Organisation Homepage of Comhdhail Na Muinteoiri Le Rinci Gaelacha

NEW! Convention 2008
Convention 2008 will be hosted by the Waterford Branch and will be held in the Woodlands Hotel, Waterford on August 23rd and 24th. More information on this years convention will be posted on our website shortly.
Published - 17/02/2008

NEW! TCRG & ADCRG Examinations
Held on 23rd and 24th February 2008 in Merville House, Newtownabbey. For more information on directions, a map and accomodation details please see the Latest News Page.
Published - 16/02/2008

NEW! Story on Ann McHughs wonderful achievement of 60 Years Teaching Dancing
Telling of Ann's dancing life from when she started lessons at the age of 7 with Peggy O'Neill, to how she opened up her own School of Dancing, the Shamrock Academy......
Published - 16/02/2008

NEW! Trip to Poland for Cork Dancers
Read all about the Rachel Kelly School of Irish Dancing who got the wonderful opportunity to travel to Poland and met Lech Valesa, the former President and Nobel Prize Winner.
Published - 16/02/2008

Branch Intranet Facility
Why not use our Branch Intranet Facility to keep your Branch Members up to date with the goings on within your Branch. For more information on how your Branch can avail of this service please view the Latest News section of the Teachers Login Area.
Published - 16/02/2008

Teachers Login Area
Any Teachers who have not yet set up a Teachers Login Account - you can do so by Emailing An Comhdhail and I will give you more details on same. Please Note: You must have a Teacher Login Account in order to access the New Branch Intranet Facility.
Published - 16/02/2008

Dates, Timetable, Venue & Accomodation details for All Ireland 2008
Now Available!!
For more information regarding the above please see the All Ireland Home Page.
Published - 16/02/2008

An Comhdhail's Organisation

Members of An Comhdháil
Member shall mean an individual who, having the required qualifications has applied for, and has been duly admitted in accordance with the Constitution and Rules of An Comhdháil, to membership thereof. Members of An Comhdháil are fully qualified teachers, TCRG or Teastais De Comhdháil Na Rince Gaelacha (or an equivalent Teastais De Coimisiun Na Rince Gaelacha) and adjudicators, ADCRG or Ard Diploma Na Comhdháil Na Rince Gaelacha (or equivalent Ard Diploma An Coimisiun Na Rince Gaelacha) of Irish Dancing. Each member must be affiliated to a branch.

There are 24 branches:

Australia	Southern England Region
Belfast	Midlands
Belfast Regional	Mid-Ulster
Connacht	Newry
Cork	North Connaught
Derry/Donegal	Scotland
Channel Islands	East European (Slovakia)
Dublin	South Derry/South West Antrim
Israel	USA
Kildare/Laois	Waterford
London	West Tyrone
London & Home Counties	Wicklow

It is the purpose and business of each branch to foster, encourage and promote at a local level the art and practice of Irish Dancing and to protect, defend and improve the rights and conditions of its members. Each branch is entitled to a number of delegates on the Executive dependant upon the number of members within the branch. These delegates are elected at the branch Annual General Meeting. The number of delegates that a branch may appoint to the Executive shall be in accordance with the following scale:

10 members or under	1 delegate
11 - 20 members	2 delegates
21 - 30 members	3 delegates

and so on.

The delegate is entitled to represent their branch at Executive meetings and is also eligible for nomination as an Officer of the Executive at the Annual Convention provided that they have not been absent from 3 consecutive Executive meetings.

The mandate for the Executive runs from the end of the Annual Convention, immediately following the election of its members, to the end of the next succeeding Convention.

Delegates are elected to the following positions:

President

Assistant Treasurer

Chairperson

PRO (Public Relations Officer)

Vice Chairperson

Feis Registrar

Secretary

Website Administrator

Assistant Secretary

All Ireland Trophy Administrator

Treasurer

The primary purpose and duty of the Executive is to execute and carry into effect the policies of the Convention and to administer the affairs of An Comhdháil.

The Executive is also responsible for the following:

The organisation of Convention
Examinations in respect of teachers and adjudicators of Irish Dancing
Promoting and holding competitions of Irish Dancing and providing prizes and awards for same
Promoting and holding of the All Ireland and International Dancing Championships and providing prizes and awards for same.
The election of adjudicators to preside at the All Ireland and International Dancing Championships

The Annual Convention is the supreme governing body of An Comhdháil and is made up of each member of the organisation.

It generally takes place over a weekend in mid summer and is staged by different branches. In advance of the convention, each branch submits motions for discussion. The motions are primarily concerned with the organisations Constitution and Rules.

Convention is presided over by the Executive as their last duty of their year in office. New officers of the Executive will then be appointed by the branch delegates present.

A graduation dinner and ceili dance takes place over the weekend to present those who have qualified as teachers and adjudicators that year with their diplomas.