O'Shea, Rita
Person
Biographical note
A champion Irish dancer, Rita O'Shea-Chaplin founded a school of Irish dance in Galway approximately 1954 before relocating it to Boston as the O’Shea Chaplin Academy of Irish Dance. She has been a teacher, judge, and adjudicator of Irish dance and has held a variety of leadership positions with the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America (IDTANA). She also served as a member of the examining committee of An Coimisiún Rince na hEireann (Irish Dance Commission).
Alternate names
Rita O'Shea-Chaplin
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Forum: "Can Traditional Irish Music and Dance Survive?" moderated by Sally Sommers-Smith and Willie Mahon, with an introduction by Séamus Connolly, 2001 June 21
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Panel includes: Matt Cranitch, Peadar O'Loughlin, Niall Vallely, Mick Mulkerrin, Rita O'Shea, Buddy MacMaster, and Barbara Magone. The video recording does not capture the last few minutes of the event.
Access Note
Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Multitrack audio recordings (DTRS and ADAT) cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. In a few instances for which audio was exclusively recorded in one of these formats, migration was outsourced.Original digital text and image files in this...
Dates:
2001 June 21
Found in:
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Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival records
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2001
Interview of Tony Nolan by Rita O'Shea, 2002 June 20
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival is primarily documented through audio and video recordings of music and dance performances and lectures. There are also extensive color snapshot photographs of the festival, and these include classes and workshops as well as concerts and lectures. A smaller amount of paper and born-digital files from Séamus Connolly and Chrysandra Walter capture event planning through correspondence, class descriptions, evaluations, press releases, artist schedules,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Multitrack audio recordings (DTRS and ADAT) cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. In a few instances for which audio was exclusively recorded in one of these formats, migration was outsourced.Original digital text and image files in this...
Dates:
2002 June 20
Found in:
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Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival records
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2002