| 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. |
8 Jun
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8 Sep | Ragus - Irish Dance and Music Show
Kilronan, Aran Islands, Galway | |
| A celebration of Irish culture, music, song and dance. |
10 Jun
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17 Sep | Music at the Crossroads
An Taibhdhearc, Galway City, Galway | |
| This fantiastic event gives you the opportunity to experience the power and excitement of Irish music, song and dance at its best. |
| 16 Jun | Bloomsday
Sandycove, Dublin, Dublin | |
| A festival celebrating James Joyce and his masterpiece Ulysees |
20 Jun
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31 Aug | Siamsa Seisiun
The Claddagh Hall, Galway City, Galway | |
| Irish music, dancing, singing and folk drama. |
| 23 - 25 Jun | Salthill Air Show
The Promenade, Salthill, Galway | |
| Salthill Air Show is a great family day out but more importantly, it is free! |
29 Jun
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2 Jul | Wexford Strawberry Festival
Various, Enniscorthy, Wexford | |
| The festival includes theatre, street entertainment, markets and many other events. it coincides with the Rhythm Routes Festival |
30 Jun
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2 Jul | Enniscorthy Rhythm Routes Festival
, Enniscorthy, Wexford | |
| Strawberries and cream, Guinness and a great mix of the best in Roots music. This years music line up is the best yet. Entry to all sessions is free. |
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. |
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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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. |
| 1 - 4 Jun | Killinkere Whit Jamboree
Killinkere, Near Virginia, Co Cavan | |
| Annual event running in North East Cavan for over 30 years, with everything from Poker tournaments on the Friday to Medieval displays on the Sunday |
| 1 - 3 Jun | Bandon Musical Festival Humours of Bandon
Bandon Town, Bandon, Cork | |
| This year, 2007 Duke Special and Director play on Saturday night and Mary Black tops the bill on Sunday - should be excellent craic! |
1 Jun
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30 Sep | Lismore Castle Arts
Lismore Castle, Lismore, Waterford | |
| The gallery, housed in the once-derelict West wing of Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford, currently hosts one major exhibition per year, as well as a dynamic programme of tours, workshops and other arts related events. Visitors are also invited to stroll through the beautiful Gardens at Lismore Castle and enjoy several pieces of contemporary sculpture that have been installed on permanent display.
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| 2 Jun | Wicklow Parish Fete
East Glengalough School (beside railway station), Wicklow, Wicklow | |
| Family fun, food and entertainment starting at 12:00. Hot lunches, afternoon tea, raffles, pony rides and many stalls. |
6 Jun
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2 Sep | Lucian Freud at IMMA
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham, Dublin | |
| A major exhibition by the internationally renowned British artist Lucian Freud. The curator of the exhibition Catherine Lampert, specialist on the work of Freud, a model for the artist’s friend Frank Auerbach and former Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery, will be available for interviews. Essays from the catalogue by Catherine Lampert and art critic and writer, Martin Gayford, are available, as is a wide selection of images. |
9 Jun
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26 Aug | 50s Chic 60s Cheek
The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Limerick | |
| 50s Chic 60s Cheek explores the many and dramatic changes in the fashionable image of women which took place during the 1950s and 1960s. This is illustrated through the work of notable fashion photographers of the period and the clothes of prominent and innovative fashion designers. |
| 10 Jun | Branny Ramble
, Dungannon, Tyrone | |
| A one-day ramble and sponsored walk around the local rural area. The walk commences at 2.30pm and starts and ends at US Grants Ancestral homestead. All proceeds to Cancer Research. The event concludes with a barbecue and entertainment. |
| 16 Jun | Jack L at Twilight races Limerick
Limerick racecourse, Limerick, Limerick | |
| First race is off at 6pm and will be followed by live music after racing until late with Jack L. 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. |
| 22 Jun | Sharon Shannon features at Twilight races Limerick
Limerick Racecourse, Limerick, Limerick | |
| First race is off at 6pm and will be followed by live music after racing until late with the Sharon Shannon Big Band. 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. |
| 25 - 29 Jun | Old City New Dreams
The Mill Theatre, Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Dublin | |
| A week of debates, lectures and performances about life around the city. Guests over the week include Senator David Norris, Roisin Ingle, Don Nugent, Glenda Gilson, Davie Philip, Helen Lucy Burke and the creator of Ross O Carroll Kelly... plus many more. |
27 Jun
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1 Jul | Waltons Guitar Festival of Ireland
National Concert Hall, National Gallery, Meeting House Sq. etc., Dublin, Dublin | |
| The Waltons Guitar Festival of Ireland is one of the world’s most exciting music events, jam-packed with a fantastic line-up of top guitarists, performing and teaching in Dublin’s most prestigious venues. |
29 Jun
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1 Jul | Budweiser Irish Derby Festival
The Curragh Racecourse, The Curragh, Kildare | |
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29 Jun
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23 Sep | The International Garden Festival
Emo Court, Laois, Laois | |
| A first for Ireland, this showcase festival boasts 15 impressive contemporary garden designs, sculptors and art forms created by designers from the US, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Australia and Ireland. Open to green-fingered visitors or to those who just love looking at the blooms, you can take a wander around the delightful farmers’ markets, specialist nursery plant sales and even join the garden seminars to get the experts’ advice on your own garden tales. |
| 30 Jun | Sponsored Row
Prehen to Greencastle, Greencastle, DONEGAL | |
| Sponsored Row from Prehen in Derry to Greencastle leaving 9.00am also sponsored walk from Muff to Redcastle on the same day and the Toucan has been hired for the day and there is seats available at £15 stg with onboard entertainment and refreshments served. Bouncy castles and curtain side trailer at the end with music. All money raised for Self Help Development in Kenya. We would like anyone that would be interested in rowing, walking or donating services to please contact Albert Doherty 074 93 83360 or Marilda Magee 074 91 53296. |
