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"Riverdance was the hardest #ChallengeHenry yet" #Riverdanceathon

Memories of Eurovision 1994 in the Point come flooding back as Gerry Ryan introduced Jean Butler ...

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11.15 20 Jun 2019


"Riverdance was the hardest #ChallengeHenry yet" #Riverdanceathon


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11.15 20 Jun 2019


Memories of Eurovision 1994 in the Point come flooding back as Gerry Ryan introduced Jean Butler and Michael Flatley and the rest is history.

So far Henry McKean has dived off an Olympic 7 metre diving board and driven 160 kilmetres per hour in a racing car.

But this morning was his greatest ‘Challenge Henry’ yet, learning to Irish Dance and take part in the River-dance-athon in aid of Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Henry joined us live from outside the Gaiety Theatre on South King Street in Dublin.


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