festivals and fairs donegal

Community festival featuring music, dancing, fishing, currach and skiff racing, walking, golf as well as activities for children. This event takes place in mid July....

Gweedores newest festival is situated in the heart of Donegal Gaeltacht which is the home of Enya, Clannad and Altan. The main events of the festival include street music, skiff racing, Irish dancing competitions, horse and pony shows and music go leor....

Feile Chnoc Fola celebrates many aspects of the traditional lifestyle of the people of the Cnoc Fola Gaeltacht.

Saturdays celebrations at Teach Mhuiris, the thatched house that is the headquarters of the Feile, form the backbone of the Feile and are supplemented by many more events....

The festival is held in Kilmacrennan in order to provide a weekend of entertainment and fun for all the family while raising money for local charities. Festivals take place over a three day period and include many events and ceremonies including carnival parades, competitions, music and dance....

14th Annual Bundoran Music Festival 2009.

Great Northern Hotel.
Friday 23rd October - Monday 26th October.

This spectacular event includes top Irish acts - Mike Denver, Jimmy Buckley, Kieran McGilligan, TR Dallas etc. Unbelievable all in package deals of accommodation and entertainment available....

The Seafood Festival in Portnoo/Rosbeg features an oyster opening competition, two tonnes of free seafood, a Festival Queen and Batchelor competition, and music galore!...

The Dungloe Festival was launched in 1967. The original Mary Gallagher was courting a young man who had just returned from America, but in 1861, when her parents refused to let them marry, he returned to America to make his fortune. The previous year some of her family had been evicted from the Glenbeigh Estate and fled to Australia.
On 5 December 1861, Mary Gallagher emigrated to join her cousins. On the boat, she met and married Donal Egan. She gave birth to a baby but died within four...

This is a five day festival of country, traditional Irish music along with heritage trails, a ceili mor, a country concert, an Irish night and the highlight - the Belle of the Ball Dance. Daniel O'Donnell performs in concert and is present himself through-out the weekend. The Kincasslagh Festival attracts large numbers to our shores. Daniel O Donnell 's participation over the five day event ensures large crowds attending the festival with variety of different acts and outdoor activities....