Meet Miss Kathy

Kathy Mulkerin

     Kathy lived most of her young life in Stamford, CT. She started Irish dancing with the Kathleen Mulkerin School of Irish dance at the age of 5. At 7 she was the youngest performer on the first of her many tours to Ireland with the well-known Emerald Dancers under the direction of Kathleen Mulkerin.

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     At age 8, Kathy was in summer stock in Chataqua New York, where she played the part of the youngest Von Trapp Child in the Sound of Music. Kathy spent much of her time from then on performing in local musicals, as well as many shows in a NYC children's theater group. She also participated in many dance shows, commercials and movies.

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     Kathy has performed on stage and television in the United States, Canada and in Ireland.  While in college, Kathy performed with The Emerald Dancers at Carnagie Hall. Kathy had also competed in and won many awards throughout the United States, Ireland and Canada for her solo and group dancing.

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     Over the years Kathy also took classes in Ballet, Jazz and modern dance, acting and singing, but Irish dance always seemed to be in her blood. Kathy attended Southern Sem and Longwood Colleges in Virginia, where she majored in Education. After college Kathy worked part time as an Irish dance teacher and full time as the director of a daycare center in New Haven. Kathy continued teaching both in the fields of dancing and computer education until 2000, when she decided to focus completely on Irish Dancing.

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Kathy teaches classes in Norwalk, Milford, West Haven, and Guilford. The school also has classes in Killingworth.​

In 2011and 2016, Kathy took a group of 16 of her most advanced dancers on a 2-week performance tour of Ireland. In June 2025, our Emerald Dancer team will be the 9th group to go on a performance tour to Ireland. ​

Kathy says her goal is to "teach the dancers a love of Irish dancing, it's music and culture."

Her belief is that life is short, enjoy what you do, and let dance be a part of every day.