ceilidh
To attend a ceilidh ().
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Born ~2019 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
CEILIDH AT LONDON SCOTTISH 💃💃 📍RICHMOND ATHLETIC GROUND 🕕6PM, MAY 9TH 🎟️FREE ENTRY Join us for an end of season celebration 🔥🔥 #forthepride
Tha na h-uairean air atharrachadh airson Cèilidh @ Cultarlann! We’ve updated the timings for our Cèilidh at Cultarlann! Doors now open at 7pm, with the cèilidh running from 7:30pm–10pm every Friday. 🎟 Tiogaidean |…
Big thanks to @glasgow.ac.uk for so generously hosting our event, Unite Scotland for standing in solidarity with people seeking safety by sponsoring the night, and Mark Nelson and the Big Stupit Ceilidh Band for provi…
Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who made our Spring Ceilidh such a wonderful night. Dancing with friends old and new, is a reminder of why coming together matters. Even in difficult times there is still hope for a…
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To attend a ceilidh ().
Captain Mac was certainly making the most of his enforced stay at safe anchorage. He had told Fergus he would ceilidh the night away with the help of Tam McKinnon's home-brewed malt whisky. From the sound of it one half of the ceilidh wa…
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An informal social gathering, especially one where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling.
The fire in the centre of the room was almost a necessity of the good old Ceilidh days. When the people congregated in the evening, the circle could be extended to the full capacity of the room, and occasionally it became necessary to ha…
“CEILIDH AT LONDON SCOTTISH 💃💃 📍RICHMOND ATHLETIC GROUND 🕕6PM, MAY 9TH 🎟️FREE ENTRY Join us for an end of season celebration 🔥🔥 #forthepride”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Tha na h-uairean air atharrachadh airson Cèilidh @ Cultarlann! We’ve updated the timings for our Cèilidh at Cultarlann! Doors now open at 7pm, with the cèilidh running from 7:30pm–10pm every Friday. 🎟 Tiogaidean | Tickets: cultarlann.scot/ceilidh-prog...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Big thanks to @glasgow.ac.uk for so generously hosting our event, Unite Scotland for standing in solidarity with people seeking safety by sponsoring the night, and Mark Nelson and the Big Stupit Ceilidh Band for providing such outstanding entertainment”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who made our Spring Ceilidh such a wonderful night. Dancing with friends old and new, is a reminder of why coming together matters. Even in difficult times there is still hope for a more welcoming and inclusive Scotland.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(dances) To dance a ceilidh dance.
Some nights we went ceilidhing to the home of Danny and Paddy. Their mother was a beautiful singer and she taught many of us how to dance while Danny played the accordion. There were nights when we all sat around the hearth fire singing …
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