festivals and fairs offaly

This three day festival provides a range of hill walks from easy to moderate to challenging. Experienced walk leaders will enhance your walk with information on local historic sites and wildlife. Eco Walks are a special feature of this year's festival.

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Macra Na Feirme hosts this annual competition to select a girl from the 26 counties as Queen of the Land....

The 40th anniversary of the Birr Antique and Fine Art Fair will take place in the County Arms Hotel, opening at 2.30pm on the 18th of August 09 and runs until 6.00pm on the 20th. The fair has developed and matured over the years and now boasts an impressive array of period items from more than fourteen of Irelands best antique dealers. With pieces ranging from georgian and edwardian furniture, irish silver, jewelry, porcelain, glassware, books, prints, lace, marble clocks, and a vast range of ot...

This annual event commemorates Ireland’s first aviation disaster that resulted in the destruction of the town centre in Tullamore by a wayward hot air balloon. The town survived and the Phoenix has adorned the town crest ever since. The event hosts many activities such as sky diving, outdoor concerts, street entertainment, fireworks and yes, hot air balloons....

Promoting Edenderry as a major coarse angling venue....

Nominated for ''BEST EUROPEAN FESTIVAL'' in the UK Festival Awards 2008

CherryCool Promotions, organisers of exclusive music events, is delighted to announce that Castlepalooza - Ireland’s favourite independently run boutique music festival – has been nominated for “Best European Festival” in the UK festival awards 2008!...

Open air music and arts festival located by the river in Shannonbridge and monastic site of Clonmacnoise...

Celebrate with the music from some of the worlds greatest bands....

Ideal opportunity to explore the geology of the Midlands while walking in the company of John Feehan. you don't need any prior knowledge of geology, you will probably enjoy it all the more if you don't have any!...