10/2025 | 7:30am | M-W-F | Sean-nós & Battering

This tab has everything you need in one spot: the full playlist of videos for this month, the monthly schedule with links and the playlist.

• October Schedule – with links to all the indvidual steps and playlists for each week.
• Entire Month Video Playlist – All the zoom classes as well as practice videos.
• Entire Month Spotify Playlist – All the albums in one place.

September Schedule

	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
7:30 am (PST)	Woodshed	Keep Her Lit	Speed & Craic
Week 1		Oct 1 (Woodshed) Traveling Clare Steps Clare Batter #1 Clare Batter #2 Clare Batter #3 Mick Banner Mick $500 Aidan Vaughan	Oct 3 (Woodshed) Mick A&R Maldon A&R Hare’s Paw A&R Willie A&R Lead / Follow / Two Sided
Week 2	Oct 6 Clare Battering Clare Batter #1 Mick A&R Clare Batter #2 Maldon A&R Clare Batter #3 Hare’s Paw A&R Mick Banner Willie A&R Mick $500 Willie A&R 2 Aidan Vaughan Willie A&R Lead / Follow / Two Sided	Oct 8 Clare Battering Accapella Reels Paraig Ó Haibicín The Sunday Set The Rookery Course George White’s Favourite Hare’s Paw	Oct 10 Tulla Céilí Band Clare Elements
Week 3	Oct 13 Clare – Jig Advance & Retire Jigs Slides Poklkas	Oct 15 Jig Advance & Retire Clare Battering Accapella Reels Paraig Ó Haibicín The Sunday Set The Rookery Course George White’s Favourite Hare’s Paw	Oct 17 Sliabh Luachra dive Sliabh Notes Gleanntán
Week 4	Oct 20 Hornpipes Cavan	Oct 22 Accapella Reels Paraig Ó Haibicín The Sunday Set The Rookery Course George White’s Favourite Hare’s Paw	Oct 24 Joe Burke Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part
Week 5	Oct 27 Jigs	Oct 29 Playing with Jigs	Oct 31 Johnn Óg Connolly Fear Inis Bearachain

Week 1 – Clare Battering

Resources

• Step Videos –
  • Clare Batter #1
  • Clare Batter #2 https://maldonmeehan.com/battering-for-sets-reels-clare-batter-2/
  • Clare Batter #3 https://maldonmeehan.com/battering-for-sets-reels-clare-batter-3/
  • Mick Banner – https://maldonmeehan.com/battering-for-sets-reels-clare-batter-mick-1/
  • Mick $500
  • Aidan Vaughan
  • https://maldonmeehan.com/irish-set-dancing-clare-battering/
• Music Playlists – Spotify & YouTube
  • Spotify
  • YouTube
• Previous Courses
  • https://maldonmeehan.com/2022-spring-battering-for-sets/
  • https://maldonmeehan.com/2024-february-set-dance/
  • https://maldonmeehan.com/2020-june-battering-for-sets/
  • https://maldonmeehan.com/10am-fri-intermediate-sean-nos-dance/
  • Clare Battering Woodshed: https://maldonmeehan.com/woodsheding/

Live Zoom Classes

• Woodshed #1 (10/1)– Focused session covering Clare Battering Steps
• Woodshed #2 (10/3) – Focused session covering Clare Advance & Retire Steps

Woodshed: Clare #1,#2,#3, Mick Banner, Mick $500, Aidan

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Woodshed: Mick A&R, Maldon A&R, Hare’s Paw A&R, Willie A&R #1,2,3,4

Mick Mulkerrin

Aidan Vaughan

Week 2 – Clare Battering Transitions

Resources

• Previous Course – See week 1

Live Zoom Classes

• Woodshed (10/6)– Focused session covering Clare Battering and Advance & Retires
• Keep Her Lit (10/8) – Clare Battering drilling & September routines & steps
• Speed & Craic (10/10) – Tulla Céilí Band

Woodshed: Clare Routine & Transitions

Keep Her Lit:

• Clare Battering – Lead / Follow / Two Sided
• Clare Batter #1
• Mick A&R
• Clare Batter #2
• Maldon A&R
• Clare Batter #3
• Hare’s Paw A&R
• Mick Banner
• Willie A&R
• Mick $500
• Willie A&R 2
• Aidan Vaughan

Speed & Craic: Whole Album (Tulla Céilí Band “A Celbration of 50 Years Spotify or Apple) Clare Elements

Clare Elements

• Shuffle on the floor (Clare) single, 2, or more
• Shuffle in the air (regular shuffle)
• Step “catch” drop or 123
• Heel backs & with tips
• ball drop step (ball drop tap)
• Paddy tips & triplets
• hips & trips
• mick banner frist half & second half
• Wille frist quarter 2 sides, frist half
• Will shuffle backs
• Heels options
• Delay – ronan and options
• Mick $500 middle, frist half, second half
• Aiden

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Week 3 – Jigs, Polkas and Slides, The Sunday Set

Recourses

• Step Videos:
• Clare – Jig Advance & Retire
• Jigs –
• Slides –
• Poklkas – Mick’s Polka Step

Woodshed

• Woodsheds: Polkas

Keep Her Lit

• The Sunday Set

Speed & Craic

• Sliabh Notes Gleanntán
• Elements from Polkas, Jigs, Slides

Week 4 – Jigs, Polkas and Slides, (maybe Hornpipes & Cavan Step)

Woodshed

• 1234 and 12345 elements
• Mick’s step – polka, sldie, jig
• tip down, heel down elements
• Jigs – nice pattern 1 & 2 & 1234 vs Slides nice pattern 1234 1 & 2

Week 5

Jig Play

• Jigs
  

Keep Her Lit

• Jigs
  

Speed & Craic

• Happy Halloween
• Johnn Óg Connolly, Fear Inis Bearachain