Riverdance


Since 1995, when the show began, each Riverdance company has been named after an Irish river. The Boyne is the name of the Riverdance company currently touring North America.

Named after an Irish Goddess, Bóinn, the Boyne River is not much more than a stream at its source, Trinity Well in County Kildare. By the time it has reached the sea at Drogheda, County Louth, the Boyne has widened to 70 metres and flowed past 5000 years of Irish history. Famed for the pre-historic megalithic tomb of Newgrange among other historic treasures, the Boyne Valley or Brugh na Boinne is a World Heritage Site. In 1690 the banks of the Boyne witnessed one of the most important battles in Irish history where King William's victory over the ousted King James II of
England marked the beginning of England's centuries long domination of Ireland.