Adjudicator Rhonda McCullough pictured with competitors and prizewinners of the Fern Festival Irish Dancing at Coleraine Town Hall in 2010.

placeholder image — Adjudicator Rhonda McCullough pictured with competitors and prizewinners of the Fern Festival Irish Dancing at Coleraine Town Hall in 2010.

RETRO: Memories of Coleraine Irish Dancing Festivals

By The Newsroom

Published 18th Apr 2025, 15:35 GMT

Anyone who walked past Coleraine Town Hall last week will have noticed young Irish dancers practicing their steps in the sunshine.

The Town Hall was playing host to the annual Irish dancing festival.

So we took a look back through the archives of the Coleraine and Ballymoney Times to remember some dancing festivals in the past.

See if you can recognise anyone...

Sophie Hunter who achieved first in the reel 9-11 at the Irish Dancing Festival in Coleraine in 2006.

17. RETRO

Sophie Hunter who achieved first in the reel 9-11 at the Irish Dancing Festival in Coleraine in 2006. Photo: NI WORLD