Chateau Rolley - Bastogne

The Irish love to dance. Please see the links below on the history of Celtic dancing 

Irish Rinnce Fada Dance - a line dance with spirit.

The link below is from Facebook hope you can access it.

The video was originally produce by Irish TV (RTE) 

Link at :

https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=450126550091121&_rdr

& 

https://www.celticsteps.ie/our-story/the-history-of-irish-song-music-dance/

And one of my favorite Irish songs -  The Star of the County Down: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXLnSkGmTdQ

One version of the Star of the County Down mentions the Lammas Dance (which traditionally occurs at the beginning of August) 

https://valeriebiel.com/blog/happy-lammas-blessed-lughnasadh

A great description of Star of the County Down (with more versions of the lyrics!) 

https://www.irishmusicdaily.com/star-of-the-county-down-recordings

Star of the Country Down Lyrics (annotated) 

(various lyrics of the song) 

Near Banbridge town in the County Down

One evening last July
Down a bóithrín (boreen – a small country lane ) green
came a sweet colleen
And she smiled as she passed me by
She looked so neat in her two bare feet
And the sheen of her nut-brown hair

Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself
To make sure I was standing there
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
That I met in the County Down

As she onward sped, and I shook me head
And I gazed with a feeling queer
And I said, says I, to a passerby
"Who's your one with the nut-brown hair?"

He smiled at me, and with pride says he
"She's the gem of old Ireland's crown
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
And the star of the County Down"

She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly (or shy)
And a smile like a rose in June
And you held each note from her auburn throat
As she lilted lamenting tunes

At the pattern dance (or Lammas dance) you'd be in a trance
As she skipped through a jig or a reel
When her eyes, she'd roll, ah she'd lift your soul
And your heart, she would likely steal

(Irish Rovers version):
At the Lammas dance (summer harvest dance) I as in a trance
As she whirled with the lads of the town
And it broke me heart just to be apart
from the Star of the County Down 

(irishmusicdaily version) 
Such a [Em]coaxing elf, I had to [G]shake my[D]self
To make [Em]sure I was [Am]standing [Em]there.
I’ve travelled a bit, but never was hit
Since my roving career began
But fair and square I surrendered there
To the charms of young Rose McCann.

With a heart to let and no tenant yet
Did I meet with in shawl or gown
But in she went and I asked no rent
From the star of the County Down.

At the crossroads fair I’ll be surely there
And I’ll dress in my Sunday clothes
And I’ll try sheep’s eyes, and deludhering lies
On the heart of the nut-brown rose.

No horse I'll yoke, or pipe I'll smoke
'Til the rust in my plough turn brown
And a smiling bride by my own fireside
Sits the star of the County Down

From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
That I met in the County Down

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Trad / Mark Murphy / Darren Holden / Martin Furey / Finbarr Clancy / Brian Dunphy / Ewan Cowley

Star Of The County Down lyrics © Liffey Publishing Ltd., Barrule (us) Lp, Liffey Music, Embassy Music Publishing Pty Ltd

- that so impressed King James II when he came to Ireland with French support to battle William of Orange. Unfortunately William' Of Orange's troops won the day at the Battle of Boyne (1690) and James II had to flee to France, leaving the Irish to confront the reprisal of William and his Protestant followers.