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The Cashel Dennehy School of Irish Dance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promote Irish culture through participation in Irish stepdance. They are located in Wisconsin, with many locations throughout the state. The main location is in Milwaukee, with satellite locations in Madison, Hartford,

and a sister school in Chicago. Cashel celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2008.

History
Cashel Dennehy officially started in 1983 when they branched off from the Shamrock Club of Milwaukee. Its original name was the Cashel School of Irish Dance, taking its name from the famous Rock of Cashel. In 1982, Dennis Dennehy, TCRG ADCRG (TCRG meaning a certified Irish Dance teacher, and ADCRG meaning a certified judge) agreed to be the school's teacher. Dennehy made weekly trips from Chicago to Milwaukee. He retired from teaching, was at one time president of the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America (IDTANA) and died in 2013. In 1987, the Cashel School of Irish Dance was renamed the Cashel Dennehy School of Irish Dance to honor Dennehy. His daughter, Kathy Dennehy TCRG ADCRG took his place in 1993.

Cashel is the oldest of the six Irish Dance schools in the Milwaukee area. The Shamrock Club, an Irish Heritage club in Milwaukee was the basis for 3 of the major Irish Dance schools, Cashel, Trinity and Glencastle. Cashel was the first to split off from the club. After that came The Trinity School of Irish Dance and then The Glencastle Irish Dancers.

Competition
Besides being a performing art, Irish Dance is also a competitive sport. Cashel has won numerous awards at regional, national and even international competition. The thing Cashel is most famous for though, is its Ceili teams. They are also the only school in the United States to have a Ceili team win the World Championships. Cashel also prides itself in its solo competition achievements. Dan Medora, one of Cashel's students, is the only boy in his region to have won the Midwest Region Irish Dancing Championchips 5 times consecutively.