Dargan sisters Claim North American Irish Dancing Championships again

Fiona Dargan defends her North American Irish Dancing Championship!

Photo: Feis America LLC 2011

Fiona Dargan from Rince na Tiarna in New York defended her title as the 2010 North American National Irish Dancing Champion for Girls under 14a on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee. Fiona holds the 2008 World, All-Ireland and North American National Irish Dancing Championship titles for her age group.

Earlier the same week, Kevinah Dargan claimed her fourth North American title for Girls under 17a. In 2005, Kevinah was the youngest North American dancer ever to win the World Irish Dancing Championships.

The sisters are the children of Kevin, who was born in Derry and raised in Dublin, and Tracy, whose parents are also from Dublin. Both girls also excel academically and at extracurricular activities such as violin and intramural sports in Williamsville, New York. They are involved in the community and active in Saints Peter and Paul Church.

The Dargan siblings have studied Irish dancing with Mary Kay Heneghan ADCRG, founder ofRince na Tiarna School of Irish Dance in New York, since age four. Heneghan's parents are also Irish: Thomas from Kilmaine, County Mayo and Mary Breen Heneghan from Kilmihil, County Clare. Prior to founding her own school in 1986, Mary Kay taught for the internationally-renowned Trinity Irish Dance Academy in Chicago, Illinois.

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North American Irish Dancing Championships - the dancers in all their glory - PHOTOS

Nine of the World Qualifiers in the Girls under 14a Event

World Qualifier Erin Karlok from Peter Smith (NJ)poses with Roseanne Waughman from Camelia Rose

Top Five World Qualifiers Girls under 11Afrom Mattierin (WC), Bremer (MA), Rince na Tiarna (NY)
and Ryan Kilcoyne (PA)

Margaret Muise from Tim O'Hare (MI) leaps out of camera view

with the news she has clinched the under 11B title!

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Feis America has been expressly prohibited from providing real-time results and live commentary at the 2011 North American Irish Dancing Championships by the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America. For up to date information and complete results, visit www.nanationals.net.

Feis America magazine is dedicated exclusively to North American Irish dancing and celebrates its dancers, teachers, performers and families bi-monthly with an acclaimed editorial platform and rich photojournalism. Subscribe today and get full NAIDC coverage in the September/October 2011 issue.

North American Irish Dance Championships boys under 8 and 9 top five

Aidan & Alex Boni, Griffin Wilkins, Patrick Mello, Luca Hu, Braedan Mahoney from Harney (MA) and Declan Meager from Marie Moore (NJ) hanging out at the fountain with Feis America!

Ryan Wexler, Luke Voelkel, Jake Garman, Colm Alba and Matt Garman
from Nashville Irish Step Dancers (TN) sporting their NAN 2011 cheerwear!

Greetings from the 2011 American Irish Dancing Championships in Nashville! Yesterday’s events included solo competitions for Senior Ladies, Girls under 13, Girls under 17, Boys under 8, Boys under 9.

Top Five Results for Boys under 8 and under 9… Congratulations!

Boys under 8:
1-Ronan O’Brien from Anthony Costello (Ireland)
2-Peter Mildrew from Boyle (Southern US)
3-Joey Marino from Rince na Tiarna (NY)
4-Daniel Callahan from Lynn (CT/NY)
5-Declan Mangan from Leneghan (Mid America)

Boys under 9:
1-Collin Mountain from Richens Timm (Mid America)
2-Liam Webber from Mulvihill-Lynch (NY)
3-Jude Flurry from Muggivan (Southern US)
4-Ronan Burke from Shea-Jennings (NY)
5-Jacob Parkman from Harney (MA)

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New Yorkers in Top 5 for Girls under 10 at North American Irish Dancing Championships

Emily Marino from Rince na Tiarna in New York
2011 North American Irish Dancing Champion under 10

Three little girls from metropolitan New York Irish dance schools joined friendly rivals from Trinity in Illinois and Gilleoghan in Connecticut atop the Girls under 10 podium last night at the North American Irish Dancing Championships in Nashville, Tennessee!

