Great Northern Road Run
A convoy of up to twenty coal-fired steam engines rolls through Tyrone on a summer Friday, filling Hotel Rue car park in Omagh with hissing steel and live music in one of Northern Ireland's most spectacular and unusual public spectacles.
Omagh is a busy county town with a genuine heart - the twin-spired Sacred Heart Church alone earns a stop, and the river, the market, and the Ulster American Folk Park nearby give a visitor enough to fill half a satisfying day.
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"20,000 visitors pour into the Clogher Valley showground for 500 cattle, 500 sheep and 1,000 horses, with a vintage display that turns this mid-Tyrone show into one of the province's most complete country days."
Clogher Valley Show
"Since 1832 the fields on the edge of Omagh have gathered the finest livestock in Tyrone, and the 184th edition brings two full days of cattle, sheep, horses and home industries to this purpose-built showground."
Omagh Show
"A club marking 50 years rolls out tractors and classic cars across the rolling Armagh countryside near Loughgilly."
County Armagh Vintage Vehicle Club Rally
"A heritage steam and vintage rally held across a beautiful private country estate near Liskeard, celebrating working engines and rural craft."
Boconnoc Steam Fair
"Three wells dressed with intricate flower-and-clay panels anchor a full week of events in this limestone gorge village each late July, including a fell race, model boat race, treasure hunt and brass band on the village green."
Stoney Middleton Well Dressing
"Three days at South Cerney Airfield bring together one of the largest gatherings of vintage vehicles, steam engines, working horses, buses and stationary engines in the South West, a complete world of working mechanical heritage set out across a former wartime airfield with the Cotswold Water Park shimmering beyond."
Gloucestershire Vintage and Country Extravaganza
"A day of riding the marches, fair-crying and emblems of thistle and heather in this Dumfriesshire town."
Langholm Common Riding
"Children carry rush bearings woven into crosses and harps through Wordsworth's village to St Oswald's church, handed gingerbread at the end by the same shop that has made it for generations."
Grasmere Rushbearing