I adore our Irish dancing & started myself at 4 years as did my daughter and now my granddaughter but some l worry that with the cost of dresses,wigs & tan that alot of gifted brilliant dancers are not getting to show their natural gift because not all parents can afford these dresses etc & good Irish dancing is in your foot work & not these over the top Costumes & all that it now entails. I remember my father dancing on a Sunday in our kitchen with God rest him but he could dance & 3 generations of his daughter, granddaughter and now his great granddaughter. I don't want people to think that I am just one of those complaining people but I have seen fantastic wee dancers not able to complete because of the price of costumes etc.Have we gone a bit over the top because gone are the days of people like my Mother RIP who would have my hair in what looked like rags to put my natural long hair in ringlets for my fheis .
@victoriaelisha86437 жыл бұрын
Claire is absolutely amazing. 6 time world champion, she needs to be a lead in Riverdance.
@sparkalebaby53896 жыл бұрын
Well done Jessica hindley now senior world champion 2018!
@tomreilly515 Жыл бұрын
I am especially impressed by the dedication of these dancers and their families to dance and tradition.
@PS_testing321... Жыл бұрын
So brilliant Jack and Claire! What hard work you have put in!
@christinedoss98676 ай бұрын
I love watching these dances❤❤❤
@pinkmagicali7 жыл бұрын
This is six years old now. I wonder where these people are now. I'd love to start Irish dancing just for fun. I was too old when I first saw Riverdance to do anything serious but it's a beautiful art form and the music with it is lovely.
@ramywiles6 жыл бұрын
Pink Magic Ali Old comment, but Jessica Hindley actually just won Worlds this year! (I think Jack Quinn did too, but I don't tend to pay as much attention to the boys' competitions because I don't know any of them.) And I REALLY hope you have indeed started since you wrote this... I started at age 19, waaaaay too late to seriously aim for the Riverdance track, but I've made it to the second-highest level of competition at 25 and I'm planning on keeping going until I physically can't anymore! Best of luck to you ❤ Edit: I lied about Jack -- he's with Riverdance now.
@ramywiles3 жыл бұрын
The rendition of Planxty Hugh O'Donnell Catie was dancing to always makes me smile when I come back to this. I'm a musician anyway, so I try to be as musical a dancer as possible, but it's not always easy when the music starts to take on the feel of a backing track... this, though, feels so sunny and warm that I can't imagine anything other than sinking into it and _performing._
@anncarroll22044 жыл бұрын
I remember putting in the curlers. Oh the pain of sleeping in them.
@Ava-fj9iy9 жыл бұрын
I am an Irish dancer. This encouraged me so much!!👍🏻
@marapaulson11448 жыл бұрын
ff I
@noelosullivan61177 жыл бұрын
hope u go a long way im sure u will but remember have fun its not all about winning
@ramywiles3 жыл бұрын
Also I remember one feis early in my competitive career when Sue Fay Healy adjudicated for one of my dances -- not like that's an unusual occurrence, an ADCRG doing their job, but I was quietly geeking out because I'd watched this beforehand!
@ronankristufek13347 жыл бұрын
I think Claire is the best dancer ever!!! she is such an inspiration and I look up to her so much!@
@scoutz0rs4 ай бұрын
It’s funny to think of it this way now, considering how wild things looked in the cupcake dress era, but this was the last moment before the makeup and wigs and tan got completely out-of-control.
@fayegillespie95336 жыл бұрын
Irish dancing my life ❤️❤️
@noelosullivan61177 жыл бұрын
going back through the years galway city has sent out some of the words greatest dancers my teacher the one and only celine hession how lucky was I to be born in the city they call the tribes even when I was 10 years old celine was the greatest im so proud to have been a small part of dancing in galway I was the first boy to win a championship for celine what an honour
@smythsisters52469 жыл бұрын
i love irish dancing
@maggiefogarty-harnish96679 жыл бұрын
Gemma Smyth its the best thing! i only watch these to see claire dance :) shes amazing
@lizdeeneyldeeney15308 ай бұрын
😮🎉😅Luv it !!
@carolinebyrne9392 Жыл бұрын
Irish dancing is sopused to be greater cracking
@noelosullivan61177 жыл бұрын
a dancer Claire is and from galway her teachers celines doughter and my partner Deirdre coyne Gallagher myself and d ware never beaten in any feis what a dancer she was our partner in the three hand reel mave o connor both from gaway was a great dancer as well we won everything five times world champion Claire greaney must be a one off as 5 is unknown go on Deirdre great to see u still doing the thing u and we all love
@carolinebyrne9392 Жыл бұрын
This is about as much irish dance g as tap is to ballet
@adamhenrymagee82745 жыл бұрын
Simona was amazing in her first two rounds that day. Claires set was way ahead though.
@managerrobak281410 жыл бұрын
Grrrreat ! Congratulations to you all. Sorry about the injured hoof.
@margaretodriscoll89019 жыл бұрын
lo ; Louise more
@ellamcevoy31124 жыл бұрын
I would have been in a hotel getting ready for worlds why coronaviris whyyyyyyyyyyy 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@PS_testing321... Жыл бұрын
Who is Jessica and she came out of left field. I want to see how Claire does, the first part made us so invested in her.
@carolinebyrne9392 Жыл бұрын
I am sorry but there's tin cup is worth pushing your child to a nervous breakdown over