South Sligo Summer School
A week-long immersion in the fiddle-rich traditions of south Sligo, held in a characterful market town that has nurtured some of Ireland's finest trad players.
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"The Coleman Traditional Irish Music Centre in tiny Gurteen village hosts a summer-long weekly céilí series celebrating the South Sligo style of music in the heartland that produced the legendary Michael Coleman."
Coleman Irish Music Centre Summer Céilís
"A ten-day autumn festival anchored in Sligo town that blends Irish traditional and folk music with international acts, céilís and sessions across the town's pubs and venues each October."
Sligo Live
"A daily festive market running for nearly four weeks in Sligo town, bringing together small local businesses and artisan makers in a community-led celebration of Irish-made goods."
Sligo Christmas Market
"A five-day south Sligo heritage festival in its 41st year, culminating in a street fair with over 50 traditional craft demonstrations, vintage machinery, livestock and artisan stalls recreating the atmosphere of a 19th-century Irish fair day."
Tubbercurry Old Fair Day Festival
"A beloved one-day agricultural show in the coastal village of Grange dating back to 1945, showcasing livestock, homecrafts, fruits and vegetables against the backdrop of north Sligo's drumlin scenery."
North Sligo Agricultural Show
"Named in honour of the legendary Sligo fiddle master James Morrison, this village festival in Riverstown celebrates the distinctive East Sligo fiddle tradition with sessions, concerts and workshops run by the local Comhaltas branch."
James Morrison Traditional Music Festival
"Athenry's Marian holy well hosts a vibrant annual pilgrimage on Lady's Day with open-air Mass, traditional rounds, and candles, keeping alive a pattern that has historically drawn emigrants home each August."
Our Lady's Well Pattern, Athenry
"A celebratory gathering in Ballyhaunis blending bus heritage tours by day with a special community night, reviving the Tóstal festival tradition in the Irish midlands west."
Tóstal Bhreac-Cluana
"A deeply local Heritage Week event in the remote Erris Gaeltacht village of Carrowteige, replaying rare community voice recordings from the early 1990s to preserve the living oral heritage of Dún Chaocháin."
Voices of Dún Chaocháin: Recordings from the Early 1990s
"A heartfelt island tribute to singer and musician Desmond O'Halloran, bringing family, friends, and admirers together on Inishbofin for music sessions and cultural celebration honouring a cherished local performer."
Desmond O'Halloran Music Weekend
"A three-day East Galway traditional music festival honouring the legacy of musician Larry Reynolds, with sessions, workshops, storytelling, and céilí firmly rooted in the local community."
Féile Cheoil Larry Reynolds
"Clare Island's annual folk weekend brings some of the finest musicians, songwriters and performers in the country to this remote Clew Bay island for a weekend of outstanding live music."
Clare Island Folk Festival