| Dates | Event, Location & Description |
1 May
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14 Aug | The Wicklow Gardens Festival
Wicklow Gardens, Wicklow, Wicklow |    |
| A wonderful festival with private and public gardens on view for your pleasure. |
28 Mar
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28 Sep | Replicant by Kenji Endo
National Sculpture Factory, Cork, Cork | |
| The National Sculpture Factory in association with Cork Artists Collective have commissioned Japanese artist Kenji Endo to install his site-specific sculpture Replicant along the side of the red-brick NSF building where Albert Road meets the South Link. Replicant is made from aluminium duct piping and LED lights and will sprawl, virus-like along the western face and front of the factory building, emitting a low lit, blue glow. |
12 Apr
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29 Sep | Seamus Murphy Centenary Season
Various, Cork, Cork | |
| To mark the centenary of the birth of renowned sculptor Seamus Murphy, a series of celebratory events will take place in Cork from April to September this year.
The Seamus Murphy Centenary Season will include various exhibitions of his work as well as photographs and tools in venues such as the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork City Libraries and the Cork Public Museum. |
19 Apr
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9 May |
Café des Amis, Aliiance Fraçaise, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 | |
| Photography, painting and mixed media artist of 25 years, Fiona Arnold, creates a unique photography experience based on surface details and illusions with openings, reflective windows and mirrors, placing equal importance on what is inside and out.
Through this exceptional exhibition, “Looking Beyond the Façade-Façades et Ouvertures”, Fiona pursues her exploration of these fascinating ideas focusing on the beautifully proportioned buildings of some of France’s towns and the distinct city of Vienna with their abundance of visual delights.
Free Entry
Opening night at 6pm on Thursday 19th April
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23 Apr
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7 May | Roots Beanstalks and Growing Up
Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Wexford | |
| The current project is based on the theme of growth and includes work by Barrie Cooke, Tom Molloy, Thomas Ruff and Vik Muniz. Children from nine Co Wexford primary schools have been involved in a range of projects connected to the theme. In Roots, Beanstalks and Growing Up a selection of this work will be exhibited in the Wexford Arts Centre alongside works from the IMMA Collection on the same theme |
28 Apr
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6 May | An Exhibition of Works Selected by Maura and George McClelland
Clos na BhFiodoiri, Dingle, Kerry | |
| An Exhibition of Works Selected by Maura and George McClelland from their Personal Collection and the McClelland Collection at IMMA includes works by William Conor, Gerard Dillon, Paul Henry, Tony O’Malley, Dan O’Neill, Colin Middleton and William Scott amongst others. In the 1960s George and Maura McClelland opened a gallery in Belfast, which grew out of a love for art and was a means of supporting contemporary artists. |
| 4 - 7 May | Killarney Rally of the Lakes
, Killarney, Kerry | |
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| 17 May | Hot House Flowers at Twilight racing
Limerick Racecourse, Limerick, Limerick | |
| First race is off at 6pm and will be followed by live music after racing until late with the Hothouse Flowers. Free buses and admission to the SinBin nite club in Limerick after racing on the presentation of a race card. Range of packages available on each night to include Twilight Supper package, reserved tables in Panoramic restaurant and corporate suites for private hire. Group rates available for general admission tickets. |
| 18 - 20 May | WDAOI All Ireland Linedance Championships
Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny, Donegal | |
| All Ireland Linedance Championships.
See Irelands best dancers compete for this prestigious title. |
| 19 - 20 May | Connemara Pony Sales
Clifden Mart, Galway Road, Clifden, Clifden, Galway | |
| Two days of a catalogue sale of Connemara Ponies.
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| 22 - 31 May | French New Wave 2eme Festival de la Chanson Francophone
Headlining acts in the Village; others in the Sugar Club, the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Alliance Française., Dublin 2, Dublin | |
| The VIllage@8pm,€25/€20 students:
TTC, Thurs 24
Sébastien Tellier, Sat 26
Ba Cissoko, Thurs 31
All others €10:
Courir les Rues & Les Doigts de lHomme,Tues 22 in Sugar Club
Stéphanie Lignon & Véronique Pestel, Wed 23 in RIAM
François Lemonnier (kids show),Sat 26 in Alliance Française@4pm |
| 24 - 27 May | Dublin City Soul Festival a celebration of peace unity and love
Multiple City Centre Venues, Dublin City, Dublin | |
| Join us for the first annual Dublin City Soul Festival a celebration of peace unity and love.
Live Music Top European djs, the best local talent, International soul gospel stars and the worlds first Soul Picnic.
Come and celebrate your soul!
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25 May
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4 Jun | Our Fragile Earth
St Caimins Church of Ireland, Mountshannon, Clare | |
| An exhibition of works from the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s Collection opens to the public on Friday 25 May 2007 at three venues in Co Clare - St Caimin’s Church of Ireland, Mountshannon; Raheen Hospital and Scariff - as part of the Iniscealtra Festival of the Arts. Our Fragile Earth is the theme of the festival and includes works by well-known Irish and international artists such as Marie Jo La Fontaine, Clare Langan and Tom Molloy. Individual works from the IMMA Collection will be placed in three venues in Scariff – Tony O’Malley at the Bank of Ireland, Patrick Collins at the Derg Credit Union and Tim Goulding at Loughnane & Co.
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| 26 - 27 May | Boylesports Irish Guineas Festival
The Curragh Racecourse, The Curragh, Kildare | |
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31 May
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17 Jun | Wexford Festival Opera
Johnstown Castle, Wexford, Wexford | |
| The fifty-sixth annual Wexford Festival Opera will feature six rarely performed operas alongside a ballet, smaller works, concerts and recitals, and talks in a cutom-built theatre in the magnificent grounds of Johnstown Castle, just outside Wexford Town. |
