| Dates | Event, Location & Description |
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. |
20 Jun
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31 Aug | Siamsa Seisiun
The Claddagh Hall, Galway City, Galway | |
| Irish music, dancing, singing and folk drama. |
13 Jul
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17 Aug | Galway Cathedral Recitals
Galway Cathedral, Galway City, Galway | |
| Summer evening concerts in Galways magnificent stone cathedral. |
20 Jul
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17 Aug | St. Barrahanes Festival of Music
St. Barrahanes Church, Castletownsend, Cork | |
| Classical Music Festival held in the beautiful St. Barrahanes Church, Castletownsend. |
22 Jul
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20 Aug | BEO Celtic Music Festival - Irish Music Live
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Dublin | |
| Traditional Irish Music with performers from Ireland and abroad |
24 Jul
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19 Aug | Summer Music on the Shannon
University of Limerick Concert Hall, Castletroy, Limerick | |
| A four week festival of summer music school for classical musicians. |
31 Jul
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4 Aug | O Carolan Summer School in Traditional Irish Music Song and Dance
, Keadue, Roscommon | |
| Tuition in harp, flute, tin whiste, accordion, button and piano, concertina, bodhran, banjo and fiddle, sean nos and set dancing. |
| 1 - 31 Aug | Roundstone Song + Dance
Community Centre, Roundstone, Galway | |
| Every Wednesday during August 8:30pm - 10:30pm
Popular evening for both locals and tourists alike. |
| 1 - 4 Aug | TO DANCE ON THE MOON
Great Southern Hotel, Killarney, Kerry | |
| Irish Dance and Music |
| 2 Aug | Showband Show
Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Kerry | |
| The Showband Show present a night's entertainment of classic Showband Hits |
| 3 Aug | Wolfetones
Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Kerry | |
| Derek Warfield and Brian Warfield, Noel Nagle and Tommy Byrne today comprise the World's most popular Irish folk group - The Wolfe Tones. |
| 4 - 7 Aug | Dan Paddy Andy Festival
, Lyreacompane, Kerry | |
| A music, song, dance drama and story telling festival in a rural setting commemorating the great Irish matchmaker |
| 4 - 6 Aug | Ballyshannon Folk and Traditional Music Festival
Abbey Centre, Ballyshannon, Donegal | |
| The longest running folk festival in Ireland, hosting top artists in traditional and folk music. |
| 4 - 6 Aug | James Morrison Traditional Music Festival
, Riverstown, Sligo | |
| Irish traditional music festival with concert pub sessions, band parades and open air céilí music in the village of Riverstown. |
| 4 - 7 Aug | Downings Festival
Downings, Letterkenny, Donegal | |
| A music festival with fun for all the family |
| 5 - 12 Aug | Clonmany Festival
, Clonmany, Donegal | |
| An annual event that has become entwined in local traditions and cultures. |
| 5 Aug | The Dubliners in Concert
Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Kerry | |
| In the history of Irish music, no group has created and maintained their niche as effectively as the Dubliners. |
| 10 Aug | Rathdrum Fireworks Festival
Parnell National Memorial Park, Rathdrum, Wicklow | |
| Spectacular fireworks display and musical entertainment in the market square |
| 10 - 14 Aug | Feakle International Traditional Music Festival
, Feakle, Clare | |
| Well established traditional music festival, now in its 19th year. |
| 12 - 19 Aug | Traditional Dances at Donegal
Oideas Gael, Glencolmcille, Donegal | |
| Learn the traditional dances of Ulster with experienced tutor. |
| 16 - 20 Aug | Masters of Tradition
Bantry House, Bantry, Cork | |
| Celebrating traditional music in its purest form. |
| 16 - 20 Aug | Eigse Mrs Crotty
, Kilrush, Clare | |
| Traditional Irish music festival concentrating on the concertina |
| 19 - 24 Aug | Scoil Eigse
, Letterkenny, Donegal | |
| Week long summer college of Irish traditional music, song, dance language classes, lectures and traditional sessions. Precedes Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann. |
22 Aug
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2 Sep | Blood Brothers
INEC, Killarney, Kerry | |
| Hailed as one of the best musicals of all time, BLOOD BROTHERS has triumphed across the globe. Scooping up no less than four awards for bestmusical in London and seven Tony Award nominations on Broadway, BLOOD BROTHERS is simply unmissable and unbeatable. This epic tale of Liverpool life has been running in London’s West End, since July 1988 and touring the UK since 1995. BLOOD BROTHERS tells the captivating and moving story of twin boys separated at birth, only to be re-united by a twist of fate and a mother’s haunting secret. |
3 Aug
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31 Dec | Set Dancing Workshop
The Moorings Bar, Portmagee, Kerry | |
| Set dancing sessions on Friday and Sunday nights all year and an Irish Night every Tuesday in July and August. |