Emily Marino from Rince na Tiarna (NY) won first place and shared the podium with

2 - Sydney Niewiedzial from Trinity (IL/WI)
3 - Farran Dougherty from Broesler (MD/NJ)
4 - Nora Ahern from Gilleoghan (CT)
5 - Paige Diecidue from Mulvihill-Lynch (NY)


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Buffalo Feis 2011 Champion results

The Irish Cultural & Folk Art Association of Western New York hosted the 46th Annual Buffalo Feis on June 4, 2011, at the Agri-Center in Hamburg, New York. Congratulations to Mary Kay Heneghan, Jim Brennan, the committee and volunteers for another successful event!

Congratulations to all who placed, especially those with perfect 300 scores: Grace Frederick PCu10 from Rince na Tiarna, Kristin Przybyla PCu18 from Woodgate-Shamrock, Emily Marino OCu10 from Rince na Tiarna, Erin Lynch OCu16 from Rince na Tiarna, Mary Katherine Kulp OCu18 from Clann na Cara!

Champion-level results were expertly tabulated by FeisWeb (Alan Schrader with assistance by Katie Quinlan):

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 8 and under 9

1 Heather Buller (Woodgate/Shamrock)

2 Joe Marino (Rince na Tiarna - "RNT")

3 Rachel Mintz (Ni Fhearraigh-O Ceallaigh - "NFOC")

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 10

1 Taryn Costello (Woodgate/Shamrock)

2 Sydney O'Hara (Butler Fearon O'Connor - "BFOC")

3 Kaitlyn Buller (Woodgate/Shamrock)

4 Hayley Bowdery (NFOC)

5 Mackenzie Margaret Mosco (Burke-Conroy)

6 Cody Hoctor (Johnston)

7 Marilena Mohan (Doyle)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 12

1 Casey Borrelli (MacConmara)

2 Kaylee Manning (NFOC)

3 Gillian Whelan (NFOC)

4 Lauren Lozier (Goggin-Carroll)

5 Shannon Quinlan (RNT)

6 Paige Mackintosh (Goggin-Carroll)

7 Mary White (RNT)

8 Sydney Goan (NFOC)

9 Brigid Kennedy (Clann na Cara)

10 Meghan Loftus (Drumcliffe)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 13

1 Liam Kenny (NFOC)

2 Olivia-Lee Ramundi (Gilchrist-Canavan)

3 Alycia Buller (Woodgate-Shamrock)

4 Kiera Baron (Goggin-Carroll)

5 Chloe Bishop (Gilchrist-Canavan)

6 Rima Moussalli (Fay-Healy)

7 Meaghan Fitzpatrick (Doyle)

8 Kallie Hodgkiss (MacConmara)

9 Kerry McCann (Goggin-Carroll)

10 Taylor Anderson (NFOC)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 14

1 Meghan Henry (Goggin-Carroll)

2 Erin Loftus (Drumcliffe)

3T Baylea Johnson (RNT) and Siera Rogers (RNT)

4 X. Patrick Dzielski (O'Sullivan)

5 Kelly Palamar (Young)

6 Rachel Nixon (Woodgate/Shamrock)

7 Annie Pendlebury (NFOC)

8 Jessica Hardner (RNT)

9 Katrina McCollum (RNT)

10 Adler Papiernik (RNT)

11 Maggie Rustowicz (McCarthy)

12 Julia Cousins (Goggin-Carroll)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 15

1 Caitlin Wolf (Bell)

2 Shannon Sinclair (Woodgate/Shamrock)

3 Emily Kollar (Burke)

4 Alexander Pratt (Brady-Campbell)

5 Hollie Mocsiran (Murphy Irish Arts)

6 Emily Jaeger (BFOC)

7 Katelyn Knoll (RNT)

8 Kayleigh Ann Stack (Clann na Cara)

9 Elise Bishop (Gilchrist-Canavan)

10T Brittany Richardson (Francis) and Stephanie Quance (Gilchrist-Canavan)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 16

1 Callie Scott (Cannon)

2 Nicole Finch (Gilchrist-Canavan)

3 McKenzie Cantlon (Rochez)

4 Sara Volo (Boland)

5 Stephanie Praill (Cornell)

6 Megan Tinklepaugh (Clann na Cara)

7 Madison Carter (Boland)

8 Courtney Moloney (Woodgate/Shamrock)

9 Delaney Hassell (RNT)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 17

1 Sierra Barrett (Woodgate/Shamrock)

2 Kaitie Bradley (Bell)

3 Erica Miller (Young)

4 Hannah McGrath (O'Sullivan)

5T Maura Bobak (McCarthy) and Erin Quinn (O'Sullivan)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 18

