IRISH DANCING TRIPLETS

Ashley, Francis and Nathan Hawkes, Irish Dancing Triplets, RTÉ2 Image Name: Ashley, Francis and Nathan Hawkes, Irish Dancing Triplets, RTÉ2 Description: Ashley, Francis and Nathan Hawkes, Irish Dancing Triplets, RTÉ2
Ashley, Francis and Nathan Hawkes, Irish Dancing Triplets, RTÉ2 Image Name: Ashley, Francis and Nathan Hawkes, Irish Dancing Triplets, RTÉ2 Description: Ashley, Francis and Nathan Hawkes, Irish Dancing Triplets, RTÉ2
Ashley, Francis and Nathan Hawkes, Irish Dancing Triplets, RTÉ2 Image Name: Ashley, Francis and Nathan Hawkes, Irish Dancing Triplets, RTÉ2 Description: Ashley, Francis and Nathan Hawkes, Irish Dancing Triplets, RTÉ2
Ashley, Francis and Nathan Hawkes, Irish Dancing Triplets, RTÉ2 Image Name: Ashley, Francis and Nathan Hawkes, Irish Dancing Triplets, RTÉ2 Description: Ashley, Francis and Nathan Hawkes, Irish Dancing Triplets, RTÉ2

Ashley and Nathan Hawkes are both 16 and obsessed with Irish dance. As identical in appearance as they are in they their passion for the sport, they rehearse countless hours a week, and are ranked 17th and 18th in the world. But Ashley and Nathan aren’t twins: they’re triplets. And their brother Francis is the reason they both train and compete so fiercely.

Francis was born with cerebral palsy. He was in hospital until he was a year old and is wheelchair bound, but he has never missed a single one of his brothers’ competitions. No one cheers louder than Francis when Ashley and Nathan win, and as Ashley puts it: ‘Every time I win, it’s for him.’

Following the run-up to the World Irish Dancing Championships in Ireland, this is a film about an ordinary family in extraordinary circumstances. It is about family love, the power of dance and the mysterious, unshakeable bond between the triplets.