Irish Dance In Ireland In The 1800s
In Ireland in the 1800’s huge events that would affect the history of Ireland took place. In 1801 the “Act of Union” was formed, which lead to the Young Ireland Movement. Near the end of the Young Ireland Movement the Great Potato Famine took place. This lead to the formation of the Gaelic League, which protected the culture of Ireland, and the most popular part of the culture today is Irish Dancing. The “Act of Union” was an act formed in 1801 between the two countries of Ireland and England, this act was formed to join Ireland and England together. The first time this act was proposed was in 1798, but this act was not officially put into effect until 1801. Many reforms were put in place due to this act. One of the reforms was
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to abolish the Dublin Parliament,and it said Ireland was to be represented at Westminster by a hundred MPs, four Lords Spiritual, and twenty-eight Lords Temporal. The Anglican Church was supposed to be recognised as the official Church of Ireland. And no Catholics were to be allowed to hold a position of public office. There was to be no Catholic Emancipation either. This was the result of King George III not wanting to break his oath to uphold the Anglican Church. Ireland was allowed to keep its own Courts of Justice and civil service. Ireland was responsible for two-seventeenths of the general expense of the United Kingdom, and was to keep a separate Exchequer. There was also free trade between Ireland and Great Britain. This act also lead to the Young Ireland Movement of the 1840’s.
In 1843 O’Connell was joined by some new allies, a group of middle-class men who later became known as the Young Ireland. This group known as the Young Ireland wrote the newspaper was called “The Nation”. The Young Ireland Movement took place in the 1840’s in order to repeal the “Act of Union”. Daniel O’Connell started the whole movement on July 11, 1846 ,when he presented his “Peace Resolutions”. He demanded the absolute renunciation of the use of physical force in pursuit of all national aims, meaning he did not want the use of physical force in the pursuit of any national aims. He demanded this from all the members of his loyal National Repeal Association. The Young Ireland faction were unwilling to accept not using physical force. On July 28th the Young Irelanders walked out of the Conciliation Hall, breaking off the ties with Daniel O’Connell and his supporters. In the previous gatherings they went along with O’Connell’s ideas, but eventually sought out greater more radical ideas. After splitting up with O’Connell the Young Irelanders tried to form their own revolutionary organization called the Irish Confederation. In the year of 1848 the Irish Confederation was so enraged by the terrible events of the Great Potato Famine, a period of time full of death, illness, emigration, disease, and starvation, that they attempted to riot against the British. This resulted in the most of the leaders ending up in prison or exile. This was a movement that was unsuccessful in achieving their goals, but it was a forerunner for two later movements, which was the Rise of Fenians and the Gaelic Cultural Movement. Although the Young Irelanders were a major cultural force that captured the interest of many of their contemporary public and many generations of Irish nationalist, they are often cast to the side in Irish history due to the movements failure and is often outshined by bigger events, such as the Great Potato Famine.
In 1845-1849 The Great Potato Famine took place, this was a period of death, illness, emigration, disease, and starvation. This famine occurred in Ireland when the potato crop failed in successive years.The potato crop failed due to late blight, which is a disease that destroys the leaves and edible roots of potatoes, this disease is caused by Phytophthora infestans aka water mold. This disease impacted Ireland and affected the British markets. The British government’s attempts to help in the situation did not work. Due to the failure of the potato crops many people died of starvation, and during this time there was also many outbreaks of Typhus and similar diseases, such as fever, dysentery, and smallpox.
The Gaelic league was formed at the closing of the 19th century to protect the language called Gaelige, because the language was in a general decline before and at the start of the century, and the death toll from the Great Famine of 1845-1849, the cholera and typhus epidemics, and the waves of emigration of those trying to move from Ireland, certainly made matters worse. A group of enthusiasts gathered together to form a society to protect the dying culture. The a meeting in Dublin, on the date of the 13th of 1893, put forth the aims of the society. The aims were to persevere the national language and the literature, and other aspects of the culture. The Gaelic League started organizing language classes for the language of Gaeilge, and these classes spread out across the country.The language was taught in schools across the country to preserve the language. The Gaelic League was also to preserve the culture. They had to preserve the cultures because the population had such a rapid decrease. The Gaelic League is still around and it is still protecting the cultures and language today. One part of the culture is very well known today, this part of the culture would be Irish dancing.
