"cèilidh" meaning in English

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          "text": "A caller is the person who calls out the instructions to the dancers at barn dances and cèilidhs, such as, ‘now turn and face the Moor Cock wall!’",
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          "text": "I can’t remember my first cèilidh. (In fact, it is in the nature of cèilidhs NOT to remember them, simply because of the sheer amount of whisky consumed.)",
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