Next Celtic Association Meeting

When: Thursday, MAY 3rd Music Starts at 8pm

Where: MC CARTHY'S IRISH BAR,

117 SOUTH UPPER ST, LEXINGTON KY

Music: Liams Fancy

Dancing by: The Lexington Irish Dancers & McTeggart

THIS CASUAL GET TOGETHER  WILL BE ALL ABOUT CELTIC MUSIC AND IRISH DANCING AND EVERYONE IS INVITED

SO BRING YOUR SINGING VOICE AND DANCING SHOES!

Bring A Friend Or five.

It's Free, Fun And The Whole Family Are Invited

We meet at McCarthy's the 1ST Thursday of the Month at 8pm

If you need more info please get in touch with Me at:

contact@failteimports.com

See You on the first Thursday.

BE APART OF HISTORY, BE A KENTUCKY ROSE

The Lexington Celtic Association are helping to send a Kentucky Rose to the Rose of Tralee in Ireland

http://roseoftralee.ie/v5/

It is only a $100.00 to enter a Rose. Here is the criteria each rose has to heve to enter:

a)    Be 18 years of age at the time of competition entry and will not have reached her 28^th birthday on or prior to the last night of the International Rose of Tralee Selection 2011 on 23^rd August 2011.

b)   Be unmarried or never been married.

c)   Be born in Ireland or of Irish origin by virtue of one of her ancestors having been born in Ireland.

d)    Never have previously represented any Centre as a Rose in the Irish Regional Final or International Rose of Tralee Selection.

e)    Be available for Rose Selection events and if selected be available for the Regional Final in Ireland June 2011 and if selected for the International Festival events in August 2011.

  If you are interested in being a rose please get in touch with me at 859 381 1498 or contact@failteimports.com

On January 12th we will be having a CEILI in Hugo's at 113 West Main St in Lexington KY. It is $20.00 in and free if you are a ROSE. There will be lovely nibbles and spot as well as a fun night of Irish dance and song!! All starts at 7pm till late

BE APART OF HISTORY!!!!BE A KENTUCKY ROSE

Download enrty form here

Information you need to know

THE LEXINGTON ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE,FESTIVAL & THE KENTUCKY ROSE COMPETITION 

March 17th and 18th.

Saturday 1pm - 10pm with a break at 3pm for the parade.

A fun filled day with Celtic music, Irish Dancing, traditional Irish foods and wonderful Irish vendors.

For the first time ever a hurling team from Tennesse have challegened the Lexington lads hurling team to a game! The match will start at 4pm...exciting!!

Sunday 12pm - 5pm This is when one lucky girl is picked out of a dozen rose's and will represent Kentucky in the "Rose of Tralee"

Music and dancers will be part of the Kentucky Rose competition.

This will be held for the third year running in Centerpointe right in the heart of downtown Lexington.

HERE IS A LIST OF WHO WILL BE PLAYING:

“The Maidens IV” Is our Headliner this year.

“The Draper Family”

"Flagstone"

“The William Sutherland Reid Pipes & Drums”

"Drunk-n-Sailor"

There will be fantastic music both days, lovely food and great vendors!

This is a FREE event...COME AND CELEBRATE WITH US!

Want to be a vendor? Click here

THE CHEVY CHASER MAGAZINE DID A ARTICLE ON US:

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO CHECK IT OUT

http://www.smileypete.com/Articles-c-2008-02-28-74543.113117_Celtic_Pride.html

Céad míle fàilte

The Lexington Celtic Association began in 2002 by a group of friends who sought to celebrate their shared Irish, Scottish, and Welsh heritage. Liza Hendley, a native of Dublin and owner of Fàilte Irish Imports in Lexington took the initiative and organized a gathering in McCarthy's Irish Pub downtown. On that first meeting, the Lexington Celtic Association was born.

Everyone who has an appreciation for celtic music, culture, and lore, regardless of personal ancestry, is warmly encouraged to join our organization. Should you venture out to one of our meetings, you might encounter bagpipers, fiddlers, singers, dancers. Naturally, all Celtic people are poets and storytellers at heart. They come from in and outside of Lexington -- from the U.S, Ireland and the U.K. Be prepared for a grand time!

No group in the area unites such an ecclectic bunch as the Lexington Celtic Association. Please explore our website and learn why you ought to take part and celebrate the magic of Celtic culture. Cheers!