Cairn Community Games National Athletics and Outdoor Teams Finals
Over three thousand children from communities across all 26 counties compete in track, field, and outdoor team events at SETU's South Sports Campus, making this the largest annual community sports festival in rural Ireland.
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"Borris House, a Tudor Revival mansion that has been home to the MacMurrough Kavanagh family for centuries, opens for afternoon tours during Heritage Week in its handsome south Carlow village setting."
Borris House Heritage Week Open Days
"Founded in 1946 and known as the County Carlow Show, this one-day event draws over 15,000 visitors to the Coppenagh showground for livestock, equestrian, dog, and domestic arts competitions alongside All Ireland Championship finals."
Tullow Agricultural Show
"A packed three-day set dancing weekend at the Seven Oaks Hotel brings together céilís with the Abbey, Brian Ború and Johnny Reidy bands, workshops, sean-nós, and social dancing for all levels."
Carlow Set Dancing Weekend
"Now in its 23rd year, this nine-day county-wide festival opens at Arboretum Leighlinbridge and takes in historic estates, woodland gardens and walled gardens across the Carlow Garden Trail, with acclaimed designers and gardeners from Ireland and the UK delivering talks, tours and workshops."
Carlow Garden Festival
"Pilgrims gather at the seventh-century monastic ruins of St Moling for the rounds at the holy well and graveyard prayers, keeping alive one of the great medieval pilgrimages of Leinster."
St Mullins Pattern Day
"A four-day hillwalking weekend deep in the Wicklow Mountains, based at Glenmalure Lodge, with graded guided walks through Wicklow Mountains National Park including an ascent of Lugnaquilla, Leinster's highest peak."
Wicklow Walking Festival
"One of Ireland's longest-running regattas, held since 1886 on the River Barrow through Graiguenamanagh every August Bank Holiday weekend."
Graiguenamanagh River Regatta
"Now in its 148th year, this entirely volunteer-run festival celebrates Wicklow Town's seafaring heritage with golly fishing, rowing races, raft races and live music across the harbour and town."
Wicklow Regatta Festival
"A two-day community celebration in Enniscorthy blending road races, live music, family fun, and a market around the themes of movement and mental well-being."
Pulze Festival
"Cobh's beloved three-day harbour festival combines sailing competitions, live music, a busking contest and a fancy dress parade in one of Ireland's most iconic waterfront towns."
Cobh People's Regatta
"A weekend of traditional currach racing and community celebration on the smallest of the Aran Islands, where skilled island rowers compete in boats that have shaped life on this remote Atlantic shore for centuries."
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