Niall O’Leary

Niall O’Leary TCRG, ADCRG is a former All-Ireland and World Champion from Dublin, Ireland, and is in constant demand across the USA, as well as Canada, Ireland, and Asia as a performer, choreographer, master instructor and adjudicator in Irish Dance. He was trained by legendary dancers Kevin Massey, proclaimed by Michael Flatley to be the greatest Irish dancer ever, and Rory O'Connor, the first man to do Irish dancing on the radio. He also practices as an architect. O’Leary has been honored by Irish America Magazine as one of the ‘Top 100 Irish-Americans of the Year’, and by the Irish Echo newspaper as a ‘Community Champion’. Niall is also a musician (piano-accordion, keyboards, spoons, bodhran) and plays music and adjudicates at Irish dance competitions all over North America. In 2018 he was selected to adjudicate the World Irish Dance Championships, and in 2019 he was selected to adjudicate the Great Britain Irish Dance Championships. He is also Artistic Director of the New York City Irish Dance Festival, and is a former President of the Irish Business Organization of NY, Inc.