Irish Dance: a passion for everything Ireland

My love for Ireland has been with me since I can recall. My family says it was born as a child when I discovered Irish and Scottish traditional music.
I think those reels and jigs sound as one with my inner soul.

As I had the occasion to move to the Emerald Isle, I got it and prepared my luggages.
I lived and worked in Cork, for some unforgettable months deeply lost in the culture of what has become my second homeland.

Well, those months confirmed that Ireland suits me!
My landlord one day said to me "You are more Irish than the Irish themselves!".

Here I experienced first hand how warm are Irish, who pass by a stranger along the road and never miss to greet him good day.
A group of elderly locals even welcomed me during a dance night, as I was the daughter of an old friend!

Yes, that night I tried for the first time a dancing with Irish music.

I've always admired the Irish dancers, but I had my occasion to try and be one only getting closer to my thirties.
And once I tried, I couldn't quit.

"Sending an audience home with an excited glow
and raising their spirits on the way.
This author went looking for that glow of spontaneous excitement
and found it in the kind of places we call home.
And when everything comes together for that magical moment,
we call it the craic."

(Moya Brennan, preface to "In search of the craic" by Colin Irwin)