Beginning Irish Dance Classes offered for 3 1/2 – 11-year-olds this Fall!

Murray Academy offers classes for all levels of dancers, from Pre-Beginners ages 3½ to 5, to Beginners ages 5-11 through to champions. No prior experience needed. Come join us and let your little ones discover their love for Irish dance. Free trial classes are available on request!

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2024 World Championships – Glasgow, Scotland

Murray Academy – Worlds 2024

We are so happy to have had 18 solo dancers take the stage in Glasgow to represent Team Murray and New England USA at the 52nd World Championships. We were so proud of their many stand out performances over the week, but we are especially proud of their hard work in the lead up! Their positive attitudes and energy throughout the whole process was amazing – such a great group.❤️ Looking forward to keeping the momentum going for NAIDC 2024 in Grapevine, Texas!

🌎🏆WORLD GLOBE🏆🌎

5th – Brielle Maguire, Girls 12-13

🌟SET DANCE RECALL MEDALS🌟

🏅14th – Maggie Krein, Ladies 20-21
🏅23rd – Rowan Wong, Girls 11-12
🏅24th – Fiona Marino, Girls 17-18
🏅26th – Ava Krueger, Girls 15-16
🏅39th – Kelsey Lema, Girls 11-12
🏅45th – Maeve Marino, Girls 13-14

2024 All Ireland Championship, Killarney, Ireland

Murray Academy – All Ireland 2024


Earlier this month, 14 of our dancers traveled to Killarney, Co. Kerry for the 2024 All Ireland Championship. Aside from the World Championships, the All Ireland Championship is regarded as the most prestigious and elite competitions in all of Irish dancing.[a] Of our 14 dancers, Team Murray returned with 5 dancers in the top 20 and 7 World Qualifiers! Our dancers represented Team Murray exceptionally well, with great dancing and attitudes–we are so very proud! (Click the title to read more)

2023 New England Region Oireachtas – Exciting wins for Murray Academy!!

Murray Academy’s NERO 2023 Solo Champions

Congratulations to our dancers who participated in the 2023 New England Region Oireactas in Hartford, CT! 

We had five New England Regional champions and four runners-up—a total of 15 soloists stood on the podium! And 21 of our soloists earned the right to compete at the World Championships in Glasgow this spring.

Our Traditional Set dancers included two champions, and two runners-up with a total of 6 dancers on the podium. On the final day, we saw two of our teams take the top of the podium as champions with three runners-up and a total of 14 teams on the podium!

This was a very exciting year with another strong set of results for our school.  We are so very proud of each of our dancers who competed at this year’s New England Oireachtas. It is always a joy seeing their hard work come to life on stage! 

Special congratulations go to all our 1st place winners this year, including

  • U10 Championship—Rowan Wong (x3)
  • U12 Championship—Brielle Maguire (x3)
  • U13 Championship – Maeve Marino
  • U18 Championship—Charlotte McDaniel
  • U20 Championship – Maggie Krein (x 2)
  • U8 Traditional Set—Leah McCaig
  • U13B Traditional Set-Leia Kim
  • U15 Girls 6-Hand Team B—Nora B, Cailin H, Reis F, Scarlett P, Abby P and Darla W
  • U15 and over Girls 6-Hand Team B—Kassidy H, Katelynn H, Grace K, Fiona M, Hannah M and Abigail W

What a great Oireachtas for the Murray Academy dancers! 

Please see the full results summary here for all the highlights, including the dancers who are now qualified to compete at the World Championships in Glasgow this April. 

ABOUT THE MURRAY ACADEMY
Our goal is to realize your child’s full potential, and to provide them with a wonderful and memorable experience.

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CLASSES & REGISTRATION
The skills taught in Irish dance prove to be invaluable many years later for so many involved.

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NEWS & RESULTS
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