Carolan School of Irish Dancing

19/06/2026

We are SO lucky to have in our corner. 💜

This year, once again, the team there have given us sponsorship for our Worlds team.

It’s not just sponsorship — it’s belief in our dancers, in our school, and in everything we’re building here at Carolan School of Irish Dancing. And that means the absolute world to us and we are so very grateful!!

To everyone at — thank you for backing our Worlds team, for the support, and for being part of our journey. We are endlessly grateful. 💜✨

Thanks a mill, guys

23/05/2026

⬇️ Very late getting these amazing kids to the grid, but HUGE well done to all of our dancers who took part in the Irish Open Championships 2026! 🏆☘️
We had absolutely amazing dancing from our team dancers and our solo dancers — right from our beginners all the way up to our champions! 🌟 Every single dancer that stepped on that stage made us so proud across both weekends! 👏💚

🎀 IRISH OPEN SOLO PLACINGS 🎀

BUNGHRAD 🟢
U6
Sadie – 12th | Kydi – 17th
U7
Bella – 24th
U8
Erin – 11th | Maya – 18th
U9A
🏆 Amelie – 1st PLACE! 🥇🎉
Sophie B – 5th
U9B
🏆 Aoife – 1st PLACE! 🥇🎉
U10A
Alexandra – 20th
U10B
Jade – 18th | Maryna – 21st
U11
Isla – 5th 🌟 | Mary Kate – 11th | Esmee – 16th
U12
Varya – 22nd
U18
Emily – 6th 🌟
💃 Fabulous dancing also from Lucy, Mary & Kathleen! 👏

ULLMHÚCHÁN 🔵
U8
Ana Sofia – 13th
U10
Grace – 3rd 🥉🎉
U11
Kate – 7th 🌟
U12
Bella – 14th
U13
Isabelle – 13th
U14
🏆 Ira – 1st PLACE! 🥇🎉

MEANGHRÁD 🟡
Mia – 13th | Sophie L – 5th 🌟

ARDGHRÁD 🟠
U14
Holly – 6th 🌟 | Lili – 8th | Emma – 13th | Ava – 14th
U16
Mya – 3rd 🥉🎉 | Nisa – 11th

CHAMPIONSHIPS 🏆✨
U10
Grace – 13th
U13
Ruby – 3rd 🥉🎉
U14
Alison – 7th 🌟 | Holly – 9th | Lilien – 13th | Emma – 23rd | Ava – 24th
U16
Isabelle – 10th | Mya – 21st
U17
Laura Mai – 7th 🌟
U17 Gents
Jack – 4th 🎉
U18
Sophie – 3rd 🥉🎉
U19
🏆 Rebecca – CHAMPION! 🥇👑🎉🎉🎉
Emily – 8th 🌟

We are SO proud of every single one of you! ☘️💚 The hard work, the dedication and the passion you all showed was incredible! 🙌
Well done to ALL our dancers! 🎊🎉☘️
💛 We also missed Robert, who was recovering from having his tonsils out, and Caoilinn and Zoey, who couldn’t be there due to injury — we were thinking of you all and can’t wait to have you back on that stage! 🙏💚​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

29/04/2026

Our final class tonight with our Irish Open dancers… and what a special one it was. 42 if you taking to the floor this weekend!!! (Missing a few from the photo 🙈)

From our youngest 4-year-olds to our seniors, we could not be prouder of every single one of you. The hard work, dedication and determination you’ve shown has been incredible to watch.

But what makes Team Carolan so special isn’t just the dancing — it’s the kindness, encouragement and support you show each other every single day.

Tonight that was so clear in the beautiful little messages you shared with your teammates… and with your teachers 🥹

Before you even step on stage this weekend at the Irish Open Championships, you’ve already made us the proudest teachers.

A special shout out to Robert who can’t dance this weekend as he’s having surgery tomorrow. We are all sending you our very best wishes and thinking of you.

And to Caoilinn who is out with injury — we can’t wait to see you back on the floor soon 🤞🏻

Best of luck to all our dancers this weekend.
We are all cheering you on. Always.

16/04/2026

We can’t believe we are even saying this but this year we celebrate 25 years of the Carolan School of Irish Dancing and we’re so excited to celebrate at our ball!

25 years of incredible memories, and the most amazing dance families in our lives!!!

Any past pupils who would like to attend please contact us to reserve tickets. We would love to see you there to celebrate with us.

12/04/2026

***Ní Alpín Feis - day 2***

Another fantastic day for our older fab day for older Ard and Craobhs.

Fantastic dancing and results.

Huge congrats to each of you. So much hard work goes in behind the scenes to be able to get out on stage and perform like you do and we’re so proud of that! And the results today really showed that hard work pays off.

Huge congrats to our 2 Championship winners
⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ Sophie Ryan Champion U18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ Emily Kinsella Champion U19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

And to our championship placings
⭐️ Holly Ryan 7th U14
⭐️ Mya Kinsella 7th U16
⭐️ Nisa Murray Ozyurt 11th U16

And congrats to Sophie winner of the trad U19

Well done everyone. Keep up the hard work. Next stop Irish Open championships!!

11/04/2026

***Ní Alpín Feis - day 1***

What a fab day for our grade dancers and younger Ard and Craobhs.

Fantastic dancing and results.

Well done everyone

Huge congrats to our pre beginner & Bunghrád dancers
Brian, Kydi, Saoirse, Erin & Emily

Ullmhúchán dancers
Isla, Sophie, Kate, Emily

Meanghrád dancers
Aoife, Grace, Mia, Bella Rose, Caoilinn

Ard & Craobh
Grace, Mia & Ruby

Huge congrats to our first place winners
⭐️ Erin 1st Bunghrád slip jig
⭐️ Isla 1st Ullmhúchán Slip Jig
⭐️ Aoife 1st Meanghrád Reel and Slip Jig
⭐️ Mia 1st Meanghrád Slip Jig
⭐️ Caoilinn 1st Meanghrád Single Jig

Special mention to Grace dancing her set dance for the first time! Well done!

And congrats to Ruby 3rd in a fabulous U13 championship!

Well done everyone

11/04/2026

We have been way behind in posting our competition results here since our feis!!! It’s just been so so busy!!

We’ve had so many fantastic days out at completions

Paula Gaughran Memorial Feis
March Feiles
Roscommon feis
Mayo feile
Yvonne Saul Memorial feis
Feis Íde

The class has done amazing and we’re so proud of you all!!

We’ve had so many grade moves and first place wins in all the events above!! Huge well done to you all. It’s great to see all the hard work paying off.

Special shout out to Champion U19 at Yvonne Saul memorial feis in an incredible competition!! What a fabulous win for you.

Missing loads of photos but here’s a little snippet of the pics over all the events above!

So proud of you all

05/04/2026

Happy Easter everyone!

Hope the Easter bunny was kind 😉

🐣🐣🐣

15/03/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to you all!

Thanks for being the best supporters to all our dancers and to us! We hope you’re feeling the love today and are being spoiled by your families

Huge shout out to our own mam our biggest cheerleader in all we do and Carolan schools number 1 supporter. We love you millions

💗💗💗

26/02/2026