Three students from this Tipperary school qualify for the World Irish Dancing Championships

Congratulations to the three Ursuline students who qualified for the World Irish Dancing Championships, which will be held in Glasgow next Easter.

They all attended the Irish Championships held in the INEC in Kilarney last weekend.

Ava O’Dwyer, Fifth Year dances with the Flynn O’Kane school in Nenagh, and she qualified in the U16 hornpipe and reel and her set dance was Vanishing Lake.

Sophie Nolan, Second Year, qualified in the U14 hornpipe and reel, and her set dance was also Vanishing Lake.

Sophie goes to Scoil Uí Cheallaigh in Thurles.

Leah Lonergan, first year is a pupil of the Burgess School of Irish Dance in Cashel and qualified in the U13 category.

Leah danced a slip jig and heavy jig and her set dance for the competition was Madame Bonaparte.

Best of luck to the three girls as they continue their preparations over the coming months.

Contributed to School Days in the Tipperary Star by the Ursuline Secondary School.