The traditional step dances of Ireland have been passed on orally for several hundred years, with no record of them ever having been written down. In this book, for the first time in their history, they are presented in written form.

Using a system newly devised by himself, the well known musician and dancer Michael Tubridy, former member of The Chieftains and Ceoltóirí Chualann, and dancing colleague of Connie Ryan, has prepared written transcriptions of nine traditional dances. 

Used in conjunction with direct instruction from a dancing master, these transcriptions should facilitate the learning of these dances and make them more widely accessible than ever before.