Oct 13, 2021 12:40 AM
LogicDude
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Zixtank
Step 1: Turn your legs into non-newtonian jelly.
sfbiker
Dang, her legs are like 110% pure muscle
MHJohnston
Her transition from dancing to regular walking actually weirded me out. Regular movement suddenly seemed unnatural.
Lurch1911
People should know by now that the Irish don’t dance. They just came together one day and collectively got angry at the floor.
nojustsayitdont
Stepdancer, what...what are you doing?
uncas5128
Honestly most bizarre dance form and I don't like it.
bangbangbangbangbangbangbangban
Like a deer on hot pavement
Jusmar
my upstairs neighbors at 3 a.m be like
erroniousmaximus
sosume
Got me wondering about the Irish National American Dancing Champion...
YourMomIsEverything
Impossible because there's no open carry in Ireland.
MetaSomma
welcometostarshollow
I have yet to see a single irish dancer look like they are happy about performing.
worldsokayestspeler
While this is super impressive, ive always thought this kind of dance looks really goofy
Naefindale
Yea well that’s kinda the point. They weren’t allowed to use their arms.
nw2656hbsg24
Something something the Brits didn’t let us ;)
Cayowin
By something did you mean the Catholic church banned touching in dancing and made everyone keep their arms at their sides, then yes
For those who now have a sudden interest in Irish Dance, she has a YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSRSZCc5gS5vcMCERs49mSQ
Goldenteckel
Thank you. Irish dance is no joke, and can take its physical toll (especially on knees). A friend of mine, in Brittany, had to slow down.
lukeschildt2
MonsoonPoultryHospital
I dabbled a bit in competitive Irish dance as a kid. It was great fun but holy crap were some of the girls ever good.
toxcrusadr
I thought you said "Dabbed" and I was like, that's not Irish!
Arm movement, what’s that?!
GTimgur
I hope she's okay. Looks miserable. O_o
Daxton
Great job, but she looks like she's in physical pain doing it.
theblondeboredbadgersays
My best friend growing up took Irish dancing, most dancers careers are over by early 20's
ihadsomethingforthis
I can barely walk without falling some days.
heller8790
Lol some days we were walking without our senses not working. Fml right.
Ringshadow
Fun fact: they balance on such a small platform in those shoes that toe shoes from ballet are NOTHING to them. They can en pointe easily.
Doesn't that ruin your feet after a few years?
Ask a ballet dancer! I only know this factoid because of a youtuber who fits ballet shoes as a career.
BennyBean1
I guess she didn't read the second book.
Thickinthewarm
Modern Irish dancing evolved from Sean Nós dancing in which one could move there arms. I prefer Sean Nós myself. Good joke though.
Mempress
Sean nos is much more fun!
Irish dance = leg day every day
Lurkinjustlookinohlookarmrolls
MrSwilson
This is the same illustrator who also did Roald Dahl’s books!
Moylsie
No it's not.
Eatswearlove
Quentin blake?
d20money
performance miniskirt
ButteredNoodleDriver
Skintight miniskirts are suuuper Irish!
littlecoatfatguy
Once she gets the Championship achievement, does she unlock the use of her arms?
Not since the troubles ended
Duros62
Just one
Rabidbacon
Also the new Minister for the Ministry of Silly Walks.
JColdIron
John Cleese would be proud!
SnaccAttacc
"Teacher, what should I do with my arms?" "Your what?"
Legageddon
Like what does she do to stop them from atrophying?
ITryToOnlyRespondInGifs
Her arms might be at her sides, but they aren’t relaxed. If they were relaxed they’d be all
Caper2566
Reminds me of my wife when there's a line for the ladies room.
Jaeger6Ix
Remember when Riverdance was all over tv back in the 90s
deckard12
Flatley my dear I don't Riverdance
IsThisAlreadyChosen
And Michael flatterley made a shit tonne of money and bought himself a mansion with lots of gold taps.
FlyingScot
Think the soundtrack cassette is still somewhere at my folks’ house
Dersce
My parents still have it on VHS somewhere.
