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Ronan Hardiman
Ronan Hardiman
Irish composer
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Westlife
Westlife
Irish boy band
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Kevin Burke
Kevin Burke
British-Irish fiddler
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Bill Whelan
Bill Whelan
Irish composer
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Deirdre Shannon
Deirdre Shannon
Irish language singer
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Michael Londra
Michael Londra
Irish singer
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Dervish
Dervish
Irish music group
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Shane Filan
Shane Filan
Irish singer
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The Gothard Sisters
The Gothard Sisters
american band
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Julie Feeney
Julie Feeney
Irish singer
Michael Flatley
Irish-American step dancer

Michael Flatley

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Irish-American step dancer
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Awards Received
Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Music

Michael Ryan Flatley (born July 16, 1958) is an Irish-American dancer, choreographer, and musician. He became internationally known for Irish dance shows Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, Feet of Flames, and Celtic Tiger Live. Flatley's shows have played to more than 60 million people in 60 countries and have grossed more than $1 billion.

Flatley is credited with reinventing traditional Irish dance by incorporating new rhythms, syncopation, and upper body movements, which were previously absent from the dance. He is in the Guinness World Records for tap dancing 35 times per second and his feet were at one time insured for $57.6 million. Flatley retired in 2016 due to constant spinal, knee, foot, and rib pain.