Directors ~ Niamh Webster and Jennifer De Menezes

Tir Na Nog was founded by Niamh Webster in 2000. She is first generation Canadian, as her father was born in Ireland and emmigrated to Canada in 1954. Niamh received her T.C.R.G. (Teachers An Cumisiun Le Rinci Gaelacha) in Dublin, Ireland and has been teaching Irish dance for over 15 years. Read more...

Jennifer De Menezes Jennifer DeMenezes founded the De Menezes Academy in 2004. She fell in love with Irish dancing at a young age when she was given a dance medal my Mae Butler and told she had the earn the next one in competition . Read more...

Staff:

Kailey Thompson: Kailey been dancing for over 10 years and teaching for over 4 years with the Tir na nOg Academy. She is now a fouth year university student at Laurier, Waterloo. Currently she is in Denmark on exchange for school. We look forward to having her back at De Menezes ~ Webster in the summer.

Cassie Fohring: Cassie's first love was Hockey but when she started dancing, nothing could stop her. Cassie has been with Tir na nOg for over 5 years and was asked to assist with younger dancers after only 3 years of dance. We are proud to have her as part of our team at De Menezes ~ Webster.

 

Samantha Dennie: After being awarded 8th in the Worlds 2005, 7th at the Great Britains, placing top 10 in North America and winning our Eastern Canadian Championships two times (7 times top 5), 12th at all Scotlands. Now after 12 years of competitive dance, Samantha has retired her competitive dress and put on the teaching shoes. We are pleased to have her with De Menezes ~ Webster.

Ciaran Myers: As Ciaran nearly finishes his Undergrad degree in Drama at the University of Waterloo, he joins us now and then to aid in teaching dancers of all levels. Ciaran comes from a family of dancers and has been Irish dancing since age 7.

About the Academy

Tir Na Nog offers small class sizes, individual attention, and an 'open door' policy for both parents and students. We have competitive programs to those who wish to compete and recreational programs to those who do not. Both our competitive and recreational students are in the same class environment.We motivate both our competitive and recreational students to excel in the fine art of Irish dance. The academy is dedicated to creating and upholding a traditional, supportive, patient and fun learning environment for all.

Oireachtas Group

This is another class by invitation only and the dancers work together to get 4-hands, 8-hands and a Choreography number together to compete at the Eastern Canadian Irish Dance Championships. We are looking forward to going again in Novemeber.

Our Dance Company, Triple Cut!

Sadly this year we will not have a Triple Cut Company due to other commitments. In the past Triple Cut has performed at the Centre in the Square, Goderich Celtic Roots Festival, the Owen Sound Celtic Festival, the O.P.P awards evening in Kitchener, Weddings, Banquets and more. For booking the Company for a show at a wedding, festival, party or any other event please contact us.