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Nicole Patsy Annastacia Lenehan - (born June 14th 1999) Sligo,Ireland

Nicole Lenehan is a former competitive Irish stepdancer. She has won several titles throughout her dancing career. After been crowned the 2017 (Wida) World Irish Dancing Association Champion she became known as a public face throughout her dancing career.

Dancing career

Lenehan began taking Irish stepdancing classes at the age of 2 after following her mother’s footsteps along with her granny who also did Irish stepdancing. She began lessons at the Gallagher School Of Irish Dancing  (later knowing as the Gallagher School Of Irish Dancing Sligo / Belfast ) in Sligo,Ireland and has continued at the same school until her dancing career has been retired.

She has won several other major competitions held by World Irish Dancing Association (wida) around the world. Lenehan won her first World Championship title in Killarney Co.Kerry in 2017 in the u18 age group. As her career progressed, Lenehan  competed at two to three competition outside Ireland each year, usually including British Opens and Andalusia Championships in Spain.

In 2006 age 7 she was one of the cast of The Battle Of The Books.

In 2015 she joined BenBulben Comhaltas branch as a Youth Officer. BenBulben Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann is the newest branch in North Sligo.

In 2017, Lenehan Fell into an a flutter in her heart which means she had two cardio versions done in October 18th 2017 and February 19th 2018 and had ablution heart surgery done in May 18th 2018 which resulted her taking a year out of her dancing career.

In 2018 she was a winter cover girl of Rince Magazine which is an open platform Irish Dancing Magazine which includes all different open platform Irish Dance Organisations around the world.

In 2019 she went to Drogheda,Ireland to the Fleadh Cheoil as she was invited to dance on the Gig Rig to represent Sligo along side with the BenBulben Comhaltas branch.

Personal Life

Lenehan is an only child in her family of Mother Mary originally from Belfast County, Antrim Ireland, and Father Liam originally from Sligo,Ireland.

On June 14th 1999 everything came to a stop as she was rushed to Crumlin Children’s Hospital Dublin,Ireland from Sligo General Hospital knowing as ( Sligo University Hospital) to the emergency surgery room as they notice her breathing wasn’t right she later that day she had to have a Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a cardiac anomaly that refers to a combination of four related heart defects that commonly occur together. The four defects are: Ventricular septal defect (VSD) and Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) ASD is a defect in the septum between the heart's two upper chambers (atria).

Later after she was back from theatre June 15th 1999 she was diagnosed with vacteral syndrome.

At four weeks old she had close and open heart surgery done she continue staying at Crumlin Children’s Hospital until she was let home September 1999.

At 3 years of age she was diagnosed deaf and she has now continued to wear hearing aids.

At 5 years of age she was diagnosed with epilepsy and has continued with epilepsy in her teenage years but has been very good and has been under controlled.

In 2007 she had her left kidney removed due to sis growing and also had collapsed lung in the same year.

She attended St.Patricks National School in 2003 and finished in June 2012 and started Grange Post Primary School in August 2012 in Sligo, Ireland and finished in June 2018.

In her later years she will go on and do her TCRG ( Irish Dance Exam )