World Champions Taught by Parents

World Champions (that we know of) that were taught by their parents are as follows...

Colm O Sé - 11 titles - Scoil Rince Uí Shé, Dublin (parents Seamus and Aine, dancing siblings Dara, Cormac and maybe others)

Daire O Nualláin - 2 - Uí Nualláin, Limerick (parents Tony and Rose, brother Cian)

Brian Grant - 3 - Grant, Ontario

Cian O Nualláin - 4 - Uí Nualláin, Limerick (parents Tony and Rose, brother Daire)

Pat Roddy - 2 - Uí Rodaígh, Dundalk

Dean Crouch - 2 - Claddagh, Essex (mother Pauline, sister Donna)

Ronan McCutcheon - 6 - Setanta/McCutcheon (parents James and Noreen, also taught by Caroline Greene, sister Ciara)

Ciaran Plummer - 2 - Plummer, Ontario (father Ron)

John Mullane-Godley - 1 - Mullane-Healy-Godley, Illinois

Emer ní Mhaoileidigh - 1 - Inis Ealga, Dublin (father Maitiu O Mhaoileidigh)

Dara ní Shé - 1 - Scoil Rince Uí Shé, Dublin (parents Seamus and Aine, dancing siblings Colm, Cormac and maybe others)

Aoife Curley - 5 - Oirialla, Dundalk (father Francis)

Niamh Roddy - 1 - Uí Rodaígh, Dundalk

Leona McCarron - 2 - McCarron, Birmingham (parents Kevin and Helena, dancing siblings Sinead, Siobhan and Niall)

Róisín Turley-Gibbons - 5 - Turley, Coventry (mother Marion, sister Sinead)

Tara McConomy-Hegarty - 1 - McConomy, Derry (mother Elizabeth, aunt Rosetta)

Elan McConomy-Bradley - 4 - McConomy, Derry (mother Rosetta, aunt Elizabeth)

Ellie Maguire - 3 - Maguire-O'Shea, London (parents Michael and Kathleen, siblings Darren, Katie, Sean, Michael and Ciaran)

Sinéad McLaughlin - 1 - McLaughlin, Glasgow (parents James and Kathleen)

Sinéad Ellis - 1 - Sean Eireann McMahon, England (mother Rosemary, sister Natasha)

Ashley Smith - 3 - Smith-Houlihan, Boston (parents Michael and Noreen, brother Cian)

Etain Mulvenna - 1 - Mulvenna, Belfast (taught by mother and aunt - Deborah and Brenda, not sure which is which, apologies!)

Nicole Zepcevski - 1 - Aisling, Australia (mother Geraldine)

Caoimhe ní Bhaoláin - 1 - Ní Chearra O Baoláin (parents Peter and Breda, brother Daire)

3 titles

Michaela Hinds (Butler-Fearon-O'Connor) is the first Canadian to win 3 World titles (so far!), and also the first North American to win three consecutive titles. Ashley Smith is the only other North American with 3 titles.

Youngest Winners

Kevinah Dargan became the youngest North American girl ever to win a World title in 2005 when she won u11. Previously the youngest North American girl was Ashley Smith, who was u17 winner in 2004.

Kevinah is now tied as the youngest North American female to win the worlds, with sister Kevinah (who won in 2008) and Julia O'Rourke, winner in 2010.

Kevinah and Fiona dance for Rince na Tiarna, Julia O'Rourke for Petri, and until retiring Ashley Smith danced for her parents at Smith-Houlihan in Boston.