The McMahon School was established in 2001 by Champion Irish Dancer, Moira McMahon. In 2005 the school started competing in local Feiseanna and has brought home numerous awards in solo and team dancing.

Moira McMahon is a product of the world famous Butler Academy of Irish Dance. She danced competitively and for exhibition since the age of four. Once the premier dancer of Rochester, she consistently placed in the top ten across America and Canada since the age of ten and also qualified five consecutive years for the World Competition. In 1994 she represented North America in Ireland for the World Competition. While assisting her teacher, Patrick Butler, in his studios throughout New York, Moira established a great passion for teaching the beautiful form of dance. She left the Butler Academy in 2000 and since now pursed her dream of teaching Irish dance across Western New York. In 2004 she became a registered Irish dance instructor by An Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha in Dublin, Ireland; the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America; and the Irish Dance Teachers Association -  Mid Atlantic Region.