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A HANDBOOK OF IRISH DANCES - JAMES GEORGE O KEE...

It is with a feeling of anything but satisfaction that one arises from a perusal of extant
accessible Gaelic literature for any assistance in tracing the origin of Irish dances. It may
be candidly said that there are no allusions whatever to dancing either in old or mediaeval
Irish literature. The one text to which an enquirer would naturally first turn  with some
degree of confidence  for information on the sub ject is that entitled the Fair of Loc Carman 
which deals with an ancient festival held at Loc Carman  the Wexford of to-day. In this very
old and interesting text there are to be found some vivid descriptions of a number of
entertainers  and of musicians in particular  who frequented the Fair  but there is no mention
made of the man of dance. It is true that the name Fer Cengal  occurring in that text  has been
interpreted by some as a dancer  and his dance has even been compared to the German
Springendantz  which was a song and dance combined. The name  however  suggests an acrobat
rather than a dancer  but as it does not appear elsewhere in Irish literature it would be
unwise to build any theories on it. [...] This fantastic historic book on Irish Dances with
general remarks  definitions  explanations and descriptions is a reprint of the originally
published work from 1902.

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