UnicornSausage
Was that back when that guy on TV was talking to dead people?
UnderseaYeti
Crossing Over w/John Oliver. Commercial break from Mrs Cleo.
Yes that is correct
vaydus
ChristopherHallett
Red Machine D! He broke his fucking ankle.
eyeLied
Peak human performance
Davidnfilms
those thighs could pop me.
tobyisagoodboy
I’m gonna come out and just say it. Idk how you intended that, but this school is mostly just kids and that’s a girls pageant contestant.
MeekrabJones
While I agree that it's still creepy as hell, she was born in 2002 and the video is from this June. She was 18 at the time of recording.
Might be a newer video, but the group mostly post a lot of older videos of her. I’d be cautious if this was an older video of her reposted.
It's definitely possible. The page sharing videos of her also aren't the original source; they rely on others' submissions. The person 1/
Who filmed it easily could've submitted an older video to them similarly to what you theorized. Either way, a grown adult getting horny 2/
Orb99
I have a secret fetish for women with an Irish accent (don't tell anyone please)
Rkhbusa
Their singing gets me every time like a sirens call.
colweb29350
HEY EVERYONE - @Orb99 HAS A FETISH FOR WOMEN WITH AN IRISH ACCENT!
MYNAMEISBOILER
Oh shit
SageOfDepth
THEmichaelscarn12
Hey, you guys talking about @Orb99 's irish accent fetish?
kadaeux
@Orb99 ? The Irish accent fetish guy?
NoRoutesFound
I will pistol-whip the next guy who mentions @Orb99 's Irish accent fetish!
peopleannoyme420
My sister did Irish dance - got dragged to competitions when i was a kid. Shits brutal, but amazing to watch
Alsbet
I also did Irish dance and can confirm the effort bad competition are both rough
SomeFukinWizard
I was going to say "look at her go!" but damn, looking at her face she look beat! What stamina!
xanius
Take a lot of effort to move like that while keeping your torso rigid.
MrMarlin
Destroys ankles and hips at pro level.
I stayed at a hotel in Chicago for work & a group of Irish Dance Competitors were staying there during a comp. They were INTENSE.
SisyphusLivinLife
I've only ever seen a competition once at a hotel and the intensity rivals my time in the service, I felt for those little ones man.
againchina
Wouldn’t surprise me if this video was filmed at 5am before school
Yea man- shit was no joke
Jinxerdog
I did Irish Step dance and stayed at a hotel in Chicago for a competition back in the day! This was before fancy curly wigs were cheap 1of2
So we used squishy spikey hair curlers that we’d wear around town days before the competition to get tight curls. We looked very odd.
Weedies617
What are you doing, step dancer?
J3lek
grlwithnoname
FractalShadows
LIGHTWEIGHT BABY!
duerenlitenhore
YEAH BUDDY
coalminersknuckle
Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder but nobody wanna lift these heavy ass weights.
agent00six
I'll do it though!!!!
saint080
YEAH BUDDY!!!!
BOSSMOPS
I saw the documentary about him nowadays on Netflix. His body is so fucked up he is in constant pain and has to take a ton of meds. Poor man
SociallyAwkwardCanadianMoose
Who is this guy?
TheBentPianist
This isn't Ronnie Coleman. It's Will Harris.
Ronnie Coleman is the dude who always shouted "lightweight baby" for motivation. Am I wrong?
Yep but the guy above isn't him. Weirdly downvoted too for stating this fact.
smirdok
The multiple fusions from multiple surgeries is what really f*cked him up.
Info so I can google please?
I think it's "Ronnie Coleman the king" we could watch it on Netflix Germany, it should be on Netflix US.
PressMyButtonsBaby
I must be old bc I remember seeing this when they weren't reruns. Very nice +1
Some shows do not deserve reruns. This is not one of those shows.
getguds
ilhares
I freakin' love this one. Props to whoever tossed that together.
5GFPLaqZ4nAy2QwrqOEI
can guys be that built but still be flexible?
sungsungasong
You just saw it
i have yet to see someone built like him do splits/ lizard pose/ etc.
