Ireland’s festivals and summer schools Week ending May 29
Down - Warrenpoint. Blues on the Bay Festival (May 27 - May 31)
Week ending June 5
Kilkenny - Kilkenny Cats Comedy Festival (June 2)
Clare - Spancilhill Fair June 2004 (to be confirmed)
Clare - Ennis. Clare County Fleadh (to be confirmed) Shannon Development Office - Town Centre, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland.
Tel: 00 353 61 361555
Week ending June 12
Dublin - 100th Anniversary of Bloomsday (16th June)
Westmeath - Athlone. 120th anniversary of birth of tenor John McCormack.
Down - Downpatrick. Opera Fringe (June 10 - June 26)
Week ending June 19
Kilkenny International Air Rally (June17 - June 20). South East Tourism - 41 The Quay, Waterford, Ireland Tel: 00 353 51 875 823
Dublin - Writers Festival (June 16 - June 20)
Week ending June 26
Dublin Jazz Festival (June 30 - July 4)
Week ending July 3
50th anniversary of film Director John Huston arriving in Cork (1954) to film Melville’s Moby Dick, including of course the first mention on screen of Starbuck, the coffee drinking mate … where of course the mega coffee company gets its name
Clare - Miltown Malbay. Willie Clancy week begins
Kerry - Ballybunion International Bachelor Festival (dates to be confirmed)
Shannon Development Office - Town Centre, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 61 361555
Waterford - The Waterford Show (July 3 - July 11)
Week ending July 10
Tipperary - Cashel Summer Festival (July 10 - July 12)
Cork Week (July 10 - July 16)
Wexford Town - Wexford Hooves & Grooves Festival (July 8 Jul - July11)
Week ending July 24
Donegal - beginning of Mary from Dungloe Festival
Galway - beginning of Galway Races (July 26 - Aug 1)
Tel 00 353 91-753870 email: information@galwayraces.com
Galway - Western Veteran & Vintage Motor Rally (July 23 - July 25)
Mayo - Croagh Patrick. Reek Sunday - pilgrims climb the mountain
Week ending July 31
Bank Holiday weekend (Ireland)
Wicklow - Greystones Arts Festival (July 30 - Aug 2)
Waterford Spraoi Festival www.spraoi.com
Limerick - Patrickswell. Limerick Show (date to be confirmed)
Shannon Development Office - Town Centre, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland. Tel: 00 353 61 361555
Kerry - Ballybunion Mussels & Music Festival (date to be confirmed)
Poc Fada in the Cooley Mountains (the Long Hurl)
Week ending August 7
Galway - “Cruinniú na mBad”, gathering of the boats in Kinvara,
Galway - a regatta of traditional Galway hookers with music, craic, dance and song added
Kerry - Killorglin. Puck Fair (Aug 10 - Aug 12) www.puckfair.ie
Week ending August 14
Clare - Ennistymon. Merriman Summer School www.merriman.ie
Waterford Sings Festival (Aug 12 - Aug 15)
Week ending August 21
Kerry - Rose of Tralee Festival www.roseoftralee.ie
Week ending August 28
Antrim - Ballycastle. Ould Lammas Fair
Clare - Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival begins (runs to beginning of October) www.matchmakerireland.com
Week ending September 4
Offaly - The Banagher Autumn Festival (date to be confirmed)
Limerick - World Vintage Rugby Carnival (Sep 4 - Sep 10)
Shannon Development Office - Town Centre, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland. Tel: 00 353 61 361555
Week ending September 11
Tyrone - Omagh. Benedict Kiely Literary Weekend (Sep 10 - Sep 12)
Tel: 028 8224 7831
Week ending September 18
Feature - Wexford, including a trail for the Wexford Opera Festival (Oct 14)
- The North Leitrim Glens Hillwalking Festival Easter (Apr 10 - Apr 11) Leitrim North West Tourism - Tel: 00 353 (71) 9161201 This festival includes challenging hill walks in Glenade and Glencar, plus a series of gentle country rambles for the less energetically inclined.
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