Featured Events

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Recent Performances

Past Highlighted Events/Performances

St. Patrick's Day Shows

August
- Brooklyn Cyclones baseball team's Irish Night
- Shea Stadium's Irish Night
September
- The Great Irish Fair
November
- St. John's University's Celtic Night

How about some Irish dance?
The O'Malley Irish Dance Academy dancers are also available to perform for weddings, retirements, birthdays, and all parties. 

We are currently booked up to four (4) months in advance. Contact us today to book us for your special event.

We can even come and teach some of your party guests how to dance!

 Russo's on the Bay

Where We've Been
In addition to our 2006 Shamrocking Tour, below are highlights of our performances. If you missed us, look for similar events coming in 2007!

For specific dates or more information, please call 718-375-6433 or e-mail us at info@omalleyirishdance.com.

Oireachtas Weekend 2006

Congratulations to all our school winners: Solo Champion Lisa Murphy, and team winners:
-- The Under 12 8-hand Team
-- The Dance Drama Team
-- The Ladies Adult 4-hand Ceili

For photos from the 2005 championships, click here.

Dancers at the Little North Pole

Little North Pole, Rockaway Beach

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! We performed at the Little Nort Pole Tree Lighting Event -- it was a great show for a great cause!

Going "Walnuts"

Our director and dancers got to meet Paulie "Walnuts", played by Tony Sirico from the popular HBO drama "The Sopranos."

The dancers with Tony Sirico

Dancing with Black 47

Black 47

Our dancers opened for Black 47 at Connolly's in New York City on Dec. 9, 2006!

Race for the Cure 2005

OA special thanks to all our dancers, friends and family for their efforts in our fundraising for the Race for the Cure in Central Park, NYC, Sept. 25, 2005.

These "steps" made by our dancers are some of the most important they'll ever take -- we had a wonderful day of "Stepping for a Cure" and raised an amazing $6,749!

Black 47

Some of our young dancers performed for Black 47 at Connollys in Manhattan Nov. 12, 2005.

Dancers with Black 47

Brooklyn Cyclones

Our school danced at the Brooklyn Cyclones gGame on Irish Night, July 7, 2005. We even got our photo taken with their mascot, Sandy the Seagull!

 
Dancers with Sandy the Seagull

Hillary Clinton

Our dancers met Senator Hillary Clinton of New York in June 2004.

Irish Heritage Award

Academy Directory Maureen O'Malley-Byrnes receives distinction at the Irish Heritage Awards in March 2005.

Riverdance Workshop

Our dancers attended a workshop with Eileen Martin, former lead of Riverdance.

 
Dancers with Eileen Martin

Dancers with Marty Markowitz

Marine Park Performance

Our dancers with Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough president, while performing in Marine Park in October 2003.

NBC's Today Show

Our dancers with Audrey Puentes during our live morning appearance on NBC's Today Show in September 2003.

 
Dancers with Audrey Puentes

7th Annual School Dance

Our dancers were on their toes at our 7th Annual School Dance on May 2, 2003!

Our dancers performed at the Great Irish Fair in New York in September. We also got to meet Gov. George Pataki and New York Senator Marty Golden.

Dancers with Gov. George Pataki

Summer 2002

Our dancers were busy performing this past summer, including a performance at the Breezy Point Surf Club in Breezy Point, NY.

Our dancers, Terri and Eileen, had a great time with Maureen and John on the set of the short-lived NBC drama, "Trinity."

They enjoyed meeting and working with stars such as Justin Lewis, Jill Clayburg and Tate Donovan.

Every August we plan a school outing to see the Mets at Shea Stadium.  Our school performs for their Irish Night every year and we are thrilled to dance on the field.

We enjoyed meeting the Mets players and Mr. Met himself!

To view a short movie of a recent performance at Shea Stadium, Click Here.

We even had the pleasure of opening for the band Black 47 at their post game concert!

Dancers with Charles Hynes

Dancers with Howard Golden

New York City Hall

In March 2001, our dancers visited and performed at New York City Hall!

Our dancers have traveled to the sunny shores of Florida to perform with Paddy Reilly and tenor Frank Patterson in concert!

Dancers with Frank Patterson

Dancers in Vero Beach

Dancers in the Second Generation Band

We love to march on our home turf ... especially in our local St. Patrick's Day parades every year!

We are proud to be a part of the Bay Ridge Parade and the Brooklyn Day Parade, where we were the winners of the Best Marching Group!

In March 2001, our dancers marched in the Park Slope St. Patrick's Day Parade with our director, Maureen O'Malley-Byrnes, as Aide to the Grand Marshal.

Coney "Ireland" USA!  Every September we look forward to performing to a hometown crowd at one of the largest Irish festivals around!

Irish Dancer magazine featured some of our dancers on the front cover of one of their issues. 

The picture was taken at the historic landmark, Mohonk Mountain House, in upstate New York where the girls performed.

We have had the honor of meeting many famous people and celebrities.  One of our dancers got a photo taken with former television talk show host, Phil Donahue.

Some of our dancers got a meet Ann Meara, the famous comedian, as well as Jerry Stiller -- famous from "Seinfeld."

We also got to meet soap opera actress, Susan Lucci!

After that, everything else is secondary!
-- Maureen O'Malley-Byrnes

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