ScienceIsCrab
Jujimufu
omg! good point! forgot about him! his TKD background is really showing!
Yes, look up Kai Greene
And jujimufu
LeftRightThere
Years of training to be more than just a blunt instrument
ThereAreManyOthersLikeItButThisOneIsMine
There's a point where muscle mass starts to hamper flexibility, sure, but the "ultra ripped dude who can't wipe their own ass" stereotype...
...is caused more by training and building mass in the wrong ways than an inherent inability to maintain flexibility with bulk.
ExogenousDataStructure
Olympic divers, pole vaulters, hurdlers & wrestlers have incredible degrees of joint/ligament flexibility.
Actual bodybuilders though would be Jujimufu and Kai Greene. They’re super flexible and athletic, yet MASSIVE
fdoyl001
What pole vaulter is *that* built? And flexibility generally doesn't come from the joint/ligament but from the muscle.
^ this. i think his built is very different from hurdlers and wrestlers tbh.
ReaperNo1
Does anyone else find it weird to say "US National Irish Dancing Champion"
JonatasAM
I reckon it is for the descendants lf those that survived the Brutish Isles.
DaveSamsonite
She’s a great dancer, although I can’t help giggling to myself as I imagine this as a Monty Python style silly walk!
yoyo42
She'd be the World Champion except that people outside the US also compete.
texasredheadguy
Yes
daibhe333
No. Why weird? There is an Irish Dancing World Championship (Oireachtas Rince na Cruinn). She is simply the US champion, not the world champ
PicassoCT
"Those damned immigrants, we should build a seawall and make the Irish pay for that" Great chieftain Red All Cap/s
hyperchondriac
I do. Would she also beat the Irish national Irish dancers? Or the Irish National US dancers?
BaronSpaghetti
You should hear some Irish Americans talk about the IRA.
ThisIsntMyActualName
Not really, Americans are that fond of declaring they are 1/18 irish so some of you are bound to inherit Itish traditions in the same way 1/
That Gaelic football and hurling around the world. Its the beauty of allowing immigrants into your country. Diversification 2/2
carsai89
Population of all of Ireland is around 5 million people. There are over 30 million Irish Americans, sooooo no.
Pardyfella
“Irish” Americans
GondwanaCraton
No weirder than Miss Universe.
Also weird.
How can you tell none of them are aliens?
BitRoyal
Morepeople of Irish descent is the US than in Ireland.
Fluckers
To be fair, they are most likely the descendants of the Irish that escaped the great hunger.
Shayceror
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_diaspora We're all over the feckin' place
Hashtagdelta
Tends to happen when a third of your population gets up and leaves to go look for food
Everyone got the munchies
Well, not really. It's what happens when the English steal most of your food and tell you there is a famine.
miked854
Do the Irish just call it "Dancing"?
AhSureLook
You would think so. But we don't.
Curlyjack74
I think we should, but we don't..... we say Irish dancing too.... this is to distinguish from other types of dancing.
Irish person here, no is it called Iriah dancing
TheActualMalloryArcher
I think it's called river dancing
Mordridwildhammer
Also Michael flatley not Irish.
Anyone remember the awful followup that was Spanish, but still Irish dancing? Feet of Flames or something?
PimpinKen
Happily, no I don't. Didn't know it existed.
kongfuchicken
Do Irish freshwater fishfolk just call it "dancing"?
This is incorrect. Riverdance is a show ahich happens to be irish dancing. But not every routine is Riverdance
SecretlyARedPanda
céilí
Commentmeister
More of a dance Party, kinda like a Square dance ish
ExistentialDreadlocks
According to Danny Bhoi it's a mix between a dance and a fight.
https://youtu.be/1msu8iQT3kw
That is an event...
Pronounced: Kay-Lee
HoldThatTHOT
Oh no, you have given suburbanites more ways of spelling white girl names! What have you done!?
