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Champion titles, between them they went on to win 6 Great Britain titles, 3 British National titles, 1 All Ireland title, 6 Irish National titles, 4 All Scotland titles and 16 Connacht titles. Their most impressive win was at the World Championships in Montreal in 2015, when both won their respective age groups in the same week. They were the first brothers to achieve this feat in nearly 40 years. Matthew won on April 1 (14-15 age group) with a perfect score of 700/700 and Michael won his second consecutive title (18-19 age group) 3 days later.
160:, Fusion Fighters and Trad on the Prom. Michael and Matthew were both a part of Riverdance's 25th anniversary tour and feature in the Riverdance 25 movie. Michael featured as a member of the Riverdance cast that performed in Radio City Music Hall from March 10â14, 2020. He also appeared with the cast on
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Marianne played in an Irish Folk band, 'The Chancers' during their years in Denver, and from a very young age, Anna, Michael and Matthew would perform
124:(World Championships), All Ireland Championships, All Scotland Championships, Great Britain Championships, British National Championships, Irish National Championships, Connacht Championships and Western Regional Oireachtas. They competed in the solo events in each of these major competitions.
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Michael retired from competition after his 2 consecutive World
Championship wins in London (18-19 age group, 2014) and Montreal (19-20 age group, 2015). Matthew went on to win his final 2 World Championships in Dublin (17-18 age group, 2017) and
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Matthew have become known for their choreography. They choreograph and teach for the Hession School of Irish Dance and at the Fusion Fighters annual Irish dance camp. Michael choreographed with the Trinity Irish Dance Company in
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in 2016 and 2018 and together they were a part of the choreography team on a piece performed for Pope
Francis' visit to Ireland in 2018. They are both instructors at the Riverdance Summer School.
120:(CLRG). Between them, they have won over 40 major Irish dancing championship titles across the globe including 5 World Champion titles. These international solo titles they have won include:
75:. Both parents wanted their kids to have some Irish culture while growing up in America. Michael and Matthew's older sister Anna began dancing at the age of 5 at the Wick School of
225:' which amassed over 39,000 shares on Facebook. Since then, they have enjoyed posting dancing videos showcasing their talent and the Irish culture to their social media audience.
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with the band at gigs and concerts. Just after starting in their first dance class, their parents took them to see
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