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feis|fɛʃ, feɪʃ|
Pl. feiseanna. Also fes(s.
[a. Ir. feis, fess meeting, assembly.]
1. An assembly of kings, chiefs, etc., being a kind of early Celtic parliament.
1792Encycl. Brit. IX. 313/1 Ollam Fodla..erected a grand seminary of learning, and instituted the Fes, or triennial convention of provincial kings, priests, and poets, at Feamor or Tarah in Meath. 1880Ibid. XIII. 250/2 He summoned a convention (feis or fess)..to assemble at Druimceta. 1898J. Heron Celtic Ch. i. 19 The Feis was an assembly of all the kings, chiefs, ollamhs, and other leading men, and lasted for seven days. 1905Daily Chron. 15 June 3/1 The whole scheme of [old Irish] national life turned on central feiseanna—social, legislative, and literary functions.
2. An Irish or Scottish festival of the arts, resembling the Welsh Eisteddfod.
1896Daily News 2 Oct. 5/2 The ‘Feis’ extending over four days. 1896Westm. Gaz. 3 Oct. 8/1 The Feis is announced to take place next May. 1910Daily Chron. 3 Jan. 3/4 In her incidental reference to latter-day Feiseanna. 1916N. & Q. 12th Ser. II. 71 The feis portions of local shows. 1938L. MacNeice I crossed Minch xii. 162 The school-kids recited her songs at the local Feis. 1955Times 25 July 6/4 A similar ban was imposed last year and prevented the holding of a procession in the town [sc. Newtown Butler] in connexion with an annual Roman Catholic feis (festival). |