Virginia Pumpkin Festival
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.
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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
"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."
Gerry Whelan Memorial Traditional Music Weekend
"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
"A high-energy lakeside family festival on the shores of Lough Muckno, running since 1999, combining live music, water sports, themed family days and Saturday night entertainment."
Muckno Mania Festival
"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
"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
"A traditional street fair held every year on the Feast of the Assumption in the market town of Kenmare, continuing a centuries-old pattern day custom on the shores of Kenmare Bay."
Kenmare Fair