I played it and danced it for years to reels.   I once went up (20 years ago) from Baltimore to a ceili in my hometown Philly where we/they - to my surprise - played polkas for the dance.

While the new generation of incoming Irish do not seem to be much into social/trad dancing, the 1950s crowd seemed to organize themselves around regular ceilis and I would venture to say that most could find their way thru either this dance and/or "The Walls Of Limerick" and/or "The Haymaker's Jig".   Throw in a few old-time waltzes and a two-step and you'd have made it a good night.