An Irish set dancing teacher is providing online dance classes to help people living with Parkinson's disease slow the progression of their condition during Ireland's Level 5 lockdown. Pat O'Dea, a ...

In the back room at Mary Mullen's bar in Galway city, three musicians with fiddle, mandolin and banjo are belting out music and around 30 young people, all in couples, are dancing. Their energy and ...

DOVER — It was about a dozen years ago that my husband and I were on a kick and decided we would go to as many Irish festivals as we could that summer. After perusing the Irish Echo newspaper, we ...

An Italian Doctor’s chance discovery of the therapeutic effects of Irish set dancing in the treatment of Parkinson's disease will be the subject of an international Gathering event in Co. Clare next ...

What's your lucky number? If you are a passionate Irish Set Dancer, the answer is "8" - the number of dancers you need to make a set and do the dance. Eight is also a very special number for Seacoast ...

Isabel Woods lost the joy for dancing after the terrible early death of her first son in a caving accident. It would be 14 years before Isabel began dancing again. Now she is still dancing, aged 97.