festivals and fairs limerick

August was the traditional month to start celebrating the returns of the harvest, and with food tasting, competitions for restaurants and chefs and a ‘pub food and music trail’ the Limerick Food Festival updates that tradition wonderfully....

The annual poetry event, now firmly established in the cultural calendar of Limerick, adds further weight and character to our city's already impressive cultural scene. Limerick's long association with poetry makes Cuisle and Limerick the perfect opportunity and place for audiences to extend their experience of poetry during the festival days of convivial discussion readings, book launches and workshops with the leading contemporary poets of our time. Opening dates for 2008: October 15th to Octo...

The people of Limerick go all out for the celebration of Ireland’s patron saint, with not one, not two but five days of festivities, enough to rival Dublin. This week long festival has loads of street entertainment in the form of music, street theatre, dance, market stalls and plenty more. The crowning glory is the parade that attracts thousands every year and also the dozens of marching bands that compete in the Limerick International Band Competition....