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2026 World Championships – Schaumburg, IL, USA

Murray Academy – Worlds 2025

We could not be more proud of our dancers who represented Murray Academy and the New England Region at the 2026 World Championships, in Schaumburg, IL! It was exciting to see them on the World’s stage after so much hard work in preparation.💚💙 Special congratulations to:

WORLD MEDAL HOLDERS
🏅8th – Ava Krueger, Girls U18
🏅10th – Brielle Maguire, Girls U15
🏅15th – Maeve Marino, Girls U16
🏅4th – Sub-Minor Girls Ceili
🏅8th – Senior Girls Ceili

WORLD RECALLERS
✨13th – Cody Sullivan, Boys U17
✨23rd – Sebastian Lafreniere, Boys U16
✨25th – Ayla Lafreniere, Girls U16
✨41st – Ella Ganly, Girls U11
✨42nd – Scarlett Petrarca, Girls U17
✨45th – Leah McCaig, Girls U11
✨45th – Rowan Wong, Girls U13
✨48th – Shea Wong, Girls U12

TOP 50% –
💫Kelsey Lema
💫Kensington Kirk
💫Leah Rowe
💫Reis Folmar
💫Riley Helling

Many thanks to our workshop teachers, Ferry Academy and Joanne Kavanagh Academy, for all you do for us!

Click on photo above to see our full Worlds 2026 Gallery or click here to see our full results.

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Murray Academy of Irish Dance is located in the Seacoast Region of NH and proud to be home to about 170 Irish dancers. We are a cohesive group of dedicated Irish dance teachers, assistant teachers, supportive parents and wonderful students, committed to learning and growing. There are many different reasons why our Murray Academy families participate in the world of Irish dance…whether it is for sport, exercise, or family tradition, our Murray Academy Irish dancers just love to move their feet! Classes are offered for all levels of dancers, from Pre-Beginners ages 3 ½ to 5, to beginners through to champions.

2025 New England Region Oireachtas – A weekend of beautiful dancing and huge success for Murray Academy!

Murray Academy’s NERO 2025 U15+ Placers and Solo Champions

Congratulations to our amazing dancers who participated in the 2025 New England Region Oireachtas in Providence, RI! We are so proud of the way they shined on stage and of their results which included:

  • Six New England Regional champions and six runners-up, with a total of 22 soloists who stood on the podium! Additionally, 24 of our soloists earned the right to compete at the World Championships in Schaumburg, IL this spring!
  • One champion and a total of 3 dancers on the podium from our Traditional Set dancers. Additionally, 11 dancers cracked the top 10 of their competitions!
  • Five of our teams took the top of the podium as champions with six runners-up and a total of eighteen 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 worked so hard since August and 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 soloists this year, including

  • U9 Boys Champion – Ronen Ives (x2)
  • U12 Girls Champion—Rowan Wong (x5)
  • U13 Girls Champion – Kelsey Lema (x3)
  • U14 Girls Champion – Brielle Maguire (x4)
  • U15 Girls Champion – Ayla LaFreniere 
  • U19 Girls Champion—Fiona Marino (x2)

What a great Oireachtas for the Murray Academy dancers, teachers and families! 

Please see the full solo results summary HERE for all the highlights, including the dancers who are now qualified to compete at the World Championships in Schaumburg at the end of March / beginning of April. 

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Murray Academy of Irish Dance is located in the Seacoast Region of NH and proud to be home to about 170 Irish dancers. We are a cohesive group of dedicated Irish dance teachers, assistant teachers, supportive parents and wonderful students, committed to learning and growing. There are many different reasons why our Murray Academy families participate in the world of Irish dance…whether it is for sport, exercise, or family tradition, our Murray Academy Irish dancers just love to move their feet! Classes are offered for all levels of dancers, from Pre-Beginners ages 3 ½ to 5, to beginners through to champions.

2025North American Championships – Washington, DC

We are so proud of the 40 soloists (including 7 first timers!) who represented Team Murray at the 2025 NAIDC in Washington, D.C. With 9 in the top 10 and 13 qualified for the 2026 Worlds. Our dancers represented Team Murray so well with such positivity, teamwork, and of course excellent dancing! We were happy to see their hard work pay off on stage! A big thank you to the families and teaching staff who put in loads of time and effort to make this possible for our dancers💞

Special thanks to Matthew Ferry @ferryacademy and Joanne Kavanagh @joannekavanaghacademy, our workshop teachers, for treating our dancers like your own. We couldn’t do any of this without you!

Find the full list of participating dancers and summary of results here.

Murray Academy of Irish Dance is located in the Seacoast Region of NH and proud to be home to about 170 Irish dancers. We are a cohesive group of dedicated Irish dance teachers, assistant teachers, supportive parents and wonderful students, committed to learning and growing. There are many different reasons why our Murray Academy families participate in the world of Irish dance…whether it is for sport, exercise, or family tradition, our Murray Academy Irish dancers just love to move their feet! Classes are offered for all levels of dancers, from Pre-Beginners ages 3 ½ to 5, to beginners through to champions.