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Dublin City Ballet, originally named the Oscar Theatre Ballet Company, was founded in 1979 under the directorship of Louis O'Sullivan. The company performed a wide repertoire of classical and jazz ballet productions until 1989, when its funding was withdrawn by the Arts Council and the company was forced to disband.

The National Ballet School was set up in Dublin in 1954 by Blanaid and Eoin O’Brolchain and Cecil ffrench Salkeld. The school was located at 19 Ely Place, Dublin, and its first director was Valentina Dutko, a Russian ballet dancer and wife of an American diplomat Paul Dutko. Towards the end of 1955, Dutko moved to America and was replaced in 1956 by Patricia Ryan. In 1959, the company moved to new premises on Parnell Square. The standard of its students was exceptionally high, and by 1961 the school had evolved into a professional company named the National Ballet Company.

Irish Ballet was founded by Patricia Mulholland to showcase performances that were not ballet in the classical sense but a form of folk ballet. The company made its debut in 1951 in the Empire Theatre, Belfast as part of the Festival of Britain.

Ballet Ireland was established by Gunther Falusi and Anne Maher in 1998 to create ballet and contemporary dance performances.