Set Dancing Classes, Dublin Northside

Set Dancing Classes, Dublin Southside

NEW! Sunday Afternoon Ceili in Dublin

From Autumn 2009 onwards, a Sunday afternoon ceili will be held on selected Sundays in:

The Edmund Hall, Marino Institute of Education
Charlemont, Griffith Avenue
Dublin 9

The dates have not yet been decided. If you would like to be informed when dates have been finalised, please enter your email address at the top of this page and click "Subscribe". The frequency of the ceilis will depend on the level of interest.

Edmund Hall

This is the hall where the ceili will take place. When this photo was taken it was set up for a meeting - the chairs will of course be cleared away for the ceili. It's a nice bright room, with tall windows on each side, a high ceiling and solid wood floor and a raised area for the musicians.

Musicians:

Typically, we will have one or two musicians to play for the dancing and the plan would be to select the dances to fit in with the style of music.

The intention is to replicate, as far as is possible, the atmosphere of country house dances long ago, with great music at a steady pace and a friendly relaxed environment, where you can dance in your own style and let your mind drift away to the sounds of enchanting music, with no caller to jolt you back to reality! That's the goal. In any case, we will have a bit of craic and dance some polka sets and some reel sets at each ceili.

These are some of the musicians who played for us in the past (at other venues) and we hope to have them back:

Paudie and Aoife O'Connor:
Paudie O'Connor, on the box, and Aoife O'Connor, on the fiddle, the well-known Kerry duet. Their music is absolutely magic and a great pleasure to dance to.

Timmy O'Connor from Cork:
Sliabh Luachra box player Timmy O'Connor travelled up from Newmarket, Co. Cork, to play for us and we hope to enveigle him to come up again. Dancing to Timmy's music is a rare treat and all of Timmy's Dublin fans look forward to a return visit.

Adrian Scahill and Sean O Broin :
Adrian Scahill, from Co. Galway, on the accordion, with Sean O Broin, from Dublin, on the flute. Together, they make mighty music.

Scheduled Dates:

The dates have not yet been finalised. The aim is to hold the first ceili at this new venue in Autumn 2009. If you would like to informed when details are finalised, please enter your email address at the top of this page and click "Subscribe"

Dances:

These are some of the dances we typically dance at our ceilis:

The Ballyvourney Jig Set (Cork)
The Caledonian Set (Clare)
The Sliabh Luachra (Sliabh Luachra)
The Mazurka Set (Clare)
The Borlin Set (Cork)
The Cashel Set (Tipperary)
The West Kerry (Kerry)
The Clare Lancers (Clare)
The Connemara (Galway/Meath)
The Plain Set (Clare)
The North Kerry (Kerry)
The Labasheeda Reel Set (Clare)

While it is primarily a set dance ceili, we will generally aim to fit in a waltz at some stage and we may from time-to-time also do a ceili dance such as The High-Cauled Cap (Cadhp an Chuil Aird) and/or some two-hand dances such as The Stack of Barley and Shoe the Donkey.

Dancers:

You are very welcome to join us, regardless of whether you have been dancing all your life, or just for a few weeks. In common with the practice at country ceilis, there will be no calling, but we will give a quick summary before each figure - once the music starts, you're on your own, enjoy it and have a bit of craic!

Set Dancing Classes

If you would like to attend a night class in Irish Set Dancing, with a little bit of ceili dancing and Sean Nos steps thrown in for good measure, then read on! Classes take place on both Northside and Southside Dublin as follows:

Set Dance Class in South Dublin:
From the second week of September every year until the last week in May the following year, set dancing takes place on Tuesday nights between 8pm and 10pm in Dublin Southside at The Glenside Pub, Landscape Road, Churchtown, South Dublin

For full details please click on the following link:
Irish Set Dancing - Dublin Southside

Set Dancing Class in North Dublin:
On Thursday nights, also from the second week of September until the last week in May, set dance venue on the North Side of Dublin in The Edmund Hall, Marino Institute of Education, Charlemont, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9, again from 8pm-10pm.

For full details please click on the following link:
Irish Set Dance - Dublin Northside

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