| Sunday,
27th March 2005 (18:35pm) |
| And so the curtain closes on the
All Ireland Championships for another year. The
results of the final 5 figure championships are
now available. An Comhdhail would like to congratulate
all the winners throughout the 5 days and thank
all the dancers for their participation. Thanks
also go to all the officers and teachers who gave
of their time & helped in the running of the
event and the sponsors for their generosity. Finally
we would like to wish everyone a safe trip home
and hope that people following the activities during
the week across the world on the internet felt that
they were of part of the week too! Many thanks again. |
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| Saturday,
26th March 2005 (00:30am) |
Day 4 of this year’s All
Ireland Championships was the busiest day with
10 new Champions crowned (both individual &
team competitions). As usual all the results are
available above. As the solo championships came
to a completion today in the Theatre Hall at the
Helix in the late hours of Saturday night, it
meant that earlier in the day over in the O’Mahony
Hall, the commencement of the always entertaining
& exciting figure championships got underway
with the Unmixed Invention U/16 Championship.
Many look forward to this part of the week and
although it can prove to be a nervous & anxious
time for both teachers & dancers alike, it
is a fantastic spectacle for the ‘neutral’
spectator and today proved to be no different!!
Tomorrow (Sunday) concentrates
the championships in just the O’Mahony Hall
and with the final 5 figure championships up for
grabs the crowds & excitement on Easter Sunday
at the All Irelands is sure to live up to it’s
usual final day finale. The bad news is that there’s
an hours less sleep for everyone tonight with
the clocks moving forward for summertime but the
good news is that the final day has the nice start
time of mid morning before the last hurrah of
this years All Ireland Championships……… |
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| Friday,
25th March 2005 (11:27pm) |
| With 21 out of a total of 36 competitions
now complete, Friday produced another 6 All Ireland
Champions for 2005! The excitement in the halls
was fantastic as each set of results was announced
and the cheering & celebrating lasted long into
the night! Don’t forget to check out all the
full results above. These are being updated at the
end of each day so always check back for the set
of particular results which you are watching out
for. Tomorrow (Saturday)
brings the last of the Solo Championships as the
All Irelands progress to the figure competitions.
We wish all teams the very best of success and
hope that everyone has an enjoyable & exciting
Easter weekend!!
Finally, we wish to thank everyone
attending the Championships for their continued
co-operation in the running of the event. As a
reminder please read the note from the Chairperson
of An Comhdhail, Ms. Carol Carberry, issued yesterday
(See Thursday summary below). |
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| Thursday,
24th March 2005 (11:58pm) |
| We wish to thank everyone for their
co-operation & patience today during all the
competitions considering the large numbers involved
both in the competitions and spectating. Congratulations
to all the winners from Day 2 of this year’s
Championships. Check out all the results above.
We would like to ask everyone
attending the Championships to co-operate with
the stewards from the Helix.
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| Wednesday,
23rd March 2005 (11:30pm) |
| As the first day of competitions
got underway today, An Comhdhail would like to congratulate
all the participants & winners on the first
day of competitions at this years All Ireland. We
wish everyone a successful & enjoyable championships
and hope that all the hard work & efforts put
in during the last few weeks & months will pay
off!! |
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| Thursday,
17th March 2005 (10:30pm) |
| We wish the very best of luck to
all the competitors participating in the 2005 All
Ireland Championships next week and hope that you
find the event a most enjoyable experience! |
