The league table for World titles by region looks like this:
Ulster: 133
Leinster: 117
Munster: 98
Midlands England: 92
Southern England: 58*
Scotland: 24
Connacht: 23
Mid-Atlantic USA: 20
North West England: 17
Eastern Canada: 16
Mid-America USA: 15
New England USA: 6
Australia: 4*
Western USA: 3
North East England: 1
Southern USA: 1
By country:
Island of Ireland: 371
Mainland UK: 192*
USA: 45
Canada: 16
Australia: 4*
For individual winners from each region, the list is as follows:
Ulster: 61
Munster: 40
Leinster: 36
Southern England: 36*
Midlands England: 32
Connacht: 15
Mid-Atlantic USA: 15
Mid-America USA: 12
North West England: 10
Eastern Canada: 9
Scotland: 8
Australia: 4*
New England USA: 3
Western USA: 3
North East England: 1
Southern USA: 1
And finally the averages just for fun - number of titles divided by number of individual champions:
Leinster: 3.25
Scotland: 3
Midlands England: 2.87
Munster: 2.45
Ulster: 2.18
New England USA: 2
Eastern Canada: 1.77
North West England: 1.7
Southern England: 1.61
Connacht: 1.53
Mid-Atlantic USA: 1.33
Mid-America USA: 1.25
Australia: 1
North East England: 1
Western USA: 1
Southern USA: 1
...so that means champion dancer from Leinster won an average of 3.25 each.
Please excuse any rusty geography - Irish dance regions don't always make sense!
We're not trying to make a political point about Northern Ireland...it just makes sense to group them together as Ulster dancers qualify at the All-Irelands rather than any of the mainland British majors...
