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Light shoe dances:

Reel, Light Jig, Slip Jig, Single Jig

Hard shoe dances:

Hornpipe, Treble Jig, Treble Reel

Some traditional hard shoe dances:

St. Patrick's Day, The Blackbird, The Job of Journeywork, The Garden of Daisies

Some traditional "ceili" group dances:

High Cauled Cap, Trip to the Cottage

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The popular group Irish folk dance would be set or ceili dancing, often done in groups of eight. As to THE popular dance, let me tell you a joke: How many Irish set dancers does it take to change a light bulb? Eight, one to screw the light bulb in and seven to say that is not how we do it where I come from. Irish set dancing will vary from County to County, town to town, bar to bar. Getting agreement in the bar is no guarentee. My advice, see what the locals are doing, try to imitate and have some fun.

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Many different names. The most popular (and the most fun) is called a "jig".

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Some people call it riverdance. I call it plain old Irish dancing though. ;) IT'S SO FUN!! :D

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Well there are lots of dances that are traditional. I will try to name them all: Hornpipe, Treble Jig, Treble Reel, St. Patricks day, Reel, Jig, and Slip Jig.

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