Aktuality 17. 10. 2015

A look at Irish dance costumes throughout the decades

1957:
Brigid Ellen Berney, 8, and Dennis Shanahan, also 8.

 

Image Credit: Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library.

1960:

Standing: Mary Quinlan, 13; Maureen Cooney, 14; Sheila Murphy, 15.
Kneeling: Jacqueline Hennessy, 12.

Image Credit: Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library.

1962:

Shelagh Comer, Maureen Cooney and Sheila Murphy : The Dancing Sheilas.

Image Credit: Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library.

Pictured here is the famous Belfast dancing teacher Anna McCoy before The McCoy Traditional Dance Group performed in Cleveland.

Image Credit: Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library.

1966:

From left to right, Eileen Banaghan of Lakewood, Seamus Mangan of Cleveland, Mary Agnes Kilbane of Parma, all five years old.

Image Credit: Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library.

1971:

Burke School of Irish Dance.

Image Credit: Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library.

1980:

Bob Masterson School dancers.

Image Credit: Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library.

1998:

Image: Traumrune/Wikicommons

Which style of Irish dancing costume do you prefer? Should we return to the simple styles or do you like the pageantry created with the modern dresses?
Frances Mulraney @FrancesMulraney

Václav Bernard