Total titles in twenty twelve

Yesterday we asked how many World titles this year's World Champions have in total. No correct answers from our Twitter followers unfortunately, so here's the answer!

Boys - 29
Girls - 37
Total - 66!!!

That's right, between them this year's World Champions hold 66 world solo titles between them. Some were first time champions, like Michael Holland, Olivia Griffin, and of course both u11 champions. Some were multiple champions - Suzanne Coyle, John Lonergan, Niamh Taylor and Sean Downes each won their fifth title in Belfast. Here's the full list:

Michael Holland, Olivia Griffin, Melissa McCarthy, Melanie Valdes, Ruairi McCabe and Emma Casey - all hold 1 title each.

Cathal Keaney, Peter Dziak, John Whitehurst, Ronan Kelly, Brogan McCay and Keeva Corry - all hold 2 titles each.

David Geaney, Caolan McKeating-Lynch, Jack Quinn and Shannon Bradley - all hold 3 titles each.

Therese Corless, Sinead Carson, Michaela Hinds and Cyra Taylor - all hold 4 titles each.

Suzanne Coyle, John Lonergan, Niamh Taylor and Sean Downes - all have won 5 titles each.

So that's the titles held by current world champions - but plenty of former world champions competed in Belfast too. Any idea how many titles they hold between them? Answers @irishdancefacts!

New TCRGs and ADCRGs

Congratulations to the following newly-qualified TCRGs and ADCRGs - let us know if we've missed anybody out! This list was compiled from various message boards...

David Barkley TCRG
Gerard Carroll TCRG
Ciara Comerford TCRG
Kerrie Connolly ADCRG
Caroline Devaney ADCRG
Faye Downey TCRG
Natasha Ellis TCRG
Donna Griffin TCRG
Sarah Hopkins TCRG
Adrian Kelly TCRG
Laura Kitt ADCRG
Fiona McRoibin ADCRG
Jemma McSloy TCRG
Martina Miskelly ADCRG
Danielle Monaghan TCRG
David Moore ADCRG
Nicola Robinson TCRG
Sarah Frances Smith TCRG
Lauren Stapleton ADCRG
Róisín Turley McCourt ADCRG

3+ titles in 2011

The following dancers won three or more major titles* in 2011...

Cathal Keaney - Hession - 6

Joe Bitter - Carey - 5
Shannon Bradley - Doherty - 5
Sean Downes - McCutcheon - 5
Claire Greaney - Hession - 5
Cyra Taylor - McConomy - 5

Therese Corless - Aaron Crosbie - 4
Jan Gaca - Ceim Oir - 4
Ronan Kelly - Sylvan Kelly - 4
John Lonergan - Kiely-Walsh - 4
Jack Quinn - Uí Shé - 4
Mairead Trainor-Aitken - Trainor - 4

Jade Bridgwater - Doherty - 3
Lauren Early - Doherty - 3
Michaela Hinds - BFOC - 3
Nadine Martin - Doherty - 3
Molly McAdam - Kelly Hendry - 3
Ruairi McCabe - Morgan - 3
Brogan McCay - McConomy - 3
Alana Pearson - Ceim Oir - 3
Sean Slemon - Rinceoiri na Riochta - 3
Niamh Taylor - Doherty - 3

Other major title winners last year were -

Adam McGhee - Aine Claire Sheehan - Aisling Reinhardt - Ann Paige Turilli - Anna Sulger - Ava Marie Schroeder - Caitriona Quinlan - Caolan McKeating-Lynch - Caroline Gray - Charlotte Sulger - Clare Murray MacRitchie - Clodagh Davis - Collin Mountain - Connor Carlton - Conor Rodgers - Daire Hanrahan - Drew Lovejoy - Ella ní Oisín - Ella Owens - Emily Marino - Emily Penner - Emma Casey - Erin Gaffney - Etain Mulvenna - Fiona Dargan - Frances Dunne - Gabriella Wood - Gerard Byrne - Grace McGrory - Jasmine Withers - Jason Hays - Jessica Bushell - Joe McGeown - John Lawrence Morgan - John Whitehurst - Julia O'Rourke - Kate Kaneko - Keeva Corry - Kelly McCourt - Kevinah Dargan - Margaret Muise - Mark Clifford - Mark O'Malley - Matthew Gardiner - Meghan Lucey - Melanie Valdes - Melissa McCarthy - Michael Holland - Mitchell Hodges - Morgan Comer - Moya Fahy - Nathan Dale - Niamh O'Brien - Nicholas Paulson - Olivia Drury - Owen Luebbers - Owen Sherman - Patrick Mello - Peter Dziak - Richard Murray - Róisín Naughton - Ronan McKiernan - Ronan O'Brien - Sarah Oldam - Sean Crosby - Sean O'Brien - Sinead Carson - Taylor Kerrane - Trinity Gleeson-Halliwell.

*For the purposes of this post, the major titles counted are: All Irelands, Worlds, North Americans, British Nationals, All Scotlands, Great Britains.