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Word of the Day – Fleadh

By July 8, 2021Word of the Day

Fleadh (noun)

fla

A festival of Irish or Celtic music, dancing, and culture.

From Irish fleadh ceoil ‘music festival’.

Example sentences

“There’ll be plenty of singing and dancing at the fleadh.”

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