Boyle Arts Festival
Ten days of visual art, music, theatre, literature, and a spectacular opening parade transform the market town of Boyle into one of Ireland's premier regional arts destinations each July.
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"Castlecoote House, a fine 18th-century Palladian villa with elaborate plasterwork in a quiet Roscommon village, opens each Heritage Week for guided afternoon tours through the Section 482 scheme."
Castlecoote House Heritage Week Open Days
"King House, a magnificent early 18th-century mansion on Boyle's main street and once barracks to the Connaught Rangers, opens throughout Heritage Week with a full programme of tours and activities."
King House Heritage Week Open Days
"Strokestown Park, a Palladian mansion with one of Ireland's longest herbaceous borders and the Irish National Famine Museum, opens through Heritage Week in its planned Georgian estate village."
Strokestown Park Heritage Week Open Days
"Set in the heritage town of Strokestown, this established Roscommon show closes out the main show season as a venue for All-Ireland Beef Shorthorn Heifer Calf championship qualifiers alongside its traditional livestock and rural crafts programme."
Strokestown Agricultural Show
"A daily guided descent into Oweynagat, the mythological Cave of the Cats at Rathcroghan, Europe's largest unexcavated royal site and the original home of the Samhain festival."
Origins of Samhain, Oweynagat Cave Tour
"Families follow storytelling guides through the woodland of Strokestown Park to uncover the folklore of Oíche Shamhna, with costume-encouraged Samhain games and craft making woven through the estate grounds."
Strokestown Park Samhain Trail
"A four-day multidisciplinary arts festival on the scenic shores of Lough Derg in Portumna, spanning visual arts, music, film, theatre, and literature in one of County Galway's most undervisited lakeside towns."
Shorelines Arts Festival
"An intimate four-day chamber music festival in the Georgian estate town of Westport, attracting top international and Irish ensembles to a series of concerts in unique small venues."
Westport Festival of Chamber Music
"Billed as the longest-running community arts festival in Ireland, this ten-day Connemara celebration brings theatre, music, visual arts, and literary events to the market town of Clifden each autumn."
Clifden Community Arts Festival
"A tribute festival in the Atlantic-coast village of Waterville honouring Charlie Chaplin, who famously holidayed there, with film screenings, stand-up comedy, and street theatre."
Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival
"A beloved literary weekend transforming the medieval riverside village of Graiguenamanagh into a book lover's paradise, with over 25 independent booksellers, author talks, music and crafts along the River Barrow."
Graiguenamanagh Town of Books Festival
"A book-town weekend in the medieval riverside village of Graiguenamanagh that celebrates reading, writing, and the joy of books across three summer days."
Ireland's Town of Books Festival