Celtic Congress

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Celtic Congress

A' Chòmhdhail Cheilteach (Scottish Gaelic) An Chomhdháil Cheilteach (Irish) Yn Cohaglym Celtiagh (Manx) Y Gyngres Geltaidd (Welsh) An Guntelles Keltek (Cornish) Ar C'hendalc'h Keltiek (Breton)
Formation	1917
Official languages	Breton Cornish English Irish Manx Scottish Gaelic Welsh
International President	Yann Guillamot
International Secretary	Denise Chubb
Website	internationalcelticcongress.org/en/

The International Celtic Congress (Breton: Ar C'hendalc'h Keltiek, Cornish: An Guntelles Keltek, Manx: Yn Cohaglym Celtiagh, Scottish Gaelic: A' Chòmhdhail Cheilteach, Irish: An Chomhdháil Cheilteach, Welsh: Y Gyngres Geltaidd) is a cultural organisation that seeks to promote the Celtic languages of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man. The International Celtic Congress is a non-political charitable organisation and its stated object is to "... perpetuate the culture, ideals, and languages of the Celtic peoples, and to maintain an intellectual contact and close cooperation between the respective Celtic communities."

The Celtic Congress should not be confused with the Celtic League which also focuses on political matters, although the two organisations share a number of objectives. Like the Celtic League, it tries to "hold... an annual international congress in one of the six Celtic countries, if possible according to a fixed rotation". The Celtic League itself, split off the Celtic Congress amicably, to pursue political aims, and many people are members of both.

There is an International Celtic Congress each year in one of the Celtic countries. The 2020 Congress, initially planned for Aberystwyth, Wales was cancelled in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 2021 Congress, also planned for Aberystwyth, was hosted online.^[1]