Feis Ceoil
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Feis Ceoil (Irish: Festival of Music) is an annual Irish cultural festival of music and dance. It was first organized in 1897 by Dr. Annie Patterson and consisted competitions for performance and composition and was supported by all musicians of the day, both national and classical. Since then the Feis has undergone many changes to accommodate the development of music in Ireland.
Feis Ceoil has now expanded to more than 170 competitions in all instruments, including voice, and covering all ages from 8 years upwards.
Famous competitors over the festival's history include tenor John McCormack, author James Joyce (as a singer) and violinist Cora Venus Lunny.
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