I think they are called "heavy shoes"
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Without the right types of shoes you cannot do Irish dancing. It is much the same as tap dancers need special kinds of shoes. There are two main types of shoes for Irish dancing: hard shoes and soft shoes. These are needed for the different styles of dancing.
Tap dancing got its name from the sound that dancers tap shoes make. They make a sort of tapping sound whenever the dancer moves his/her foot. That's why tap dancing is called what is it.
It has changed from the original form of Irish step dancing to our modern day tap dancing
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Tap is a blend of Irish step dancing and African gumboot dancing. It began when the two minority groups were highly oppressed and they blended their dance forms. The steps of the Irish combined with the rhythm and style of the African Americans created tap.