Irish stepdance many this was a betrayal of tradition, but to some it was a way of expanding Irish culture and became widely accepted. Following after Riverdance was Lord of the Dance and many other theatrical productions based on Irish stepdance. Michael Flatley, an Irish stepdancer, became a well known name within these shows. Two types of shoes are worn in Irish stepdance; hard shoes, which make sounds similar to tap shoes, and soft shoes (called Ghillies), which are similar to ballet slippers. The dances for soft shoe and hard shoe are generally different and go by different names. Different music with
Comparison of Scottish Gaelic and Irish recent spelling reform has meant that there are now only grave accents in Scottish Gaelic, the opposite of Irish. Similarly, in Scottish Gaelic the prefix is always hyphenated, while in Irish it is attached to the beginning of the word, as illustrated by the languages' respective names for each other: Additionally, while the prefixes and are usually hyphenated in both languages, in Irish they are attached to the beginning of words whose first letter is capitalised (in Scottish Gaelic they are always hyphenated). A number of letter combinations are possible in written Irish which are not found in Scottish Gaelic