Irish dance has been around since about four-hundred A.D.
and Irish dance is still popular today. Many Irish dancers practice for hours to participate in a Feis, which is a festival where people can come together in music, dance, sing, theatre, and sport, and these festivals are held year round. In the Feis there is a dance competition. In Feis competitions there are different levels, when a dancer wins first place in a few times they can move up a level. As a beginner and advanced beginner a dancer has to place a first, second, or third in all dances to move up levels. Once a dancer reaches novice they must place first in all dances to move up, from there on a dancer can only move up once they get first and this becomes harder as a dancer moves up levels. There is many different dances in irish dancing. There is the jig, the reel, the hornpipes, and set dances, there is also subcategories of the jig. The jig has many subcategories, such as the slip jig, single jig, hard jig, and the light jig. In light jig, dancers stop practicing at a certain level. Another important part of these dances is the type of shoe used for the dance. There is three different types of shoes. These would be Ghillies, hard shoes, and Reel shoes. Ghillies are soft shoes, similar to ballet flats, these shoes are made of leather and are tied with laces and these shoes are only worn by females. Ghillies are used in soft shoe dances, such as the light jig. The next shoe is the hard jig. The hard shoes, which are similar to tap shoes, are bulkier and heavier with the toes and heel made of fiberglass to make the clicks and taps needed in the dance. These shoes are worn by both genders and are used for hard shoe dances, like the hard jig. The next shoe is the Reel shoe, which are similar to jazz shoes but more flexible, these shoes are soft yet have a hard heel. These shoes are for boys and are worn for soft dances. Costumes are also a key component Irish dancing today. In the 1800’s and early
1900’s people would wear their “Sunday best” to dance in after church on Sundays. Nowadays dancers wear costumes to dance in. Girls wear colorful heavy a-line dresses with designs embroidered onto the dress. More often than not theses designs are celtic designs. Sometimes girls wear a cape tied at their shoulders with a brooch. The most common broach to wear with the cape would be the Tara brooch, which dates back to around 700 A.D. Costumes for boys are simpler than that of a girls. A boy can wear a kilt or black trousers, though most just choose to wear black trousers nowadays. Another common costume piece found in Irish dancing is wigs. Wigs are worn by girl if that dancer has short hair or straight hair. Wigs are worn to make a dancer’s hair look curly, these wigs can be found in many color choices to match the hair color of the dancer. Dancers often spend quite a bit of money on costumes, shoes, and wigs alone. There is also many benefits of Irish dancing, a person can join a great supportive community, and make friends, There is also the benefit of physical fitness and coordination. Overall, Irish dancing is a great hobby or sport to join.
to abolish the Dublin Parliament,and it said Ireland was to be represented at Westminster by a hundred MPs, four Lords Spiritual, and twenty-eight Lords Temporal. The Anglican Church was supposed to be recognised as the official Church of Ireland. And no Catholics were to be allowed to hold a position of public office. There was to be no Catholic Emancipation either. This was the result of King George III not wanting to break his oath to uphold the Anglican Church. Ireland was allowed to keep its own Courts of Justice and civil service. Ireland was responsible for two-seventeenths of the general expense of the United Kingdom, and was to keep a separate Exchequer. There was also free trade between Ireland and Great Britain. This act also lead to the Young Ireland Movement of the 1840’s.
In 1843 O’Connell was joined by some new allies, a group of middle-class men who later became known as the Young Ireland. This group known as the Young Ireland wrote the newspaper was called “The Nation”. The Young Ireland Movement took place in the 1840’s in order to repeal the “Act of Union”. Daniel O’Connell started the whole movement on July 11, 1846 ,when he presented his “Peace Resolutions”. He demanded the absolute renunciation of the use of physical force in pursuit of all national aims, meaning he did not want the use of physical force in the pursuit of any national aims. He demanded this from all the members of his loyal National Repeal Association. The Young Ireland faction were unwilling to accept not using physical force. On July 28th the Young Irelanders walked out of the Conciliation Hall, breaking off the ties with Daniel O’Connell and his supporters. In the previous gatherings they went along with O’Connell’s ideas, but eventually sought out greater more radical ideas. After splitting up with O’Connell the Young Irelanders tried to form their own revolutionary organization called the Irish Confederation. In the year of 1848 the Irish Confederation was so enraged by the terrible events of the Great Potato Famine, a period of time full of death, illness, emigration, disease, and starvation, that they attempted to riot against the British. This resulted in the most of the leaders ending up in prison or exile. This was a movement that was unsuccessful in achieving their goals, but it was a forerunner for two later movements, which was the Rise of Fenians and the Gaelic Cultural Movement. Although the Young Irelanders were a major cultural force that captured the interest of many of their contemporary public and many generations of Irish nationalist, they are often cast to the side in Irish history due to the movements failure and is often outshined by bigger events, such as the Great Potato Famine.