1 Kristin Przybyla (Woodgate-Shamrock)

2 Victoria Leahy (Goggin-Carroll)

3 Veronica Arnott (Woodgate-Shamrock)

4 Anne Marie Cahill (Murphy Irish Arts)

5 Alivia Roscoe (Woodgate-Shamrock)

Preliminary Championship Men and Ladies 18 & Over

1 David Scheloske (Bell)

2 Alicia Sewell (Kelly)

3 Samantha Miller (Young)

4 Brenna McCabe (McCarthy)

5 Caitlin Mercer (Faherty DeMenezes)

6 Brooke Little (McMahon)

Open Championship Girls under 9

Three Way Tie for First Place

Clare Molony (BFOC), Kiera Kenny (NFOC) and Molly Kate-Brooks Smock (Drumcliffe)

Open Championship Girls under 10

1 Emily Marino (RNT)

2 Danielle Batz (Clann na Cara)

Open Championship Girls under 12

1 Julia Marino (RNT)

2 Shauna Deery (Woodgate/Shamrock)

3 Julia Kilroy (Burke)

4 Erin-Louise Reynolds (Woodgate/Shamrock)

5 Emma Tomlinson (BFOC)

6 Emily McEwen (RNT)

7 Benet Avery (Gilchrist-Canavan)

8 Heather Hudson (BFOC)

9 Lillian Pich (Woodgate/Shamrock)

10 Isabella Simms (Goggin-Carroll)

Open Championship Girls under 14

1 Fiona Dargan (RNT)

2 Moira Lumsden (Burke)

3 Brynna McVittie (Woodgate/Shamrock)

4 Hayley Pereira (Goggin-Carroll)

5 Leiden McMurray (Gilchrist-Canavan)

6 Rebecca Flanagan (Johnston)

7 Colleen Augello (Johnston)

8 Julia Silano (Goggin-Carroll)

9 Nieve Robinson (Goggin-Carroll)

10 Katie Roszyk (Broesler)

11 Aemile Donoghue (RNT)

12 Laura Campeau (BFOC)

13 Jade O'Hara (BFOC)

14 Shannon Johnson-Anderson (Johnson)

15 Laura Ryan (Goggin-Carroll)

16 Hailey Bicknell (Carle)

Open Championship Girls under 16

1 Erin Lynch (RNT)

2 Claire Gallibois (BFOC)

3 Merry Jo Devine (Johnston)

4 Justine Bongers (BFOC)

5 Amanda Macdonald (NFOC)

6 Camille Slaght (Gilchrist-Canavan)

7 Niamh Bryson (Woodgate/Shamrock)

8 Brianna Adams (Francis)

9T Grace Eichenlaub (Bell) and Brianna Robinson (Goggin-Carroll)

10 Audrey Hutton (Burke-Conroy)

11 Siobhan Alexander (BFOC)

Open Championship Girls under 18

1 Mary Katherine Kulp (Clann na Cara)

2 Sarah Paterson (Gilchrist-Canavan)

3 Madeline S. Follis (Gilchrist-Canavan)

4 Joanne Jamestee (Goggin-Carroll)

5 Heidi Daly (Woodgate-Shamrock)

6 Emilie Corcoran (O'Donnell)

7 Jacqueline Boutilier (Goggin-Carroll)

8 Hayley Smock (Drumcliffe)

9 Elizabeth Marince (Bell)

10 Elizabeth Al-Jbouri (NFOC)

Open Championship Ladies 18 & Over

1 Brittany O'Reilly (Drumcliffe)

2 Naomi Marsh (Goggin-Carroll)

3 Rebecca Stewart (Goggin-Carroll)

4 Courtney Lussier (Boland)

5 Sarah Jamester (Goggin-Carroll)

6 Shannon Graves (McCarthy)

7 Ellen O'Malley (Gilchrist-Canavan)

8 Katie Jamieson (Drumcliffe)

Open Championship Boys under 14

1 Nyles Church (Reaney)

2 Aaron Wolf (Bell)

3 Lee Tanner (Gilchrist-Canavan)

Open Championship Boys under 16

1 Gannon Connors (Clann na Cara)

2 Michael Dunning (Drumcliffe)