The Sacred Dance of the Irish Circus

Provides a visual history of the circuses and shows that travelled the roads of Ireland between the 1920s and the arrival of television in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Professor O'hAodha estimates there were more than 140 of these shows including circus shows, magic shows, revues, "fit-ups” travelling theatres who travelled Ireland during the period - and the 1940s was their zenith - partly because many performers from other countries moved to Ireland to avoid persecution.