We are excited to announce that the 2026 Cyril McNiff Memorial Scholarship Program is now open for applications from now through January 15, 2026! The IDTANA is proud to sponsor several scholarships for high school seniors and current college students, along with generous contributions from Northwest Designs, Ink and our [...]

The Irish Dance Teachers’ Association of North America is proud to share the winners of the 2025 Cyril McNiff Memorial Scholarship Program. IDTANA, with very generous support from Northwest Designs, Ink, was proud to award 60 scholarships as part of the 2025 IDTANA scholarship program, with award winners representing all [...]

We are excited to announce that details for the 2026 IDTANA scholarship program are now available at https://idtana.org/scholarships/. The IDTANA is proud to sponsor several scholarships for high school seniors and current college students. Scholarship program applicants submit an application including demographic information, transcript, test scores, essay, and resume. Applications [...]

IDTANA extends our heartfelt thanks to the chairs of the 2025 North American Irish Dance Championships for hosting another incredibly successful event. We extend our appreciation to the Mid-Atlantic region, particularly committee members Frank Cunniffe ADCRG, Lexa Hickey ADCRG, Suzanne Fuller TMRF, Kerry Broderick ADCRG, Mairead Early TCRG, and Ellen [...]

The Irish Dancers Association of North America is excited to share preliminary details for the 2026 North American Irish Dance Championships! The 2026 North American Irish Dance Championships will be hosted by IDTANA and will take place at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida. Competitions will take place from July [...]

The Irish Dancers Association of North America is so excited to welcome our new executive board, effective May, 2025! Joining the board are Liam Harney, ADCRG from the New England Region, USA who will be serving as President and Becky Chapman, ADCRG from the Eastern Canada Region, who will serve [...]

The days-only schedule for the 2025 North American Irish Dance Championships (NAIDC) has been released and posted at the official website for the competition, 2025naidc.com. The 2025 NAIDC will take place from July 4th – 9th at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Centre in National Harbor, MD, located just [...]

The IDTANA board is so proud to announce the launch of our new website and branding! This project has been in the works for over a year, and we couldn’t be more excited to show off the result. Our new website was envisioned as a resource hub for new and [...]

Wishing all North American dancers safe travels & the best of luck in Killarney!

Reminder that qualified entries for the 2023 Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne are due Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 at 5:00 PM IST. Entries received after 5:00 PM IST on January 31st will be subject to late fees as listed on the syllabus. Syllabus and all event info available at https://ornc2023.com.