Ellen Coyne
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622 appearances
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5 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 18 Jun
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Hard to prove.
impossible to prove.
And while this was known as like an open secret for decades in Irish dancing, everyone thought that it would never come to life because nobody would actually ever have documentary proof.
There was one incident a few years ago that I detail in the book where someone slipped a note under what they thought was a judge's hotel room door with a list of preferential marks on it before the competition had even happened.
But that became like folklore in Irish dancing.
That was like, oh, that was the only time we ever got close to proving it.
So to actually have what appeared to be screenshots of texts, the only reason that shocked anyone in Irish dancing is because they just thought that they would never get proof that this was actually happening.
It was just an open secret that was tolerated.
Well, two reasons.
The first, I think as outsiders, we underestimate how incredibly addicting Irish dancing is.
It's an art form.
It's a sport.
It's just very unique compared to any other form of dancing.
And people love it so much, it's kind of impossible to extricate yourself, particularly if your child has fallen in love with it.
The second thing that's kind of the weird nuance about fesh fixing is that some people didn't even think that what they were doing was really cheating.
They thought it was more like political lobbying.
That when you come into the Oscar season, the way people kind of campaign for themselves to win an award, they thought you would go into the All-Irelands and the Worlds and be like, this girl did place at the Worlds last year, but she should have been higher.
And I think she kind of deserves this.
So that was kind of how people justified it in their mind.
And people thought, well, if everyone else is doing this, like, wouldn't I be a moron to not do it as well?
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