Tubbercurry Old Fair Day Festival
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.
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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 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
"Pilgrims gather at Tobernalt holy well outside Sligo town on Garland Sunday to perform the traditional rounds, a practice that shifted from Keash Hill to this wooded well site in living memory."
Tobernalt Holy Well, Garland Sunday Pilgrimage
"Marking its 10th anniversary in 2026, this family-friendly Achill village festival celebrates the patronal feast of St Dymphna with music, arts, sports, and bingo across the island over two weeks."
Féile Chill Damhnait
"A week-long community celebration in south Leitrim now in its 60th year, famous for free nightly open-air concerts on the main street alongside water sports, funfairs and children's events."
Ballinamore Family Festival
"A week-long community festival in the remote Erris peninsula featuring Heritage Day, Lá an Logha (Fair Day) and live entertainment against the Wild Atlantic Way backdrop."
Belmullet Festival
"Europe's oldest and largest horse fair, now in its 303rd year, filling Ballinasloe's Fair Green for eight days with horse and pony trading, street entertainment, a vintage parade, fireworks, and the deep traditions of the Irish Travelling community."
Ballinasloe International October Fair and Festival
"One of Europe's oldest and largest horse fairs, tracing roots to 1722, where hundreds of dealers buy and sell Irish Draught and Connemara horses by handshake on the historic Fair Green, surrounded by fireworks, tug-of-war, street parades, and a funfair."
Ballinasloe International Horse Fair and Festival
"A historic one-day livestock fair at the Connemara crossroads of Maam Cross, rooted in the tradition of local farmers trading cattle, sheep, and Connemara ponies to supplement a living from the rocky western landscape."
Maam Cross Fair (An Aonach Mór)