 Welcome to the
Irish DanceSport Federations web site.
We do hope that you like it. On behalf
of all our council members I welcome you to our latest way of communicating. It is with great pleasure and excitement that we launch our web site giving everyone the opportunity to become part of our way forward.
I am sure if you take the time to browse our site you will find something to interest you.
The information contained within the site is provided to cater for all the needs of dancers and supporters, from points charts to future events, programmes, rules, links to other sites, council members, etc. etc..
We would like to give you all the opportunity to be a part of this new venture. If you feel you can contribute in any way or have any suggestions to improve or change the way we have set out the site please do not hesitate to contact
us through the appropriate channel.
We will also have the facilities for those wishing to advertise or promote their own competitions; goods, dates, etc.. Just get in touch. We will be delighted to hear from you.
Thank you for taking the time to connect to our site. Hoping you have found it informative.
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Introduction to our program... The Irish DanceSport Federation, the Governing Body for DanceSport in Ireland, was initially founded in 1937 with the title “The Irish Society of Amateur Dancers”. The Hon. Chairman at its founding was Mr George Begley recently deceased. After many years in 1958 the Society was re-inaugurated and restyled, as a limited company by guarantee, under the title “The
Society of Amateur Ballroom Dancing Limited”.
In 1974 the Society was recognised internationally as the Governing Body for Amateur Competitive Ballroom Dancing in Ireland and accepted as the sole Irish member of
the International Council of Amateur Dancers, the body which is now known as the International DanceSport Federation. This is the Governing Body for DanceSport world-wide and is recognised by
and a member of the International Olympic Council.
In 1992 in line with the emerging trend of distinguishing between DanceSport, i.e. competitive Ballroom Dancing, and Social and Medal-Test dancing, the Society was
again re-named, on this occasion to the “Irish DanceSport Federation”. A link with the original title is Mr Barney Meehan who has served, and is still serving, on Council under all three titles.
In
its earlier years and indeed until the mid 1980s DanceSport was confined, with a few notable exceptions, to Dublin and the surrounding areas. Since then the Federation has made great efforts to
spread the DanceSport Gospel to other areas of the country, and now has affiliated bodies in each of the four provinces. The affiliates are known by their titles of the Connaught, Leinster,
Munster and Ulster DanceSport Boards. They each have the delegated responsibility of looking after the interests of DanceSport in their respective areas.
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