Catherine's story

Just starting out ...

Catherine began her dancing career with Patrick Farrington in Dublin. The only reason she started was a friend showed her one time her dancing costume and Catherine fell in love.  Once she began dancing in competitions she became hooked. A number of years later she changed schools to a new teacher Mary O' Connor.  Both teachers had been taught by the well known Dublin dance master Rory O' Connor.  While dancing she participated not only in feiseanna but also danced in many Folk Festivals in Ireland and across Europe. 

From an early age she knew she wanted to be a dance teacher and at the age of 24 years she successfully completed her Teachers examination TCRG.

Pleasing the crowds in Germany 1984

After getting her teachers she decided to move to Holland with her boyfriend Jacob. Once in Holland Catherine set up a small class in Amsterdam and continued to teach them until in 1998 the Irish Club Netherlands approached her and asked if she would be interested in teaching a small group of children they had which had just been left without a teacher.  The group had no standard what so ever but Catherine soon put that right.  She continued to teach this group until two years ago when she set up the "Redmond School of Irish Dancing".

Catherine and her daughter Ciara on St Patricks Day 2003

Catherine puts all her energy into teaching and coaching the children, to teach them the correct style and deportment of Traditional Irish dancing.  To give them a sense of their own ability , a sense of team sport , fair play and most important of all to build up their confidence in themselves as dancers and their ability for them to have fun in their dancing.  It is not just about winning in competition but enjoying their dancing and gaining something from it in which they can carry through life.

It's fun to dance Irish!