Festivals

Festivals bring all Irish people together. We are happy when we come together as a nation to cheer on our country, no matter what. These festivals are fun and friendly whether you are in a big city or a small village. A weekend without a festival is rare across Ireland.

TOP 10 IRISH FESTIVALS:

Saint Patrick's Festival
Dingle Festival
Clifden Traditional Music Festival
Fastnet Film Festival
Sea Sessions Music Festival
Galway Arts Festival
Puck Fair
The Rose of Tralee
Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking
Galway Oyster Festival

St Patrick's Festival is the most celebrated national holiday in the world and the day inspires THE WORLD to go green. The entire country downs tools. Expect parades, people dressed head-to-toe in green and glasses raised to our patron saint. Celebrations happen all over the country. However, the largest and most boisterous are usually in Dublin.

This festival centres on the closest weekend to March 17th.

Dingle Festival is the largest arts festival in Ireland, celebrated at the arrival of summer. There is something for everyone (locals and visitors alike).

It includes numerous events:

Clifden Traditional Music Festival (April) combines incredible musicians and one of Ireland's most beautiful regions. Clifden is a gorgeous little town at the heart of Connemara.

Fastnet Film Festival (May) is held in west Cork. Every imaginable type of film will be on show with lots of up-and-coming Irish film-making talent.

Sea Sessions Music Festival (June) is held in Donegal, the unofficial surfing capital of Ireland. At Sea Sessions, you'll enjoy some of the best music acts Ireland has to offer.

Galway Arts Festival (July) is a weeks-long celebration that's not to be missed. Surreal, giant puppets walk the streets. Enchanting music is played by enthralling musicians. Awe-inspiring street theatre is also a feature, so every street corner offers the possibility for new adventure.

Puck Fair (August) is being celebrated for over 400 years. A wild mountain goat is crowned king of Killorgin and given reign over the Kerry town for the three days of the festival (before being relkeased back to rthe wild). The festival is jam-packed with concerts, storytelling, traditional music and dance, midnight madness, fireworks and a horse fair.

The Rose of Tralee (August) is one of the most popular festivals: young ladies of Irish descent travel from around the world to Kerry to compete to be crowned 'Rose of Tralee'.

The festival celebrates Irish culture and the global Irish diaspora.

Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking (September) helps romantic hopefuls from all over the world to find love. A matchmaker uses his skills (passed down through the generations) to help all sorts of folk find love.

Everyone can take part in this, even if you have no interest in finding love.

Galway Oyster Festival gathers people from everywhere, as Irish people are blessed to have access to some of the freshest fish and seafood in the world. People come to taste these delicious oysters and shuckers compete to become the world oyster-opening champion.

ALSO.......... Dublin City Council is delighted to present the Dublin City Council Luke Kelly Festival, which will take place this August 13th at Smithfield Square, Dublin 1.

Taking place from 12pm right through to 6pm, this FREE festival promises to be a huge celebration of Dublin music legend Luke Kelly, through an engaging and entertaining mix of live music performances, interesting discussion sessions and family friendly arts & crafts.

Appart from traditional festivals, Irish people enjoy singing and dancing anywhere, anytime, under any weather conditions. This video was recorded in Belfast, in the middle of nowhere. In spite of the rain, the band kept playing music and singing and everyone kept dancing for more than one hour. You can find people of all ages, from children to elderly ones.

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IRISH FESTIVALS ARE THE STRONGEST FORMS OF MAGIC

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