* Single-style competitions, such as ; highland dance, dance team, and Irish dance, that only permit a single dance style.

There are several related dance forms, such as Scottish country dance, Irish dance, American Contra dance, and square dance.

* Irish dance,

It is the most popular tune-type within the Irish dance music tradition.

* Ghillies are soft shoes that are used in Irish dance, Scottish country dance, and highland dance.

By the end of that century, the dance spread to the middle and lower classes of Irish society and traditional triple-tune tunes and songs were altered to fit the waltz rhythm.

Today it is most associated with Irish dance music and Scottish country dance music.

The jig is second in popularity only to the reel in traditional Irish dance ; it is popular but somewhat less common in Scottish country dance music.

As with most other types of dance tunes in Irish music, at a session or a dance it is common for two or more jigs to be strung together in a set, flowing on without interruption.

Feet shod in Irish dance hard shoes

The dance is performed high on the toes, and is often considered the " ballet of Irish dance " because of its graceful movements that seem to slip the performers across the floor.

Other similarities include the fact that some Accompong Maroons formation bear the passing resemblance to the Irish reel ; and the Jamaican Constabulary is patterned after the Royal Iris Constabulary, complete with the red stripe on the pants leg.

In Irish stepdance, the reel is danced in soft shoes and is one of the first dances taught to students.

For example the same reel Rakish Paddy is notated in 2 / 2 time with an alla breve ( cut time ) Image: mensural proportion1. gif time signature in Miles Krassen, O ' Neill's Music of Ireland, New & Revisited, p. 158, ( 1976 ), whereas in 4 / 4 time in Robin Williamson, English, Welsh, Scottish & Irish Fiddle Tunes, p. 69, ( 1976 ), each measure in both cases spanning the same part of the melody.

* Stone of Destiny, an Irish reel written in 2002 by Maurice Lennon of the folk goup Stockton's Wing

As well as these versions, the name has also been used as the stage name of a New York City-based singer-songwriter, an LP by Frankie Armstrong, Brian Pearson, Blowzabella and Jon Gillaspie, and for the title of an Irish reel.

The slip jig is one the four most common Irish stepdances, the others being the reel, the jig and the hornpipe.

* It is used in the Irish adaptation of the folk song Foggy Dew, about the Easter Rising of 1916, " Oh the night fell black and the rifles ' crack Made perfidious Albion reel ".

Its rhythm, tempo and simple structure made it very suitable for adaptation into a reel, and it was subsequently recorded by many Irish traditional musicians, including Patrick Street, De Dannan, Kevin Burke and Sharon Shannon.

The music of Quebec has adopted, and adapted, the Irish reel as its own.

* Irish roots of Quebec reel music

Both the babala and French reel are similar to the Irish bodhran in construction ; all three drums are played with the fingertips, palms and the backs of the hands.

Though the reel may have its origins in Scottish country dance and the Highland reel, and perhaps have an even earlier influence from an Irish dance called the Rinnce Fada, it is generally considered to be an English country dance.

The instrumental parts of the score are based on traditional Scottish, Irish, and English tunes such as " Miri it is ", the strathspey " Robertson's Rant " jig, and " Drowsy Maggie " reel.

Beckett's appearance is rough-hewn Irish.

The Irish accent is, as one would expect, combined with slight inflections from the French.

Irish Catholicism is not attractive, but it is deeper.

Of course, if you want to throw all caution to the winds and rent an Imperial or Cadillac limousine just for you and your bride, you'll have a memorable tour, but it won't be cheap, and it is not recommended unless you own a producing oil well or you've had a winner in the Irish Sweepstakes.

In this connection, it has been observed that the increasing number of Irish Catholics, priests and laity, in England, while certainly seen as good for Catholicism, is nevertheless a source of embarrassment for some of the more nationalistic English Catholics, especially when these Irishmen offer to remind their Christian brethren of this good.

Almost daily something is reported which feeds this Catholic hope in England: statistics of the increasing numbers of converts and Irish Catholic immigrants ; ;

There is no reason why most theatergoers should not have a pretty good time at `` Donnybrook '', unless they are permanently in the mood of Enright when he sings about how easily he could hate the lovable Irish.

Swift ’ s specific strategy is twofold, using a " trap " to create sympathy for the Irish and a dislike of the narrator who, in the span of one sentence, " details vividly and with rhetorical emphasis the grinding poverty " but feels emotion solely for members of his own class.

Swift however, Landa argues, is not merely criticizing economic maxims but also addressing the fact that England was denying Irish citizens their natural rights and dehumanizing them by viewing them as a mere commodity.

* 1642 – Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of the British Army.

* 1916 – Easter Rising: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.

It attracts competitors from all of the main show jumping nations and is carried live on Irish national television.

The visit of the three pilgrim " Scots " ( i. e. Irish ) to Alfred in 891 is undoubtedly authentic.

It is possible that the majority of Irish convicts either did not speak English, or spoke English " indifferently ".

The Act of Settlement is an act of the Parliament of England that was passed in 1701 to settle the succession to the English and Irish crowns and thrones on the Electress Sophia of Hanover ( a granddaughter of James I ) and her Protestant heirs.

" Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye " is a popular traditional Irish anti-war and anti-recruiting song.

*" Poor Paddy Works on the Railway " is a popular Irish and American folk song.

However, the presence of a vigorous population of Celtic lineage, principally of Irish origin, has supported the creation of other celebrations of beer, often for marketing purposes, such as Saint Patrick's Day ( Día de San Patricio ), patron of Ireland, which is celebrated with abundant libations.

Irish through his mother, Abbadie was an English-speaker but his relationship with Irish culture or his Irish family is not documented.

* 1868 – Thomas D ' Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician.