Connemara Set Fig. #1

Demonstration by the Kerry Ramblers at the Frost Center, Rockville MD, October 30, 2008 on the last night of their successful tour of the Washington D.C. area.
The dancers pictured won the 2007 12-and-under All-Ireland set dancing championship and are from the Ballydonaghue/Lisselton Branch, Co. Kerry, of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann.

[@jirihozpodebrad23]

...oh my oh my... i'm absolutely stunned and amazed by them...!!! wooooow!!! never saw set dancing like that with sean-nos kinda style, well, never saw young people dancing it so...:) great, really great job...:)!!!

[@frbjoernLA]

That's easy for you to say if you know the dance but for those of us who don't know the technicalities of this Art form enjoying this cultural Dance, it's great!! No disrespect to you personally intended!

[@blether12]

The men's turn used at the end of the ladies' chain is the gent facing forward move for the Claddagh and should not be used here. It should be be the follow her round move using left hand. Dances for exhibition should never mess about with the original, no matter what we do in Milltiown.

[@legs24561]

This Dance is taken from Pat Murphys Book

[@bodhranboyo]

That tune is called "Music for a Found Harmonium."

[@blether12]

Yes, I have it here. He says ladies chain, left hand to opp. gent.. No further chain mentioned. Anything else you get a yellow card!

[@TheCARENTAN]

Goods dancers °I°:))))

[@blether12]

The Tamlin or Glasgow Reel

[@iantoh53]

@jirihozpodebrad23 Try going to Connemara!

[@iantoh53]

@ceili308 So is the way you do it in the Washington DC area really that authentic? And it's Skibereen actually not Skibeen, which is in County Cork by the way. The Connemara ladies' chain as danced in Connemara, as opposed to the Connemara ladies' chain as danced in Washington DC might be different. Check your sources! You might find that the way they do and did it in Connemara might be a little more authentic!

[@conorcusack4174]

Batter one barrer two down down batter and down x4

[@emmagarry4597]

I'm a better dancer than them !

[@alainacasey9484]

Ya emma i agree

[@Dancerbully13]

Emma Garry maybe a small bit better

[@iantoh53]

As regards the ladies Chain, yes the tradition is living but why do we all make all sets like every other set? Shouldn't they have their own style? Should all ladies' chains be the same, or borrowed frm a different area, or should we respect the original tradition? If we don't, we do everything in the same style and original regional diffenerces get blurred and forgotten. I think we should respect the tradition and not make all the same!