Gerry Whelan Memorial Traditional Music Weekend
This annual memorial weekend in the small Cavan market town of Cootehill keeps alive the music of the late Gerry Whelan with sessions, concerts and céilís drawing trad musicians from across Ulster and beyond.
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"A family storytelling event at Cavan County Museum in Ballyjamesduff follows a narrator through replica trenches to recount the lives of Cavan men who fought in the First World War."
Tales from the Trenches
"Running since 2007, this much-loved Halloween weekend festival fills the lakeside town of Virginia with pumpkin competitions, parades, and family festivities every October bank holiday."
Virginia Pumpkin Festival
"A once-in-a-generation outdoor spectacle marking 300 years of Gulliver's Travels, transforming Cavan Courthouse with large-scale digital projections, theatre, music, and community lantern art inspired by Jonathan Swift's West Cavan connections."
Gulliver's Travels 300th Anniversary Celebration
"A long-distance community walking event winding through the lake-dotted drumlin landscapes of Killeshandra and west Cavan within the UNESCO Cuilcagh Lakelands Geopark."
Cuilcagh Camino
"Celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2026, this traditional one-day show in the heart of County Cavan features seven livestock categories, home industries and a big-screen All-Ireland football final."
Arva Agricultural Show
"A beloved open-air weekend market in Con Smith Park bringing together 50-plus local food producers, crafters, artists, and live musicians to celebrate the best of County Cavan."
Summer Cottage Market
"St Patrick's Purgatory on Station Island has received barefoot pilgrims keeping an all-night vigil and strict fast for over a thousand years, making Lough Derg one of Europe's most demanding and continuous pilgrimage traditions."
Lough Derg Three-Day Pilgrimage Season
"A lakeshore walking pilgrimage along the ancient Pilgrim Path at Lough Derg, offered in an 8 km or 12 km format, inviting participants to experience the sacred landscape of St Patrick's Purgatory on foot."
Lough Derg Pilgrim Path Sunday
"An internationally acclaimed five-day blues festival that transforms Monaghan Town into a world-class hub for guitarists and roots musicians each September."
Harvest Time Blues Festival
"A family-friendly two-day festival set in the grounds of Oakfield Park near Raphoe, mixing live original acts and tribute performances across two stages in the heart of County Donegal."
Oakfest
"An intimate autumn celebration of Donegal fiddle tradition held in Ardara, honouring the legacy of legendary travelling fiddler Johnny Doherty with sessions, concerts and workshops."
Johnny Doherty Festival
"A vibrant traditional music event in the Irish-speaking Gaeltacht community of Gaoth Dobhair in northwest Donegal, rooted in the living musical culture of one of Ireland's most dynamic Irish-language areas."
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