On March 22, Boston College students and local residents gathered in Gasson 100 for an Irish céilí dance, with music by (from left) Mary Brunell ’05, Emily Walsh ’07, Dan LaFave ’07, and Seamus Connolly, the Sullivan Artist in Residence. Pat Connolly, who occasionally teaches in the Irish dance courses at the University, provided céilí lessons and “called” the dances, and members of the Boston College Irish step-dance troupe, the Beautiful Colleens, performed. The evening was the first of two céilí (pronounced KAY-lee) events presented by the Irish music, song, and dance program with the aim of bringing students and people from the Boston area together around Irish music and dance. Céilí dancing is a form of Irish group dancing performed to traditional reels or jigs. The dances—which have names such as Four Hand Reel, Eight Hand Jig, Walls of Limerick, and Siege of Ennis—can be traced back to the 1500s.