That Beats Banagher Festival
A riverside festival in the Shannon-side village of Banagher that takes its name from the old Irish expression, mixing music, community events and Shannon waterway celebrations over a summer weekend.
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"Free access to the ancient Shannon-side monastery founded by St Ciarán in the 6th century, with guided tours of its cathedral, two round towers, three high crosses, and eight churches."
Heritage Week Open Day at Clonmacnoise Monastic Site
"A heritage interpreter leads visitors around the ancient monastic site of Rahan and its medieval Church of Ireland church, a rarely visited early Christian foundation in rural Offaly."
St Carthage's Church and Rahan Monastic Site Heritage Week Opening
"Local professional photographer Jeff Harvey leads an interactive Heritage Week workshop on preserving and archiving personal photographs, covering both digital and printed formats at Clara Library."
Photography Workshop with Jeff Harvey, Clara Library
"Pilgrims process the Pilgrim Cross through the great 6th-century monastic ruins of Clonmacnoise on St Ciarán's feast day, a diocesan pilgrimage that transforms a UNESCO-listed monument back into a living sacred community."
Clonmacnoise Pattern Day, Féile Naomh Ciarán
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National Ploughing Championships
"Pilgrims process between the ancient high crosses and ruined churches of Clonmacnoise on St Ciarán's feast, maintaining an unbroken pilgrimage tradition at one of the great monastic sites of early medieval Europe."
St Ciarán's Pattern Day, Clonmacnoise
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FuddleFest
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Wicklow Mining Heritage: Music, Story and Dance
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