More names need spelled with Eth, Thorn, Wynn, Yogh, Ash, and Ethel. Really confuse people trying to spell them properly. ( ð þ ƿ ȝ æ œ )
angorawinch
I fucking love Irish. Every word sounds totally different to how It looks (to my English speaking mind). It’s a complete surprise every time
crashmat
You're going to explode when you hear about the Welsh
SmolCatDad
Wrexis
I think at this point it's more popular in the US than it is in Ireland. Thanks Riverdance.
rossdonohue
I mean there are more Irish in the US than in Ireland so...
catsandbeerandbeerandcats
I dated an Irishman for a bit. He said there's 4 million Irish in Ireland, but 30 million Irish passports in the world.
Homosexualsaregay
If you have an Irish grandparent you qualify for a passport. Lot of people get it for the EU factor
That's used to be the case, now you need a parent with citizenship
There are more Americans who claim to be Irish and have never stepped foot in Ireland*
Apesapothead35
I live down the road from a place called Ireland, US. Settled by the Irish obvs, descendants still doing this stuff at yearly festivals.
I know a ton of Irish Americans that do - second generation etc. Seems a way to keep their roots.
AsAHistorian
Which makes some sense, since tons and tons of Irish folk left Ireland for the USA and had tons of babies.
Riverdance exploded after 1994 Eurovision, almost 30 years ago now. Is it still so popular?
2graves
I have a binder of friends who do it
Must be great exercise. I was thinking about popularity with audiences & performances I guess
Number. No creepy binder
As in “binders full of women” Mitt Tomney style?
v1nsai
You mean that album by the rapper R Money?
Romney
Zixtank
Step 1: Turn your legs into non-newtonian jelly.
sfbiker
Dang, her legs are like 110% pure muscle
MHJohnston
Her transition from dancing to regular walking actually weirded me out. Regular movement suddenly seemed unnatural.
Lurch1911
People should know by now that the Irish don’t dance. They just came together one day and collectively got angry at the floor.
nojustsayitdont
Stepdancer, what...what are you doing?
uncas5128
Honestly most bizarre dance form and I don't like it.
bangbangbangbangbangbangbangban
Like a deer on hot pavement
Jusmar
my upstairs neighbors at 3 a.m be like
erroniousmaximus
sosume
Got me wondering about the Irish National American Dancing Champion...
YourMomIsEverything
Impossible because there's no open carry in Ireland.
MetaSomma
welcometostarshollow
I have yet to see a single irish dancer look like they are happy about performing.
worldsokayestspeler
While this is super impressive, ive always thought this kind of dance looks really goofy
Naefindale
Yea well that’s kinda the point. They weren’t allowed to use their arms.
nw2656hbsg24
Something something the Brits didn’t let us ;)
Cayowin
By something did you mean the Catholic church banned touching in dancing and made everyone keep their arms at their sides, then yes
LogicDude
For those who now have a sudden interest in Irish Dance, she has a YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSRSZCc5gS5vcMCERs49mSQ
Goldenteckel
Thank you. Irish dance is no joke, and can take its physical toll (especially on knees). A friend of mine, in Brittany, had to slow down.
lukeschildt2
MonsoonPoultryHospital
I dabbled a bit in competitive Irish dance as a kid. It was great fun but holy crap were some of the girls ever good.
toxcrusadr
I thought you said "Dabbed" and I was like, that's not Irish!
MonsoonPoultryHospital
Arm movement, what’s that?!
GTimgur
I hope she's okay. Looks miserable. O_o
Daxton
Great job, but she looks like she's in physical pain doing it.
theblondeboredbadgersays
My best friend growing up took Irish dancing, most dancers careers are over by early 20's
ihadsomethingforthis
I can barely walk without falling some days.
heller8790
Lol some days we were walking without our senses not working. Fml right.
Ringshadow
Fun fact: they balance on such a small platform in those shoes that toe shoes from ballet are NOTHING to them. They can en pointe easily.
toxcrusadr
Doesn't that ruin your feet after a few years?
Ringshadow
Ask a ballet dancer! I only know this factoid because of a youtuber who fits ballet shoes as a career.
BennyBean1
I guess she didn't read the second book.
