Instructors
Noreen McAleer, ADCRG, TCRG- Noreen began dancing lessons at the age of 3 and entered her first feis before her fifth birthday. She competed for thirteen years, and qualified for the World Irish Dancing Championships. She passed her TCRG exam in Limerick, Ireland in May 2003. Noreen was also the first Philadelphia Rose of Tralee in 2002 and is the 2013 recipient of the Mary O'Connor Spirit Award. In 2016, she earned her ADCRG. She is a graduate of Bloomsburg University, and is an elementary school teacher. She resides in Glenside and has two sons, Pearse and Tiernan.
Kerri Meenagh - Kerri was introduced to Irish dancing at the age of six, and competed for many years at the championship level, traveling to feisanna up and down the East coast and Canada. She was also a world's qualifier several times. She is a graduate of Villanova University and the University of Pennsylvania were she earned a degree as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She is married with two daughters, Aisling and Saorla. She lives in Glenside.
Frances Donahue - A native of Dublin, Frances danced in Ireland as a child, placing second in the All-Ireland Irish Dancing Championships at the age of 16. She taught dancing in Dublin before emigrating to Philadelphia in the early 70’s. Frances operates a family home daycare at her house in Glenside. She is married, and the mother of two sons in addition to her daughters, Kerri and Noreen.