Pan Celtic Festival

Pan Celtic Festival

Logos of the Pan Celtic Festival
GenreCeltic music festival
DatesEvery Spring
Location(s)Ireland
Years active1971–present
FoundersCon O'Connaill
Websitewww.panceltic.ie

The Pan Celtic Festival (Irish: Féile Pan Cheilteach;[1] Scottish Gaelic: Fèis Pan-Cheilteach;[2] Manx: Feailley Pan-Cheltiagh;[3] Welsh: Gŵyl Ban-Geltaidd;[4] Breton: Gouel Hollgeltiek;[5] Cornish: Gool Keskeltek[6]) is a Celtic-language festival held annually in the week following Easter, in Ireland, since its inauguration in 1971. The first Pan Celtic Festival took place in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. Its aim is to promote the modern Celtic languages and cultures and artists from six Celtic nations: Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland compete as a single entity), Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales.

Each participating nation holds its own national selection event to choose its representatives at the Festival. The most successful nation is Wales with seventeen wins, with Ireland in second having won twelve times. Bénjad, who represented Cornwall in 2012 and 2013, became the first artist in the festival's history to have won twice. The Isle of Man is the least successful nation, having only won once in 2014.

  1. ^ "The International Pan Celtic Festival". panceltic.ie. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Òr do Oileanach Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann aig Co-fharpais Seann Nòis na Fèise Pan Cheilteach" [Gold for a University of Edinburgh Student at the Pan Celtic Festival's Traditional Competition]. The University of Edinburgh. 29 August 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ McArdle, Fiona (May 2013). "Yn Feailley Pan-Cheltiagh Averil 2013" [The April 2013 Pan-Celtic Festival] (PDF). Manx Music Today (in Manx). p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference PCF History was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Heusaff, A; Heusaff, B (Summer 1973). "Gouel Hollgeltiek Cill Airne" (PDF). Carn (in Breton). p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Kesstrig Kan Keskeltek" [Pan-Celtic Song Contest] (PDF). Carn. Winter 2010. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.