Pan Celtic Festival
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The Pan Celtic Festival (Irish: Féile Pan Cheilteach; branded simply using the Irish name Pan Cheilteach) is a Celtic-language music 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.
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Genre | Celtic music festival |
Dates | Every Spring |
Location(s) | Ireland |
Years active | 1971–present |
Founders | Con O'Connaill |
Website | www |
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.