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Definition of Feiseanna
1. feis [n] - See also: feis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feiseanna
Literary usage of Feiseanna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Sinn Fein Movement and the Irish Rebellion of 1916 by Francis P. Jones (1917)
"The addition of local branches, the holding of the annual Oireachtas (National
Festival) in Dublin and of feiseanna (little festivals) throughout ..."
2. Contemporary Ireland by L. PAUL-DUBOIS (1908)
"dances, country concerts, travelling musicians with harps and pipes, Sunday
gatherings, local feiseanna, ..."
3. A Short History of the Irish People from the Earliest Times to 1920 by Mary Teresa Hayden, George Aloysius Moonan (1922)
"... had grown to be a festival extending over a week, was quickly followed by
provincial " feiseanna," and these again by county and district celebrations. ..."
4. The Independent Review (1906)
"Local assemblies, feiseanna, were held all over the country, at which prizes were
given for speaking, singing, story-telling, and reciting, ..."
5. The Plough and the Cross: A Story of New Ireland by William patrick O'Ryan (1910)
"It happened that there was a great deal of special printing to be done — much of
it in Irish,' particularly the programs of coming feiseanna of the Gaelic ..."
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