Mayo Irish dancers receive rave reviews in America during St Patrick’s Day festivities

A Mayo dance group received warm reviews from multiple audiences in America for their dances as part of a host of Saint Patrick’s Day events.

Moffatt School of Irish Dancing, a local group from Ballina, travelled Stateside for celebrations across multiple states in the buildup to the national holiday.

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The group travelled from Dublin to Connecticut on March 13, where they were part of a televised event with the mayor of Hartford, Peter Marchetti. They performed alongside the Breiffne-O’Ruairc School of Dance from Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Later that evening, the school made the short journey to Studio Nine, a recording studio in North Addams, Massachusetts, for a performance.

On March 15 the group, who recently celebrated their 35th year, joined those in the Albany Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, before heading to the next day’s South Boston Parade, dubbed as America’s largest parade for 2025.

That evening, standing ovations followed their performance in The Burren pub in Sommerville, as well as a March 17 session in Boston bar The Bebop.

Meanwhile, on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, the school saw success in the Roscommon Open Feis and brought home silverware for parades in Crossmolina and Lahardane.

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