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The National Association of Old IRA was a non-political organisation founded in 1923 to end the schism within Irish republicanism and bring about peace among former comrades. It also looked after the welfare of veterans and commemorated events important to its members. The name Old IRA was chosen to distinguish the Association from the anti-Treaty IRA, which by the 1930s had become an illegal organisation.

The Association’s mode of organisation was identical to that adopted by the IRA during the War of Independence. For example, county Limerick had been organised in West, Mid and East Battalions, and the Old IRA in Limerick likewise had West, Mid and East branches. The Association took the form of a social club organising social gatherings and sporting events. It also aided its members in the application for military pensions for the active participants in the conflicts of 1916-1921. It proved immensely popular and attracted prominent members, among them Simon Donnelly, Frank Thornton, Donal O’Hannigan and Liam Deasy. The Association avoided becoming embroiled in politics, although it did at one stage consider founding a political party. It enjoyed its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s, when it took a leading role in campaigns to end partition.

The National Association of Old IRA survived until the 1980s, when its mantle was assumed by the Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen (ONE).

The National Ballet was formed in 1963 through the amalgamation of Joan Denise Moriarty's Irish Theatre Ballet and the National Ballet Company directed by Patricia Ryan. Moriarty and Ryan were appointed co-directors of the company, but the two women and their visions for ballet were radically different, and the company disbanded in 1964, shortly after its first season.

Founded in 1950 by Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin under the name Gala Performances of Ballet. It was later renamed, Festival Ballet, then London Festival Ballet, and finally, in June 1989, English National Ballet, under which name it continues to operate.

Irish Theatre Ballet was founded by Joan Denise Moriarty in 1959 with Marie Rambert as its patron. The company's first performance took place in December 1959. The company received modest funding from the Arts Council, but depended heavily on private sponsors for its survival. In 1963, to resolve the company's financial problems, the Arts Council insisted on its amalgamation with Patricia Ryan's National Ballet Company in Dublin.

See Mariinsky Ballet

A New York-based internationally renowned modern dance group founded by Mark Morris in 1980.

Merce Cunningham Dance Company was founded in 1953 by the American dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919-2009), one of the pioneers and leaders of American modern dance.