Thickinthewarm
Modern Irish dancing evolved from Sean Nós dancing in which one could move there arms. I prefer Sean Nós myself. Good joke though.
Mempress
Sean nos is much more fun!
toxcrusadr
Irish dance = leg day every day
Lurkinjustlookinohlookarmrolls
MrSwilson
This is the same illustrator who also did Roald Dahl’s books!
Moylsie
No it's not.
Eatswearlove
Quentin blake?
d20money
performance miniskirt
ButteredNoodleDriver
Skintight miniskirts are suuuper Irish!
littlecoatfatguy
Once she gets the Championship achievement, does she unlock the use of her arms?
ButteredNoodleDriver
Not since the troubles ended
Duros62
Just one
Rabidbacon
Also the new Minister for the Ministry of Silly Walks.
JColdIron
John Cleese would be proud!
SnaccAttacc
"Teacher, what should I do with my arms?" "Your what?"
Legageddon
Like what does she do to stop them from atrophying?
ITryToOnlyRespondInGifs
Her arms might be at her sides, but they aren’t relaxed. If they were relaxed they’d be all
Caper2566
Reminds me of my wife when there's a line for the ladies room.
Jaeger6Ix
Remember when Riverdance was all over tv back in the 90s
deckard12
Flatley my dear I don't Riverdance
IsThisAlreadyChosen
And Michael flatterley made a shit tonne of money and bought himself a mansion with lots of gold taps.
FlyingScot
Think the soundtrack cassette is still somewhere at my folks’ house
Dersce
My parents still have it on VHS somewhere.
UnicornSausage
Was that back when that guy on TV was talking to dead people?
UnderseaYeti
Crossing Over w/John Oliver. Commercial break from Mrs Cleo.
Jaeger6Ix
Yes that is correct
vaydus
ChristopherHallett
Red Machine D! He broke his fucking ankle.
eyeLied
Peak human performance
Davidnfilms
those thighs could pop me.
tobyisagoodboy
I’m gonna come out and just say it. Idk how you intended that, but this school is mostly just kids and that’s a girls pageant contestant.
MeekrabJones
While I agree that it's still creepy as hell, she was born in 2002 and the video is from this June. She was 18 at the time of recording.
tobyisagoodboy
Might be a newer video, but the group mostly post a lot of older videos of her. I’d be cautious if this was an older video of her reposted.
MeekrabJones
It's definitely possible. The page sharing videos of her also aren't the original source; they rely on others' submissions. The person 1/
MeekrabJones
Who filmed it easily could've submitted an older video to them similarly to what you theorized. Either way, a grown adult getting horny 2/
Orb99
I have a secret fetish for women with an Irish accent (don't tell anyone please)
Rkhbusa
Their singing gets me every time like a sirens call.
colweb29350
HEY EVERYONE - @Orb99 HAS A FETISH FOR WOMEN WITH AN IRISH ACCENT!
MYNAMEISBOILER
Orb99
Oh shit
SageOfDepth
THEmichaelscarn12
kadaeux
@Orb99 ? The Irish accent fetish guy?
NoRoutesFound
I will pistol-whip the next guy who mentions @Orb99 's Irish accent fetish!
peopleannoyme420
My sister did Irish dance - got dragged to competitions when i was a kid. Shits brutal, but amazing to watch
Alsbet
I also did Irish dance and can confirm the effort bad competition are both rough
SomeFukinWizard
I was going to say "look at her go!" but damn, looking at her face she look beat! What stamina!
xanius
Take a lot of effort to move like that while keeping your torso rigid.
MrMarlin
Destroys ankles and hips at pro level.
LogicDude
I stayed at a hotel in Chicago for work & a group of Irish Dance Competitors were staying there during a comp. They were INTENSE.
SisyphusLivinLife
I've only ever seen a competition once at a hotel and the intensity rivals my time in the service, I felt for those little ones man.
againchina
Wouldn’t surprise me if this video was filmed at 5am before school
peopleannoyme420
Yea man- shit was no joke
Jinxerdog
I did Irish Step dance and stayed at a hotel in Chicago for a competition back in the day! This was before fancy curly wigs were cheap 1of2
Jinxerdog
So we used squishy spikey hair curlers that we’d wear around town days before the competition to get tight curls. We looked very odd.
