"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

"Classic and vintage vehicles from across the south-east gather for a scenic run and open-air display through the Comeragh Mountain foothills, drawing enthusiasts of all ages."

Comeragh Motor Club Classic and Vintage Car Run and Display

"One of Europe's oldest horse fairs, held on Buttevant's main street every 12 July since at least the reign of Charles II, where legend holds that both Napoleon and Wellington sourced their famous warhorses."

Cahirmee Horse Fair

"A five-day, family-friendly village festival set against the colourful backdrop of Sneem on the Ring of Kerry, mixing live music, crafts, sports, funfair rides, and genuine community spirit."

Sneem Summer Festival

"A five-day, family-friendly community festival in the colourful Ring of Kerry village of Sneem, with raft races, guided walks, and children's entertainment woven into village life."

Sneem Family Festival

"Hundreds of kites fill the Atlantic sky above Keel Beach as professional fliers, kite-making workshops and crowd competitions bring all ages together on one of Achill's most spectacular strands."

Mayo International Kite Festival

"Running annually since 1988 and named Best Irish Festival 2024, this week-long community celebration fills Castlerea with open-air concerts, parades, markets, and the crowning of the Rose of Castlerea."

Castlerea Rose Festival

"A beloved West Cork village festival centred on its working harbour, with regatta racing, street races, pillow fights, the greasy pole, swimming competitions and nightly music across the Bank Holiday week."

Courtmacsherry Harbour Festival

"A nine-day village celebration in Georgian Durrow where hundreds of creative scarecrows occupy every nook and cranny, culminating in the All-Ireland Scarecrow Championship with a prize fund of EUR3,000."

Durrow Scarecrow Festival

"A multi-day celebration in Ireland's biggest whitefish port on the Beara Peninsula, mixing live music, seafood, family activities and maritime heritage against the backdrop of Bantry Bay."

Castletownbere Festival of the Sea

"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

"A weekend festival on the small inhabited island of Inishbiggle off the north coast of Achill, celebrating island community and Atlantic heritage in one of Mayo's most remote settings."

Féile Inis Bigil

"A community week of street music, markets and entertainment in Mullingar centred on the quirky annual bachelor competition judged by celebrity panels."

Westmeath Bachelor 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

"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 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

"Two free days of seaside family fun along the shores of Schull, blending long-standing regatta tradition with on-water racing and community festivities in a classic West Cork harbour village."

Schull Regatta 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

"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

"Ireland's oldest festival, held without fail on 10, 11 and 12 August in Killorglin since at least 1613, where a wild mountain goat is crowned King Puck above the town square amid horse fairs, parades, and street music."

Puck Fair (Aonach an Phoic)

"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

"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

"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

"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."

Virginia Pumpkin 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)

"A two-night Halloween celebration in the medieval walled port town of Youghal, bringing spooky spectacle and family-friendly fun to one of Ireland's most historic streetscapes."

Youghal Halloween Festival

"A month-long programme of festive events across Killarney town, blending Dine in Killarney restaurant nights, street craft markets, an ice rink and Santa visits with winter walks through the National Park."

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