Gareth O’Connor is an 18-year-old Irish dancer from South Armagh who started his journey of Irish dancing at the age of seven. He currently dances for the world renowned Scoil Rince Mona Ni Rodaigh and throughout his competitive career he has won several major solo titles including the Worlds, All Irelands, All Scotland’s, Great Britain’s, Irish Nationals and Ulster’s. Not only has he won titles for his solo career, but he has also won several of these titles as a ceili dancer and is currently two-time reigning senior mixed ceili world champion.
He started his professional dancing career at the age of 16 with Damhsa and since then has danced gigs in all corners of the globe, most recently touring Holland with Celtic Gold as one of the original cast members. Gareth is currently studying Business Management at Queens University Belfast but still performs regularly with Damhsa and several other companies at corporate events throughout Ireland and Europe and weekly in Dublin with The Belvedere Irish Nights. While at the moment he continues to study for his degree, he looks forward to touring the world as a professional dancer in the near future.