Weedies617
What are you doing, step dancer?
J3lek
grlwithnoname
FractalShadows
LIGHTWEIGHT BABY!
duerenlitenhore
YEAH BUDDY
coalminersknuckle
Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder but nobody wanna lift these heavy ass weights.
agent00six
I'll do it though!!!!
saint080
YEAH BUDDY!!!!
BOSSMOPS
I saw the documentary about him nowadays on Netflix. His body is so fucked up he is in constant pain and has to take a ton of meds. Poor man
SociallyAwkwardCanadianMoose
Who is this guy?
TheBentPianist
This isn't Ronnie Coleman. It's Will Harris.
BOSSMOPS
Ronnie Coleman is the dude who always shouted "lightweight baby" for motivation. Am I wrong?
TheBentPianist
Yep but the guy above isn't him. Weirdly downvoted too for stating this fact.
smirdok
The multiple fusions from multiple surgeries is what really f*cked him up.
grlwithnoname
Info so I can google please?
BOSSMOPS
I think it's "Ronnie Coleman the king" we could watch it on Netflix Germany, it should be on Netflix US.
PressMyButtonsBaby
grlwithnoname
I must be old bc I remember seeing this when they weren't reruns. Very nice +1
PressMyButtonsBaby
Some shows do not deserve reruns. This is not one of those shows.
getguds
ilhares
I freakin' love this one. Props to whoever tossed that together.
5GFPLaqZ4nAy2QwrqOEI
can guys be that built but still be flexible?
sungsungasong
You just saw it
5GFPLaqZ4nAy2QwrqOEI
i have yet to see someone built like him do splits/ lizard pose/ etc.
ScienceIsCrab
Jujimufu
5GFPLaqZ4nAy2QwrqOEI
omg! good point! forgot about him! his TKD background is really showing!
ScienceIsCrab
Yes, look up Kai Greene
ScienceIsCrab
And jujimufu
LeftRightThere
Years of training to be more than just a blunt instrument
ThereAreManyOthersLikeItButThisOneIsMine
There's a point where muscle mass starts to hamper flexibility, sure, but the "ultra ripped dude who can't wipe their own ass" stereotype...
ThereAreManyOthersLikeItButThisOneIsMine
...is caused more by training and building mass in the wrong ways than an inherent inability to maintain flexibility with bulk.
ExogenousDataStructure
Olympic divers, pole vaulters, hurdlers & wrestlers have incredible degrees of joint/ligament flexibility.
ScienceIsCrab
Actual bodybuilders though would be Jujimufu and Kai Greene. They’re super flexible and athletic, yet MASSIVE
fdoyl001
What pole vaulter is *that* built? And flexibility generally doesn't come from the joint/ligament but from the muscle.
5GFPLaqZ4nAy2QwrqOEI
^ this. i think his built is very different from hurdlers and wrestlers tbh.
ReaperNo1
Does anyone else find it weird to say "US National Irish Dancing Champion"
JonatasAM
I reckon it is for the descendants lf those that survived the Brutish Isles.
DaveSamsonite
She’s a great dancer, although I can’t help giggling to myself as I imagine this as a Monty Python style silly walk!
yoyo42
She'd be the World Champion except that people outside the US also compete.
texasredheadguy
Yes
daibhe333
No. Why weird? There is an Irish Dancing World Championship (Oireachtas Rince na Cruinn). She is simply the US champion, not the world champ
PicassoCT
"Those damned immigrants, we should build a seawall and make the Irish pay for that" Great chieftain Red All Cap/s
hyperchondriac
I do. Would she also beat the Irish national Irish dancers? Or the Irish National US dancers?
BaronSpaghetti
You should hear some Irish Americans talk about the IRA.
