21 July 2013 Dancers set Riverdance world record in Dublin
More than 2,000 people from 163 dance schools in 44 countries gathered on the banks of the River Liffey on Sunday.
The previous record of 652 people dancing in a continuous line was held by Nashville, Tennessee in the United States.
Have you ever heard the story of how Ireland got its name?
I'll tell you so you'll understand from whence old Ireland came,
No wonder that we're proud of that dear land across the sea,
For here's the way me dear old mother told the tale to me.
Shure, a little bit of heaven fell from out the sky one day,
And nestled on the ocean in a spot so far away,
And when the angels found it, shure it looked so sweet and fair,
They said suppose we leave it, for it looks so peaceful there.
So they sprinkled it with star dust just to make the shamrocks grow,
'Tis the only place you'll find them no matter where you go,
Then they dotted it with silver, to make it's lakes so grand,
And when they had it finished shure they called it Ireland.
'Tis a dear old land of fairies and of wond'rous wishing wells,
And nowhere else on God's green earth have they such lakes and dells,
No wonder that the angels loved it's shamrock bordered shore,
'Tis a little bit of heaven, and I love it more and more.
