June 2024 marked the 60 th anniversary of the opening of Muckross House to the public and the establishment of the Trustees of Muckross House, Killarney. To mark this occasion, Muckross House Research Library embarked upon several projects on behalf of the Trustees. One of these was The Irish Traditional Dance Research Project, undertaken by Dr Catherine Foley. This project built upon earlier work undertaken by Foley during the 1980s, also on behalf of the Trustees. She was then one of several collectors employed to record and document the traditional Music, Song and Dance, of County Kerry. From 1983 to 1985 Foley concentrated on recording and documenting the step dancing of 14 elderly dancers. Most of these were former pupils of Jeremiah Molyneaux, a well-known dancing master in North Kerry during the first half of the 20th century. The purpose of the field work undertaken by Foley in 2024 was to determine how the lives and repertoires of step dancers had evolved since the 1980s. Molyneaux was only one in a long line of dancing masters who influenced the development of step dancing in County Kerry in recent centuries. However, as the last known travelling dancing master in North Kerry, his style of step dancing is of particular interest. During his lifetime Molyneaux’s prowess as a dancer and his skill as a choreographer were both greatly respected. ‘He Seemed to Write on the Floor with His Feet.’ was a phrase frequently associated with Molyneux, according to his former pupil Fr Pat Ahern. Molyneaux’s legacy still lives on and continues to influence many of today’s step dancers.