Durrow Scarecrow Festival
A nine-day village celebration in Georgian Durrow where hundreds of creative scarecrows occupy every nook and cranny, culminating in the All-Ireland Scarecrow Championship with a prize fund of EUR3,000.
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"Ireland's best-loved arts and music festival, held on the wooded grounds of Stradbally Hall, bringing world-class headliners, comedy, and the MindField talks programme to a Laois village estate each August."
Electric Picnic
"Johnny Reidy and his céilí band take over the Castle Arms Hotel in the heritage village of Durrow for a long-running midsummer night of set dancing beloved by dancers from across Leinster."
Trip to Durrow Céilí
"A community-run music, comedy and culture weekend staged in the intimate ruins of Cullohill Castle, brought to life by Cullohill Community Council with support from Laois County Council."
Folly Festival
"Held at Stradbally Hall by the Irish Steam Preservation Society, this August Bank Holiday gathering showcases working steam engines, traction engines, oil engines, vintage tractors, and traditional crafts over three days, with a steam and vintage parade through the village square."
National Steam Rally
"One of Ireland's oldest agricultural shows, founded in 1898, bringing livestock competitions, vintage machinery, a truck show, and the famous tractor pull to the Coolfin showgrounds outside Rathdowney."
Ossory Agricultural Show
"A boutique music and arts weekend that transforms the tiny village of Emo into a walkable festival site, mixing Britpop and indie legends with Irish trad and folk on multiple stages under the forest skyline."
Forest Fest Music & Arts Festival
"One of North County Dublin's longest-running village festivals, established in 1970, packing a full three-day programme of live music headlined by the Whistlin' Donkeys, trad sessions, a pet show, vintage vehicle displays, and community fundraisers into the heart of a small rural village."
Garristown Festival
"An annual village fete at Slane Castle combining visits to the holy well, harp recitals, falconry, vintage cars, pony and trap rides and a duck derby in the historic estate grounds."
Lady Well Fete
"A weekend market-square fair in Tinahely featuring a live sheep run, sheep shearing demonstrations, wool craft stalls and local food, celebrating the county's pastoral heritage."
All Things Woolly at Tinahely
"In the award-winning Tidy Towns village of Moynalty, this beloved annual gathering revives the pre-mechanisation harvest with working steam engines, horse-drawn farm machinery, old-time threshing, butter making, and cooking on open fires."
Moynalty Steam Threshing Festival
"A country heritage festival near Trim celebrating old-world rural skills including haymaking, threshing and butter making, keeping traditional Irish farming customs alive."
Scurlogstown Olympiad
"An annual August Bank Holiday fixture on Rush's North Beach combining world-class aerobatics over the Irish Sea with artisan food markets, heritage boat displays, and live music in a free, community-driven coastal celebration."
Rush Harbour Festival and Fingal Air Show