""The international championships were held in Chicago last year. There were thousands of dancers taking part from Brazil, Taiwan and South Africa, to name just a few countries.""
""When I got married in 1967, I had to leave the job under the marriage bar, but CIE brought me back again to write programmes.""
Bernadette Farrell became the All Ireland Senior Irish Dancing Champion in 1963 and founded The Chaney Farrell Academy Of Irish Dance in 1964. The Academy has significantly contributed to the global popularity of Irish dancing, training many champions and participating in events like the 1994 Eurovision debut of Riverdance. Farrell was also a pioneer in computer programming in Ireland, which aided her and her husband Gerard in building their home in Foxrock. Gerard established a newsagency chain in Dublin city center.
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