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When McNelis and her former costars stepped up to dance a jig at her wedding, her groom, Brian Murphy, a soccer star in the Premier League in England, was \"blown away.\"

\"My sisters and I kept the Riverdance performance a surprise for him and his family,\" McNelis told \"Good Morning America.\" \"They were blown away by it and were very proud.\"

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McNelis and her two sisters now run the McNelis Cunningham Boyle School of Irish dancing in Donegal, Ireland. Dancers from the school also performed at the wedding, according to McNelis.

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