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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....

Family events, Arts and Drama, Music, Sporting Events and Fireworks....

Saint Stephens Day in Carrigaline is a very special time. There are large crowds of people in the town for the traditional South Union Hunt and the exceptionally colourful Wren Boys Street Festival....

Our festival is a three day event, suited to the entire family. We have sporting events and musical events to suit both young and old. Event takes place from 4th to the 6th August 2008...

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...

This festival will feature international, national, and local artists including musicians, writers, poets and dramatists. Kinsale Arts Week is a multi disciplinary arts festival that endeavours to bring works of excellece in various forms to Kinsale and to engage meaningfully with the local community. Events on from the 12th to the 20th July 2008...

The Three Day Event in 2007 had:
Day 1. Fishing competion, live music, art and sculpture workshops with boxing, karate and scouts.
Day 2. Same as Day 1 with bungee jumping, pipe bands, local bands and DJ's day.
Day 3. Inter business and sea angling competition and lots more....

The Masters of Tradition is a five day festival  which is about creating a quiet and intimate atmosphere where Irish music can be performed in a good acoustic environment and where listeners can appreciate the subtle details of music. The 2008 festival will be it's 5th year in existance and it will run from 13th to 17th of August....

Mixture of paid and free open air concerts of top Irish acts, street theatre, busking, pub trails and much more. This event is held over the August Bank Holiday Weekend....

The Sam Maguire Festival Weekend is a celebration and tribute to the man whom the All Ireland Football Cup is called after. It involves events for both young and old....