pan celtic festival irish celtic language music festival held annually week following easter inauguration pan celtic festival took place ireland aim promote modern celtic languages cultures artists celtic nations brittany cornwall ireland scotland wales participating undergoes national selection event order determine representatives annual pan celtic festival successful celtic nation wales fourteen wins cornwall following closely having won times represented cornwall artist festival history won twice successful nation having won current winners april wales represented song dim origins history formed ireland organised music festival held spring promote modern cultures celtic languages medium music originally entitled bach english small music festival con later changed currently known today festival took place featured performers wales ireland brittany engaged discussions event following festival invited met members celtic nations forming committee participants celtic nations brittany cornwall wales scotland ireland took second pan celtic festival held festival core structure event finalised following meeting committee members principles event promote languages musical talents cultures territories recognised celtic nations participation eligibility compete pan celtic festival celtic nations territories northern western_europe celtic languages cultural traits survived members term nation original sense mean community people share common identity culture identified traditional territory synonymous sovereign state national selections brittany orient translated english french festival annual celtic festival located city brittany france event acts national selection process determine representative annual pan celtic festival founded annual festival takes place august dedicated cultural traditions celtic nations pays brittany highlighting celtic music dance including arts painting photography theatre sculpture traditional sport cornwall english song cornwall annual song contest find representative cornwall pan celtic festival held annually ireland group won january group went represent cornwall pan celtic festival finishing place song tow flora day ireland english national song contest irish selection process determine representatives ireland annual pan celtic festival selection held seven oaks hotel march isle man son english song selection process held annually ireland chosen represent island scotland english scottish selection process organised find scottish representative held annually ireland scottish band representatives scotland pan celtic festival represented scotland song finishing place wales english song wales welsh pronunciation welsh television broadcast annually introduced bbc wanted enter song contest taken place year different talent shows majority invite public participate professional artists winner contest represents wales annual pan celtic festival held ireland awarded cash prize festival hosts festivals held towns cities ireland list host cities respective years hosting festival cancelled foot mouth outbreak shown hosted festival times recent festival town hosted event hosted list winners festival table lists annual pan celtic festival winners inaugural event celtic nation table lists pan celtic festival winners inaugural event wales successful nation date wins cornwall coming second wins isle man achieved win date
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