McNiff Irish Dancers

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @DevaSojourner
    @DevaSojourner 13 лет назад +6

    Oh thank you!! My parents saw the McNiff Irish Dancers on the Ed Sullivan show, and that solidified their determination to share this with their Irish American organization. I started with Joan in 1969, and then danced with Cyril for many years, placing in the Oireachtas, etc. Thank you thank you for posting this and bringing back such wonderful memories!! Back then, I had no idea how young Joan and Cyril were at the time.

  • @mauramulligan433
    @mauramulligan433 7 лет назад +10

    I knew all these beautiful dancers. I joined the McNiff school shortly after I came from Ireland in 1958.
    Maura Mulligan

  • @KathleenDeignan
    @KathleenDeignan 10 месяцев назад +1

    How well I remember them - may have had a McNiff teacher in NYC when I was young! Thanks for posting this. Cait

  • @thisproagestyle
    @thisproagestyle Год назад +2

    RIP Joan🙏🏻

  • @darkpearl1
    @darkpearl1 3 года назад +2

    This is the style of dance I learned in the late 1950s, though not from the McNiffs. But the steps are very similar. I'm delighted to see this because dance style has changed so much since this time that I sometimes feel like I learned some other kind of dance!

    • @Wafaloo
      @Wafaloo Год назад

      My mother learned step dancing in the 1950s, but in what was called the Munster style. The McNiffs popularized the Ulster style, which continues to this day. Unfortunately it’s been nearly impossible for me to find video of anyone dancing in the Munster style. I wish I could though

    • @moiraruff3292
      @moiraruff3292 Год назад

      ​@@Wafaloo Look for videos of Catherine Foley. She does some collected Cork dances.

    • @Wafaloo
      @Wafaloo Год назад

      @@moiraruff3292 I’d actually shown her some of those a while back. However we did finally find this clip (in poor quality) of the Dorothy Hayden Irish steppers on the Ed Sullivan show, and she said this was very close to the way she danced: ruclips.net/video/-6FMEDKiBn8/видео.html

  • @ShutdownRevis1024
    @ShutdownRevis1024 11 лет назад +3

    Luv u uncle jim ill miss you

  • @trialltairishdance
    @trialltairishdance 13 лет назад +2

    Wonderful! One thing: Donny Golden didn't teach Michael Flatley-he taught Jean Butler, the female lead of Riverdance.
    Thanks for putting this up!

  • @franatraleagh
    @franatraleagh 3 года назад +2

    Laurence - do you know where this b/w footage is from? Could it have been RTE do you think? Thanks = I am archive producer on a programme called Steps to Freedom about the History of Irish Dance

  • @jaypeckay5898
    @jaypeckay5898 4 года назад +1

    wonderful

  • @squaab2
    @squaab2 11 лет назад +2

    one was my uncle jim Erwin who passed away on Monday 7/22/13

  • @VMA225
    @VMA225 8 лет назад +5

    Brilliant !!!

  • @juliabarca4917
    @juliabarca4917 6 лет назад +1

    El año en que yo nací!!!! Fantásticos!

  • @LaizyDaisy
    @LaizyDaisy 4 года назад +1

    Very Lord of the Dance! I can hear the similarities in that tune and see the inspiration of the formation. Can anyone else?

  • @DavidJones-mn7ie
    @DavidJones-mn7ie 5 лет назад +2

    Jimmy Erwin was my first cousin,though I hadn't met him since the late 80s

  • @ddmtyear
    @ddmtyear 8 лет назад +2

    I have written an ebook which includes the person missing from this video, Peter McNiff..The story would be considered historical fiction however there are many true facts about the startup of the group and possibly why Peter died at such an early age..The story is based on a John McNiff and is written by James McNiff...the title is UNDER THE RADAR..

  • @patriciabuckley195
    @patriciabuckley195 10 лет назад +4

    Ah! Aunt Peggy Buckley! Miss you.

  • @ceolagusrince
    @ceolagusrince 11 лет назад +4

    Musicians: Andy McGann, Larry Redican, Felix Dolan

  • @LMRedican
    @LMRedican  12 лет назад +2

    I hope you enjoyed the video.

  • @djeparker99
    @djeparker99 5 лет назад +1

    Tunes: Music in the Glen / Green Groves of Erin

  • @ceolagusrince
    @ceolagusrince 12 лет назад +1

    Michael Flatley was a dancer with the Dennehy School of Chicago, not the Golden School of New York.
    Thanks for sharing this! I remember watching them on Ed Sullivan, too... and I knew all but one of these dancers.

  • @lihatch
    @lihatch 12 лет назад +2

    do you happen to have the footage from when McNiff dancers were on the Ed Sullivan show? my mother was one of the dancers from that show.. I believe it was the first time any sort of step dancing was on national television

    • @rtl6398
      @rtl6398 6 лет назад +1

      Did you ever find video of the Ed Sullivan performance. I am looking for the same reasons.

  • @sillylittletinkerbel
    @sillylittletinkerbel 12 лет назад +3

    correct everyone donny didn't teach michael, buttt he did teach jean butler! i've danced under him. he's amazing.

  • @Kincorabestbox
    @Kincorabestbox 11 лет назад +3

    Just heard that it may be Larry Reddican and Gerry Wallace. Any other ideas.

  • @dirhabogchick
    @dirhabogchick 10 лет назад +3

    My friend Hannah is in this video!

    • @jeffosullivan2126
      @jeffosullivan2126 9 лет назад +2

      dirhabogchick Hannah O'Sullivan is my sister and recently shared some old pictures of McNiff's on Arthur Godfrey and the Ed Sullivan Show. I think Larry Redican was the fiddler who supplied the music. He was brilliant!

  • @janettedavis6627
    @janettedavis6627 4 года назад

    Where earth ee McNiff school was it co.offaly.

  • @Kincorabestbox
    @Kincorabestbox 11 лет назад

    Who are the musicians?

  • @madagasarjoan
    @madagasarjoan 11 лет назад

    I wonder if we're related? Joan McKniff

  • @gabrieldonohue5550
    @gabrieldonohue5550 7 лет назад +1

    Definitely not Felix Dolan. Could've been Wallace.

  • @jameshenrymurphy
    @jameshenrymurphy 6 лет назад +1

    I am glad men's kilts are a thing of the past.Great music and dancing.

  • @pierrejune
    @pierrejune 3 года назад

    Caption is inaccurate. Michael was taught by Dennis Dennehy. Donny Golden taught Jean Butler.

    • @laurenceredican2110
      @laurenceredican2110 3 года назад

      I screwed this up a decade ago. thanks for watching.

    • @laurenceredican2110
      @laurenceredican2110 3 года назад

      and Donnie Golden was taught by Jimmy Erwin.

    • @pierrejune
      @pierrejune 3 года назад +2

      @@laurenceredican2110 lol no worries. As an Irish dancer, I’m happy for these videos.

    • @laurenceredican2110
      @laurenceredican2110 3 года назад

      @@pierrejune you can’t imagine how many people have told me this!! Lol

  • @ShutdownRevis1024
    @ShutdownRevis1024 12 лет назад

    jimmy erwin is my great uncle