and Cassin Academy of Irish Dance are hosting the ICC’s fifth annual Lunasa Feis on Sunday. This year’s Irish dance competition will take place at the Eastern States Exposition in West ...

Besides which, having followed Jackdaw ever since I’ve returned to Buffalo, there is NO other place to see them that is as massively and devotedly attended as the South Buffalo Irish Feis.

Yet as it reaches ever-higher, Irish dance’s integrity holds strong. Irish words like oireachtas and feis (local dancing competition) are ubiquitous. Swarovski-encrusted dresses descend directly ...