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A Carnyx is a type of Celtic wind instrument. There have been very few good examples of the Carnyx found by archeologists, but from the small amount of relics that have been found reconstructions have been created and a relatively accurate picture of… more »

Samhain is a Celtic celebration, now often referred to as “The Celtic New Year”. Samhain has a number of different interpretations both in a historical and contemporary context, but they all have a general time in common. Typically, in Gaelic culture… more »

Celtic Connections is a festival celebrating Celtic culture and music. Celtic Connections draws much parallels to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, festival, albeit with a modern twist and almost paradoxically an emphasis on more traditional aspects of S… more »