Latest update Feb 2025: Full details have been announced for the 2025 Celtic Nations, taking place in Ashbourne, County Meath on April 12th-13th. Read more
First held in 2013, the Celtic Nations is an annual international quiz tournament held every April and contested between Ireland, Wales and Scotland (and since 2023, Cornwall).
Hosting of the tournament rotates between the three founding countries. The most recent tournament was held in Glasgow in April 2024, and in 2025 Ireland will be hosting on the weekend of April 12th/13th in the town of Ashbourne, just outside Dublin. (More details to follow)
The tournament takes place over 2 days and consists of various individuals, pairs and team quizzes. Anyone is welcome to come along and take part in the individual and pairs quizzes – participation in the teams quizzes is chosen by a selection panel and is mainly based on the Irish quiz rankings.
Event Archive
Full details of past events will be added to this website shortly.
- Edinburgh 2013
- Winners: Scotland
- Runners-up: Wales
- Dublin 2014
- Winners: Scotland
- Runners-up: Wales
- Cardiff 2015
- Winners: Scotland
- Runners-up: Ireland
- Edinburgh 2016
- Winners: Ireland
- Runners-up: Scotland
- Dublin 2017
- Winners: Scotland
- Runners-up: Wales
- Cardiff 2018
- Winners: Scotland
- Runners-up: Wales
- Edinburgh 2019
- Winners: Scotland
- Runners-up: Ireland
- (No event in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID-19)
- Dublin 2022
- Winners: Ireland
- Runners-up: Scotland
- Cardiff 2023
- Winners: Scotland
- Runners-up: Ireland
- Glasgow 2024
- Winners: Scotland
- Runners-up: Ireland
- Ashbourne 2025
- Saturday 12th/Sunday 13th April