{"id":29685,"date":"2025-04-18T07:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T07:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/29685\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T07:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T07:53:12","slug":"ryan-maguire-ni-boy-celebrates-extra-special-moment-as-hes-crowned-irish-dancing-world-champion-on-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/29685\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Maguire: NI boy celebrates\u00a0\u2018extra special\u2019\u00a0moment as he\u2019s crowned\u00a0Irish dancing world champion on birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Maguire achieved \u201cwhat every dancer dreams of\u201d, picking up the accolade in Co Kerry on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The under-11 world champion had plenty of top-flight practice in the lead up to his victory, having already secured gold in the Northern Irish nationals, Irish nationals and Ulster championships in Irish dancing.<\/p>\n

His \u201cdelighted\u201d mum Jenni Maguire explained Ryan\u2019s achievements didn\u2019t come easy to the south Belfast boy, as she played \u201ctaxi\u201d for his four training sessions per week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s a lot of preparation that goes in and a lot of practicing and Ryan would be there three, four times a week at Irish dancing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m just the facilitator \u2013 the taxi \u2013 we just make sure that he gets to his classes when needed to be and his lessons. We’re just really there to sort of keep the mood up and just to support him and make sure that he has everything he needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jenni also hailed her son\u2019s dance coaches at west Belfast\u2019s Carson Academy who gave Ryan and his dance mates a send off before making the trip to Killarney for the event.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan<\/p>\n

Ryan and his dance coaches L to R: Fiona Gallagher, Gerard Carson, Ryan Maguire, Michelle McKernon<\/p>\n

Despite only taking up dancing a few years ago, the young champion quickly made his way to the top of his game learning from some of the best in the country.<\/p>\n

Jenni said: \u201cIt’s testimony to his dance teachers at the Carson Academy and they had him so well prepared in the lead up to the worlds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey gave him the lovely send off last Thursday \u2013 a big party at the Carson Academy and they all got their goodie bags and things to prep them.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cThis was something that I suppose every dancer dreams of. So for that to become a reality it’s just amazing and we’re so delighted for Ryan. But also for his dance teachers- Gerard, Michelle and Fiona \u2013 because that’s as much theirs as it is his.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ryan\u2019s success was made \u201cextra special\u201d as when he lifted his trophy on the podium the entire venue broke into song to wish him a happy birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just a really, really special moment and I guess it was made extra special in the fact that it was his birthday as well,\u201d Jenni explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cTestimony to the organisers as well, they got the whole auditorium to sing happy birthday to Ryan while he was on the podium with his big world globe [trophy].\u201d<\/p>\n

Upon returning to school, the St Ita\u2019s student received a hero\u2019s welcome from his classmates and teachers as well as congratulatory and videos from his GAA and football teammates.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan<\/p>\n

Ryan Maguire lifting his trophy<\/p>\n

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Jenni said: \u201cWe let him lie in on Monday morning \u2013 his granny came up to the house. Then he was back to school on Tuesday and schooling again. He was met by the principal and he brought his globe [trophy] in and his whole class clapped and cheered him as he came in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Maguire achieved \u201cwhat every dancer dreams of\u201d, picking up the accolade in Co Kerry on Sunday. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1144,17793,16,15,6110,12845],"class_list":{"0":"post-29685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-northern-ireland","9":"tag-south-belfast-news","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-west-belfast-news","13":"tag-west-belfast-sport"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114357888847724700","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}