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Gaelic Football Tournament!

This year we're proud to announce the First Annual 7-a-Side Gaelic Footbal Tournament!

The Mason-Dixon GFC will be running the tournament throughout the day. Click here for a pdf flyer.

No other sport offers you the thrill of soccer, the tactics of rugby and the skill of basketball!!

Please check out their website for more details.

 

 

Update for 2010!

This year the Frederick Celtic Festival has signed up with the American Cancer Society. A portion of our proceeds will be donated by the St. Andrew's Society of Mid-Maryland, to help further research in the fight against cancer.

Update for 2010!

The 2010 Frederick Celtic Festival will be held on May 8, 2010.

Once again, we will be at the Frederick Fairgrounds, in downtown Frederick, Maryland.

Our Site will be updated with information on our entertainment and the program throughout the coming months.

Check back for more updates!!

 

 

Atletic Events & Competitors - Athletic Events)

Scots have tested their strength against each other at Highland gatherings for centuries. King Malcolm Canmore, who began his reign in 1057, is credited with initiating crude forms of today's Scottish Highland Games athletic competition as a means of improving the abilities of his military. While the games had become festive occasions by the sixteenth century, they were still seen as a way for kings and chiefs to choose the best men for their retinues.

For 2009, we are excited to announce a change in the athletic competition- a mixture of Top Ranked Pro and Super A Amateur Highland athletes.

This years Pro competitiors are:
Dave Barron - Brooklyn, New York
Mark Valenti - Cleavland, Ohio
Jim Birchfield - Westminster, Maryland
Chris Chafin - Wilmington, North Carolina
Doug Steiger - North Royalton, Ohio

This years Super A Amateur competitiors are:
Mike Wills - Bunker Hill, West Virginia
Mike Dickens - Montclair, Virginia
John Collins - Rockville, Maryland

Also involved with the Highland Games:
Judge Dave Strunk - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Judge Dan Jackson - York, Pennsylvania
Announcer Les Moore - Port Hope, Ontario
Photographer Mike O'Grady

Click here for a more information on the Festival's athletic events.

2008 Highland Games Photos