Irish dancing which involves groups of people dancing together in a set pattern of steps. Some ceili dances involve a finite number of dancers (4, 6, 8, 12 or 16) and some dances are
line dances involving any number of partners in a repeating pattern of steps. At a party, such dances are known as
ceili dances. At an Irish dance competition
feis, they are known as
set dances and done
by the book;
pronounced 'kay lee'