Irish dancing is truly an international phenomenon, but local rules differ especially for beginners.
This information is for anybody, but more specifically for dancers in New South Wales and the rest of Australia. There are some great sites for Irish Dancing but most of these are North American. My daughter started Irish Dancing in 1994, and I knew nothing about it. Trying to get information out of busy teachers and mothers was frustrating and my first competition was a nightmare. So when I acquired enough information I wrote one.