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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Melissa McCarthy defeats Paige Turilli for 2011 NAIDC girls under 15 title

Melissa McCarthy from Harney Academy (MA)2011 North American Irish Dancing Champion

Girls under 15B

Melissa McCarthy of the Harney Academy from Massachusetts clinched the Girls under 15B North American Irish Dancing Championship after coming in second behind 2010 and 2011 World Champion Ann Paige Turilli from Inishfree New York. McCarthy also placed second behind Turilli at the All-Ireland Championships.

Top Five in the Girls under 15B event:

2 – Ann Paige Turilli from Inishfree (NY)
3 – Mackenzie Mahler from Blakey (Western Canada)
4 – Kelsey Parry from Pender-Keady (CT)
5 – Breanna Ahern from Gilleoghan (CT)

Top Five in the Girls under 15A event:

1 – Aisling Reinhardt from Elaine Kavanagh (Ireland)
2 – Heather Monaghan from Mulvihill-Lynch (NY)
3 – Meaghan Kenfield from Trinity (IL/WI)
4 – Collette Harling from Cashel Dennehy (WI)
5 – Kellyn Berrigan from Pender-Keady (CT)


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