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>Here's the thing with irish shoes - first of all, >irish sizes are 2 sizes smaller than american, so if >you are in the states, then your irish shoes will be >bought 2 sizes smaller than your american shoes. >Sometimes it will be even smaller - especially in soft >shoes. I originally bought a pair of ghillies that >were 3 sizes smaller than my shoe size, and 2 weeks >later they were huge - baggy and sagging around the >toe area, which is not only uncomfortable to dance in >(not to mention a bit dangerous), but will also mark >you off at a feis due to the fact that you will not >look like you're pointing your foot properly. I ended >up buying my shoes 4 sizes smaller, so that they were >very, very tight, and a month later they were too big >again! Moral of the story: Irish shoes need to bought >at least two sizes smaller so that you have room to >stretch them out without them getting too big, not so >that your feet will become deformed in order to look >nice at a feis.

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