festivals and fairs around west cork bantry skibbereen

A fun weekend of walking and craic, enjoying the beautiful scenery of West Cork. With guided ridge walks, island walks and scenic. This festival is held in the month of April....

The first festival was organised in 1980 and has taken place annually ever since. Michael Sokolov-Grant was its first chairman.

Amongst the distinguished musicians to have played are the RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet, the Crawford Piano Trio, David Agnew, oboe, Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, trumpet, Director of the Royal Academy of Music, London, Professor Gerard Gillen, organ, of Maynooth College, Brigid Knowles, contralto, Catherine Leonard, violin, Philip Martin, piano and composer, Dr Ger...