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This website belongs to Tereza, Markéta, Lenka and Václav Bernard from Prague, the Czech Republic. Irish culture is our common hobby and the most of all it is Irish dancing in all its forms – from step dancing and sean-nós dancing to Irish set dancing. Our activities were connected with the oldest Czech Irish dancing group called Rinceoirí, where Václav acted as a principal leader for more then 10 years, Tereza significantly formed its dancing standard in position of artistic leader and Markéta danced and also documented its journeys and successes in written and photographic form. Within the framework of this dancing group we conceived a very popular Summer School of Irish Dancing – Bernard’s Summer School. The first one took place in 2001 and the number of participants and the rich Irish culture programme has no rival in continental Europe at present. Three years later we established Rinceoirí Irish Dance Academy (RIDA) as a part of Rinceoirí, which was attended by around 140 people interested in Irish dancing during the past few years. Currently Václav and Lenka are members of Prague Irish Set Dancers, Tereza dances in Hession School in Galway and had recently toured with Rhythm of the Dance show and Markéta occasionally teaches Irish dancing and sean nós dancing.
We established ‘Bernard’s Irish Music School ‘, in September 2010, which provides regular Irish music classes during the school year. In co-operation with The Prague Irish Set dancers we organize ‘Prague Irish Set Dancing Weekend’, which is held in spring time and we are preparing our own set dancing weekend with the name ‘Step to the East’, which will take a place in Prague in December 2011 for the first time. Every year we contribute to St. Patrick’s Day celebrations by organising ceilí evening with live music, dance and other programme.
Our website acts as promotion of Irish dancing in the Czech Republic. It is a source of information for those who are interested in Bernard’s Summer School and other similar events in this country. We will be delighted if you always find something interesting and inspiring for yourselves with every visit of our website.
The 10 most popular Irish last names
03. 05. 2012 | 9 reads
Irish and Irish-Americans alike tend to be immensely proud of their surnames.
Many a Irish family proudly declare their Irish roots by displaying the crest of their clan in their homes.
But which last names win in the battle of Irishness?
IrishCentral took a look at the list of the most common surnames in Ireland in order to come up with a top 10 list.
Smith and Murray are two of the most common, but one is of British origins and the other’s Scottish, so they didn’t make the cut.
Here, then, are the 10 most Irish last names:
Historical Irish silent films are now available online
09. 02. 2012 | 62 reads
Trinity College archives opened to public in major move.
In exciting news, Irish Film & TV (IFTV) (http://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/) Research Online, a Trinity College project, is making available nine dramatized films about the Irish, made in Ireland and America by Sidney Olcott and others during the period of 1910 to 1915.
Canadian-born Alcott, who was of Irish heritage, moved to Ireland and made several films there. He even had plans for a permanent studio in Beaufort, County Kerry, but the First World War intervened.
