Our Leadership
Rory Beglane, TCRG
Rory Beglane began Irish Dancing at the age of six with the Margaret Pike School of Irish Dance. Shortly after her retirement, Rory transferred to the Inishfree School of Irish Dance under the direction of Sean Reagan, where he maintained a competitive career dancing at multiple regional, national, and world championships. He placed seventh in the world championships and first in the regional championships during his career. After retirement from competition, Rory toured with The Young Irelanders for five weeks in 2018.
Rory attended Villanova University, and joined the Irish Dance team upon his arrival. At the conclusion of his freshman year, Rory and fellow Villanova Irish Dance leadership Mattisan Rowan and George Pinchock formulated the idea of the first Intercollegiate Irish Dance Competition. This competition allowed Zack Warshaw and Rory to join their efforts of creating College Irish Dance a national network; and as they like to say, the rest is history.
Rory choreographed and led the Villanova Irish Dance team for three years, proudly winning the fun number competition twice (High School Musical and Disney Melody). He also served as the driver to Dayton Ohio for the University of Dayton Intercollegiate Irish Dance competition two times, growing the relationship with Megan Dunn Peters and the UD Irish Dance team.
After graduating in 2016 with a civil engineering degree, Rory achieved his TCRG in 2020 and now teaches with the Marie Moore School of Irish Dance. Rory also works as construction manager in the greater tri-state area.
Zack Warshaw, ADCRG
Zack's Irish Dance journey started in his homeland of Vermont in 1998. He saw Riverdance on TV and that was that. Through his 11 year competitive career, he danced under the McNeish School of Irish Dance, the Bernadette Short School of Irish dance, the Western Australian Academy of Irish dance, and finally the McFadden Academy of Irish Dance, where he taught for a long while after achieving his TCRG certification in 2014. Although he fondly refers to his competitive career as "upper mediocre", he did have some notable highlights, including being the first person from the State of Vermont to compete at the World Irish Dancing Championships and represented the state seven times. He also had the honour of sharing the stage with several well known musical acts including Natalie MacMaster, Eileen Ivers and Leahy. In March of 2022, he passed the daunting ADCRG exam, qualifying him to judge at CLRG competitions worldwide.
As an undergraduate at the University of Vermont, he and fellow Short School dancer Meg Ryan founded the UVM Celtic Cats--a team which thrives to this day. His father, Prof. David Warshaw, an experienced Feis Dad, remains their advisor. Since meeting Rory in 2013, Zack has worked tirelessly with the team to grow and support college Irish dance, and is extremely excited to see where this journey takes everyone.
When not involved in the world of Irish dance, Zack lives in Seattle, works for Delta Air Lines at the Corporate Headquarters, learns languages, and is also involved in the world of Highland Dancing.
Megan Dunn Peters, TCRG
Megan Dunn Peters began dancing at the age of 9 at the Celtic Academy of Irish Dance as a student of Kathleen Dwyer. She competed at numerous regional and national competitions, as well as the 2009 World Championships.
Megan is a 2014 graduate of the University of Dayton (UD). During her time at UD, she was co- president of the University of Dayton Irish Dance Club, helping grow the club both in membership and recognition on campus. Megan choreographed the routine that the club competed with at the first Intercollegiate Irish Dance Competition at Villanova University in 2013. UD Irish Dance won the competition, setting the bar for collegiate Irish dancing. She also helped to plan UD’s first annual Intercollegiate Irish Dance Competition, first held in 2014. Megan has choreographed and performed group dances for multiple UD events – including her favorite, UD basketball games!
Megan has also danced under Sandra Connick, at the Connick School, in Charlotte, North Carolina. In January 2018, Megan received her official teaching certification (TCRG) from An Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha, the Irish Dancing Governing Board in Ireland. Megan is a member of the Irish Dance Teachers Association of Mid-America, Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America, and An Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha. She is also thrilled to be associated with the Collegiate Irish Dance Association (CIDA).
When Megan isn’t teaching classes at the Dwyer School of Irish Dance in Centerville, OH, she is the Community Manager for the Dayton Arcade redevelopment project focusing on property management, marketing, events, and tenant coordination. Megan also holds an active Ohio real estate license. She currently resides in Dayton, Ohio with her husband Matt.