Sincere thanks to John Carey Designs for donating a large number of costumes to the foundation. You will make a lot of young dancers very happy when we distribute them. The foundation is so grateful for the continued support, from…
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The Marie Duffy Foundation is extremely grateful to the All Scotland Championships Organising Committee for organising and donating the proceeds of its 2018 Grand Prize Draw to the Foundation.  Some truly wonderful prizes have already been donated and more are…
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The Foundation is delighted to acknowledge a very generous donation of£800 from the Australian Irish Dancing Association. This follows the AIDA 2017 Dance Championships where the 50th Anniversary of the organisation was celebrated. The Foundation sponsored the composition and production…
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Thank you Jackie Healy for organising the fabulous Sweetie Tombola fundraiser at the Ceim Oir Open Feis. It was a big hit with all the dancers who enjoyed the wonderful Halloween treats.   Thank you also to Diageo who matched…
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We’d like to thank the Ceim Oir Feis 2017 for supporting the Marie Duffy Foundation. They held a sweetie tombola, bottle tombola and raffle this weekend to help raise funds, as well as a Shoe Bank.  Thank you to everyone…
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We would like to thank Catherine Cosgriff, Australian Irish Dancing Association Incorporated and all the dancers at the Australian Nationals 2017 for donating 95 pairs of shoes to the Marie Duffy Foundation. These shoes are going to make the dreams…
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Some of our lovely beginner girls wore their soft shoes for the first time yesterday, thanks to the Marie Duffy Foundation. More Romanian dancers will try on their first softs and heavies starting this week. Special thanks go to Hilary…
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This weekend we had an amazing workshop with Mara Cernat but also we received a fantastic gift! Thanks to Marie Duffy Foundation, Hilary Joyce Owens and Mara we were able to receive several pairs of heavy and soft shoes that…
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“People who have read the book have said to me … it made them laugh, it made them cry … that’s show business … that’s life … and it’s my life …”    Marie speaking at the launch of “Lady…
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The woman who helped Michael Flatley conquer the world with Lord of the Dance tells Fiona O’Brien about her highs and lows as she publishes her memoir…. http://www.theirishworld.com/marie-duffy-behind-every-man/