to play outside – and made a brilliant video in the process.

It's hard not to be bamboozled by the choice on offer. Here's a selection of the best bits.

A new weighted gear company is now looking to give Irish dancers the tools to become “full-bodied athletes” that will help them not just deal with this added ...

The stars of Riverdance are taking to the streets of Dublin this Thursday for a dancing challenge like no other.

Rapper Drake's song 'In My Feelings' has gone down a storm with fans - so much so it's led to a new viral challenge. The #InMyFeelingsChallenge features ...

The vast 12-bed country pile, which was built for the first president of Ireland, was snapped up by the dancer for €3.9million in 1999 and boasts its own salmon ...

This fall's slate of outstanding dance on Twin Cities stages has two themes that stick out: Hip-hop dancing has become a big part of modern dance; and the ...

Champagne Academy of Irish Dance studio brings Irish history and traditions to North Liberty.

'I discovered the Well Dance for Seniors classes and find it's a wonderful way to get fit'

The song and dance spectacular will tap its way to Launceston this month.

It was an old boyfriend from Belfast who first sparked my interest in the history of Irish dancing. He saw me dancing once and assumed I was Catholic, not ...

Two dramas came to grim conclusions on RTÉ1 this week, though Death and Nightingales only ended badly for its characters, while Taken Down left viewers ...

Cheryl will return to television as a dance captain on BBC One's new Saturday night show, The Greatest Dancer. The singer last appeared as a judge on ITV's ...

Irish dance World Championship adjudicator Niall O'Leary talks fake tan, glitzy costumes and where he envisions Irish dance to be in 50 years time. He is one of ...

Some parents are uncomfortable with the wigs, make-up and expensive dresses of the modern Irish dancing world.

Trinity Irish Dance and its former nonprofit each say they're the groups a deceased Milwaukee donor meant to support.

Alan McGrath and Kevin O'Dwyer, the two dancers accompanying Ireland's Eurovision hopeful Ryan O'Shaughnessy have revealed they were surprised by the ...

Irish-American dancer Michael Flatley, the so-called “Lord of the Dance,” is relisting his sprawling, elaborately outfitted Irish country home for roughly $14.5 ...

By Ann O'Loughlin. An Irish dancing teacher has secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing the body that runs and regulates Irish Dancing from ...

A SHOW which "showcases the glory of Irish Culture" but "brings it into the 21st century in a way that's never been done before" via stunning dance, theatre and ...

When the dance cam trains itself on you at an American basketball match, there's only one thing expected of you – dance. When exactly that happened to an ...

An Irish dancing t-rex?! Watch this funny Irish dance video as students from Flying Irish Dancers dance a treble reel for charity while wearing a T-Rex costume.

Miss Connecticut Bridget Oei was named runner-up in this year's Miss America competition showcasing her impressive Irish dancing skills during the talent ...

How old is Lord of the Dance's Michael Flatley? Today, Riverdance star Michael Flatley enters his seventh decade. We look at what the star is getting up to after ...

It's Wednesday afternoon in the Dance Theatre of Ireland, Dun Laoghaire, and I'm watching a group of 10 people twisting and twirling across the floor.

THE performance began with the two lead dancers, who were eventually joined by 500 children from dance schools across Ireland who surrounded the pitch.

Peggy Roche Boyle was a heel-clicking, tapping, leaping link to the line of teachers who kept Irish dance steps alive.