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‘A huge thank you’ – Dancing with the Stars’ John and Mairéad return to Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 21st March 2019 0

JOHN Nolan and his celebrity partner Mairéad Ronan returned to the Marble City today as they paid a warm tribute to all their local fans and supporters who have helped to propel them into the final of Dancing with the Stars. Speaking to KilkennyNow.ie from the Lyrath Estate, where they were busy rehearsing ahead of […]

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Kilkenny dancing star John Nolan and partner Mairéad second favourites to lift Glitter Ball

By Kilkenny Now 20th March 2019 0

KILKENNY’S John Nolan and his celebrity partner Mairéad Ronan are the bookies’ second favourites to take home the coveted Glitter Ball on this Sunday’s Dancing with the Stars grand finale. Paddy Power bookmakers are offering 2/1 odds of the popular couple winning the hit RTÉ series. This is just behind the Love/Hate actor Johnny Ward […]

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‘It’s surreal’ – Kilkenny’s John Nolan and partner Mairéad waltz their way into final of Dancing with the Stars

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2019 0

KILKENNY’s John Nolan and his celebrity partner Mairéad Ronan have waltzed their way into the final of RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars. It’s a fantastic achievement for John, who also made it through to last year’s finale with his then partner, the comedian and actress Deirdre O’Kane. But the down-to-earth Kilkenny man, as usual, was […]

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘We can go all the way on Dancing with the Stars’ – Kilkenny’s John Nolan

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2019 0

IN his first year on Dancing with the Stars John Nolan made it into the last eight with his then partner, the RTÉ journalist Theresa Mannion. Last year the Kilkenny dance star and comedian/actor Deirdre O’Kane made it through to the final. But this year John really feels he and his partner for this year’s […]

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‘I kneed him in the *****!’ – Kilkenny dancing star John Nolan soaks up pain in practice with partner Mairéad

By Kilkenny Now 13th March 2019 0

KILKENNY’s John Nolan has revealed how he took quite a bit of painful punishment in rehearsals leading up to last Sunday night’s televised performance on the hit RTÉ show. Yesterday John’s celebrity partner, the presenter Mairéad Ronan, shared a link to KilkennyNow.ie’s review of their latest performance, which earned the popular couple 27 joints from […]

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‘The power and energy was electric’ – Kilkenny dancing star John Nolan and partner Mairéad wow judges

By Kilkenny Now 11th March 2019 0

KILKENNY’s John Nolan and his celebrity partner Mairéad Ronan put in another spellbinding performance last night as they advanced to the final stages of RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars. On last night’s special Eurovision-themed show, the popular duo brought a serious amount of energy to the dancefloor with a Paso Doble to Euphoria by Loreen. And John and […]

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Kilkenny’s John Nolan and celebrity partner Mairéad dance their way into quarter finals of hit RTE show

By Kilkenny Now 4th March 2019 0

KILKENNY dancing star John Nolan and his celebrity partner Mairéad Ronan are through to the quarter finals of the hit RTÉ show. Last night the pair again impressed the judges as they danced an American Smooth to Robbie Williams’ cover of Beyond the Sea, and the judges were quick to take up the nautical theme. Julian […]

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Saucy samba sees Kilkenny’s John Nolan and celebrity partner Mairéad into next stage of DWTS

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2019 0

KILKENNY dancing star John Nolan and his celebrity partner Mairéad Ronan have made it into the last six of the popular RTÉ show. The pair were the first contestants out of the traps on last night’s programme, performing a samba to Barry Manilow’s Copacabana. Their matching yellow costumes were more Copa-banana, with judge Jennifer Zamparelli commenting: […]

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Kilkenny’s John Nolan and celebrity dance partner Mairéad wow judges again

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2019 0

PRESENTER Mairéad Ronan said she was relieved to be back with her Kilkenny partner John Nolan as the couple impressed the judges on Dancing With The Stars last night. Reunited after switch-up week, John and Mairéad danced a quickstep to Nothing Breaks like a Heart by Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus. The couple’s performance earned high praise […]

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‘I’m falling in love with John Nolan!’ Kilkenny dancer is a big hit with new partner on RTÉ show

By Kilkenny Now 11th February 2019 0

WATCH out Mairéad – another woman is falling for your dance partner! Kilkenny’s John Nolan appears to have made quite an impression on his temporary dance partner, actor Clelia Murphy, as they came together for ‘Switch Up’ week on RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars. John was without his regular partner, presenter Mairéad Ronan, who was […]