WE’VE all heard of people being willing to sing for their supper, but the young dancers from Scoil Uí Nualláin Irish Dance School in Limerick City are more than willing to dance for theirs.
Dancers from the O’Connell Street school, which has been teaching traditional Irish dance in Limerick for 70 years, are off to the 2023 World Championships in Montreal, Canada.
The top 5 dancers of each region worldwide will be in attendance for the most prestigious Irish dancing championship of the year. The championships are to be held over Easter week, next April.
With the rising cost of living and the travel costs, the school is now asking for help from the people of Limerick to send its dancers to take to biggest stage in Irish dance.
Each child needs to raise around €4,000 for flights and accommodation costs, teacher Ciara Sexton says.
“We hope to send five dancers in total this year, plus their two teachers, myself and Cian Nolan.”
“In exchange for sponsorship, we can offer performances year round at any event. We have a professional troupe of young men and women aged 16-30 performing Riverdance-style cabaret, we also provide school performances with dancers ages three and up.”
Last year, the school won best performance at the Limerick City St Patrick’s Day parade and have over 50 World Championship titles to their name to date.
It is also one of the only two schools still operating in the world that were present with competitors at the very first World Championships in 1970.
Kind donors can log on to the school’s GoFundMe link on gofund.me/5289fc21 or contact the school on 061 202590 to donate.
