festivals and fairs dublin

This annual event was established four years ago to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. The festival provides dramatic and an academic forum for the arts provided by the gay community, be it as authors, performers or if the work has a gay character....

The harbour town of Howth, famous for its fresh fish and its craggy hill, is an ideal location for the Howth Peninsula Festival, a summer festival with a focus on fun, music, food, activity, atmosphere and celebration!...

A weekend of activity and fun for all the family which includes the judging and announcement of this year's roses. Held in St. Anne's Park, Raheny . Exhibitions, trade and craft stands, guided walks of the Rose Garden and Miniature Rose Garden  can also be enjoyed here.
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This annual event is a four-day celebration of the fine foods and drink that are available from the most excellent restaurants in the city. Ireland’s finest restaurants will be present along with the very best in speciality food and drink companies. Those in attendance will be treated to a culinary extravaganza and this is certainly an event you will return to again and again....

Feile Frank McGann was established to honour the memory of Ireland's best loved traditional musician, Frank McGann, a Bodhran player, singer and story teller, born in 1923 in Lisalway County Roscommon and died in 2002....

2007 was a great year for this new festival. This could easily have be one of the biggest free events in the country. 2008 promises to be bigger, better and the best World Championship ever.

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A week long celebration of the world of national and international circus skills....

This is a fun filled day for all the family.
Vintage day including vintage ploughing, static display of vintage cars, tractors and other vehicles. Harvesting and threshing, auto jumble, trade stands.

The 2008 Vintage Rally will be held in Rathmooney, Lusk, Co. Dublin....

Now in its 7th year, the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival (DEAF) is one of the most forward-thinking events of its kind in Ireland's cultural calendar. Independently-run by veteran Irish music label D1 Recordings, DEAF typically takes place on the October bank Holiday weekend, with related events and projects ongoing throughout the year. The founding principles upon which the festival is based are: to focus on the experimental, and to promote an ethic of genuine inclusiveness in our approach to s...

The early Irish attribute many great mythic and mystical events to the seasons and the traditional celebration of Samhain - or Halloween - marks the end of the Harvest Season, the approach of winter and the Celtic new year.

Along with Saint Patrick's, Samhain is one of the few genuinely Irish cultural traditions, attracting visitors the world over - any excuse to party....