Park Ridge Irish Dancer Places 11th at World Competition

Ronan Donahue tied for 11th place at the recent World Irish Dance Championships held March 24-31, 2013 in Boston, Mass. 

Donahue is a student of The Dillon-Gavin School of Irish Dance in Des Plaines. The school sent five qualified dancers to compete at the the annual week-long competition featuring 6,000 top Irish dancers from all over the world.

Donahue (U13) tied for 11th place in his age group, while Krisjan Gudmundson (U12), placed fourth overall. Both dancers are now World Medal Holders and are therefore qualified for next year’s World’s competition in London, England. Kristjan earned the distinction of being the highest placing North American dancer in his age group and has proven that you don’t need to be of Irish descent to excel at the sport.