In 1845-1849 The Great Potato Famine took place, this was a period of death, illness, emigration, disease, and starvation. This famine occurred in Ireland when the potato crop failed in successive years.The potato crop failed due to late blight, which is a disease that destroys the leaves and edible roots of potatoes, this disease is caused by Phytophthora infestans aka water mold. This disease impacted Ireland and affected the British markets. The British government’s attempts to help in the situation did not work. Due to the failure of the potato crops many people died of starvation, and during this time there was also many outbreaks of Typhus and similar diseases, such as fever, dysentery, and smallpox.
The Gaelic league was formed at the closing of the 19th century to protect the language called Gaelige, because the language was in a general decline before and at the start of the century, and the death toll from the Great Famine of 1845-1849, the cholera and typhus epidemics, and the waves of emigration of those trying to move from Ireland, certainly made matters worse. A group of enthusiasts gathered together to form a society to protect the dying culture. The a meeting in Dublin, on the date of the 13th of 1893, put forth the aims of the society. The aims were to persevere the national language and the literature, and other aspects of the culture. The Gaelic League started organizing language classes for the language of Gaeilge, and these classes spread out across the country.The language was taught in schools across the country to preserve the language. The Gaelic League was also to preserve the culture. They had to preserve the cultures because the population had such a rapid decrease. The Gaelic League is still around and it is still protecting the cultures and language today. One part of the culture is very well known today, this part of the culture would be Irish dancing.
Irish dance has been around since about four-hundred A.D.
and Irish dance is still popular today. Many Irish dancers practice for hours to participate in a Feis, which is a festival where people can come together in music, dance, sing, theatre, and sport, and these festivals are held year round. In the Feis there is a dance competition. In Feis competitions there are different levels, when a dancer wins first place in a few times they can move up a level. As a beginner and advanced beginner a dancer has to place a first, second, or third in all dances to move up levels. Once a dancer reaches novice they must place first in all dances to move up, from there on a dancer can only move up once they get first and this becomes harder as a dancer moves up levels. There is many different dances in irish dancing. There is the jig, the reel, the hornpipes, and set dances, there is also subcategories of the jig. The jig has many subcategories, such as the slip jig, single jig, hard jig, and the light jig. In light jig, dancers stop practicing at a certain level. Another important part of these dances is the type of shoe used for the dance. There is three different types of shoes. These would be Ghillies, hard shoes, and Reel shoes. Ghillies are soft shoes, similar to ballet flats, these shoes are made of leather and are tied with laces and these shoes are only worn by females. Ghillies are used in soft shoe dances, such as the light jig. The next shoe is the hard jig. The hard shoes, which are similar to tap shoes, are bulkier and heavier with the toes and heel made of fiberglass to make the clicks and taps needed in the dance. These shoes are worn by both genders and are used for hard shoe dances, like the hard jig. The next shoe is the Reel shoe, which are similar to jazz shoes but more flexible, these shoes are soft yet have a hard heel. These shoes are for boys and are worn for soft dances. Costumes are also a key component Irish dancing today. In the 1800’s and early
1900’s people would wear their “Sunday best” to dance in after church on Sundays. Nowadays dancers wear costumes to dance in. Girls wear colorful heavy a-line dresses with designs embroidered onto the dress. More often than not theses designs are celtic designs. Sometimes girls wear a cape tied at their shoulders with a brooch. The most common broach to wear with the cape would be the Tara brooch, which dates back to around 700 A.D. Costumes for boys are simpler than that of a girls. A boy can wear a kilt or black trousers, though most just choose to wear black trousers nowadays. Another common costume piece found in Irish dancing is wigs. Wigs are worn by girl if that dancer has short hair or straight hair. Wigs are worn to make a dancer’s hair look curly, these wigs can be found in many color choices to match the hair color of the dancer. Dancers often spend quite a bit of money on costumes, shoes, and wigs alone. There is also many benefits of Irish dancing, a person can join a great supportive community, and make friends, There is also the benefit of physical fitness and coordination. Overall, Irish dancing is a great hobby or sport to join.