World Wins by Region

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.

* Conor Hayes is an Australian citizen who won his World title while dancing for a Southern England school, so his win is counted for both regions.

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...