Westmeath Bachelor Festival
A community week of street music, markets and entertainment in Mullingar centred on the quirky annual bachelor competition judged by celebrity panels.
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"A guided Heritage Week walk starting at Fore Abbey car park, exploring the Seven Wonders of Fore and the remarkably intact remains of this 13th-century Benedictine priory in the Westmeath countryside."
Fore Abbey Heritage Walk
"A Heritage Week guided walk along the Old Rail Trail Greenway, tracing the route of the disused Midland Great Western Railway line through the Westmeath lakeland landscape."
Old Rail Trail Greenway Heritage Walk
"Killua Castle, a romantic Gothic Revival ruin set within a vast demesne in County Westmeath, opens its gates each Heritage Week for morning visits to one of Ireland's most atmospheric lost estates."
Killua Castle Heritage Week Open Days
"Lough Park House, a Georgian country house near Castlepollard, opens its grounds and interiors each Heritage Week as part of the Revenue Section 482 public access scheme."
Lough Park House Heritage Week Open Days
"Rockfield Ecological Estate near Rathowen opens free of charge throughout Heritage Week, inviting visitors to explore its historic demesne alongside its working ecological restoration programme."
Rockfield Ecological Estate Heritage Week Open Days
"A medieval Benedictine priory set in a tranquil valley near Mullingar, legendary for its Seven Wonders of Fore, hosts Heritage Week tours from its car park in the village."
Heritage Week Guided Tour of Fore Abbey
"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
"An annual village fete at Slane Castle combining visits to the holy well, harp recitals, falconry, vintage cars, pony and trap rides and a duck derby in the historic estate grounds."
Lady Well Fete
"A weekend market-square fair in Tinahely featuring a live sheep run, sheep shearing demonstrations, wool craft stalls and local food, celebrating the county's pastoral heritage."
All Things Woolly at Tinahely
"In the award-winning Tidy Towns village of Moynalty, this beloved annual gathering revives the pre-mechanisation harvest with working steam engines, horse-drawn farm machinery, old-time threshing, butter making, and cooking on open fires."
Moynalty Steam Threshing Festival
"A country heritage festival near Trim celebrating old-world rural skills including haymaking, threshing and butter making, keeping traditional Irish farming customs alive."
Scurlogstown Olympiad
"An annual August Bank Holiday fixture on Rush's North Beach combining world-class aerobatics over the Irish Sea with artisan food markets, heritage boat displays, and live music in a free, community-driven coastal celebration."
Rush Harbour Festival and Fingal Air Show