Ted Kelleher: 'He dedicated his life to set dancing, singing, and farming'
Ted Kelleher, right, watches the dancing of a set. Picture: Ted O'Connell
“Small steps and tidy dancing” was Ted Kelleher’s motto, but the small step he took when he first began teaching set-dancing four decades ago proved to be a giant leap for the survival of the tradition in rural Cork.
Three generations learned to dance under the patient instruction of the Clondrohid farmer, whose heart was in his local community but who extended his infectious enthusiasm for dance to classes, competitions, and céilís across Munster and further afield.