ThisIsntMyActualName
Not really, Americans are that fond of declaring they are 1/18 irish so some of you are bound to inherit Itish traditions in the same way 1/
ThisIsntMyActualName
That Gaelic football and hurling around the world. Its the beauty of allowing immigrants into your country. Diversification 2/2
carsai89
Population of all of Ireland is around 5 million people. There are over 30 million Irish Americans, sooooo no.
Pardyfella
“Irish” Americans
GondwanaCraton
No weirder than Miss Universe.
DaveSamsonite
Also weird.
JonatasAM
How can you tell none of them are aliens?
BitRoyal
Morepeople of Irish descent is the US than in Ireland.
Fluckers
To be fair, they are most likely the descendants of the Irish that escaped the great hunger.
Shayceror
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_diaspora We're all over the feckin' place
Hashtagdelta
Tends to happen when a third of your population gets up and leaves to go look for food
SociallyAwkwardCanadianMoose
Everyone got the munchies
Fluckers
Well, not really. It's what happens when the English steal most of your food and tell you there is a famine.
miked854
Do the Irish just call it "Dancing"?
AhSureLook
You would think so. But we don't.
Curlyjack74
I think we should, but we don't..... we say Irish dancing too.... this is to distinguish from other types of dancing.
ThisIsntMyActualName
Irish person here, no is it called Iriah dancing
TheActualMalloryArcher
I think it's called river dancing
Mordridwildhammer
Also Michael flatley not Irish.
miked854
Anyone remember the awful followup that was Spanish, but still Irish dancing? Feet of Flames or something?
PimpinKen
Happily, no I don't. Didn't know it existed.
kongfuchicken
Do Irish freshwater fishfolk just call it "dancing"?
ThisIsntMyActualName
This is incorrect. Riverdance is a show ahich happens to be irish dancing. But not every routine is Riverdance
SecretlyARedPanda
céilí
Commentmeister
More of a dance Party, kinda like a Square dance ish
ExistentialDreadlocks
According to Danny Bhoi it's a mix between a dance and a fight.
ExistentialDreadlocks
https://youtu.be/1msu8iQT3kw
Curlyjack74
That is an event...
SecretlyARedPanda
Pronounced: Kay-Lee
HoldThatTHOT
Oh no, you have given suburbanites more ways of spelling white girl names! What have you done!?
SecretlyARedPanda
More names need spelled with Eth, Thorn, Wynn, Yogh, Ash, and Ethel. Really confuse people trying to spell them properly. ( ð þ ƿ ȝ æ œ )
angorawinch
I fucking love Irish. Every word sounds totally different to how It looks (to my English speaking mind). It’s a complete surprise every time
crashmat
You're going to explode when you hear about the Welsh
SmolCatDad
Wrexis
I think at this point it's more popular in the US than it is in Ireland. Thanks Riverdance.
rossdonohue
I mean there are more Irish in the US than in Ireland so...
catsandbeerandbeerandcats
I dated an Irishman for a bit. He said there's 4 million Irish in Ireland, but 30 million Irish passports in the world.
Homosexualsaregay
If you have an Irish grandparent you qualify for a passport. Lot of people get it for the EU factor
rossdonohue
That's used to be the case, now you need a parent with citizenship
AhSureLook
There are more Americans who claim to be Irish and have never stepped foot in Ireland*
Apesapothead35
I live down the road from a place called Ireland, US. Settled by the Irish obvs, descendants still doing this stuff at yearly festivals.
Wrexis
I know a ton of Irish Americans that do - second generation etc. Seems a way to keep their roots.
AsAHistorian
Which makes some sense, since tons and tons of Irish folk left Ireland for the USA and had tons of babies.
DaveSamsonite
Riverdance exploded after 1994 Eurovision, almost 30 years ago now. Is it still so popular?
2graves
I have a binder of friends who do it
DaveSamsonite
Must be great exercise. I was thinking about popularity with audiences & performances I guess
2graves
Number. No creepy binder
DaveSamsonite
As in “binders full of women” Mitt Tomney style?
v1nsai
You mean that album by the rapper R Money?
DaveSamsonite
Romney