| Dates | Event, Location & Description |
28 Aug
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1 Sep | Tralee Festival Races
Ballybeggan, Tralee, Kerry |    |
| Five day festival race meeting |
| 1 - 3 Sep | Understanding The Mountains Heartbeat
Slieve Blooom Mountain & Kinnity Community Centre, Kinnity, Offaly | |
| Talk and slides on the Slieve Blooms by John Freehan on Friday night. Walks will take place on Saturday and Sunday and will be led by John. |
| 2 - 3 Sep | Bord Na Mona Water Festival
, Lanesboro, Longford | |
| Family fun day on the banks of the River Shannon with boat trips, water displays, angling etc. |
| 4 - 8 Sep | Cobh Sea Angling Club - International Festival
, Cobh, Cork | |
| Four day deep sea angling festival. This year will be the 40th anniversary of this event. |
| 9 - 10 Sep | Kite Surfing Competition
, Achill Island, Mayo | |
| Ireland Kite Surfing Championships |
| 10 - 12 Sep | Galway Races Autumn Meeting
Racecourse, Ballybrit, Galway | |
| Race Meeting. |
| 11 - 13 Sep | Celtic Spirituality + Creative Writing
, Glendalough, Wicklow | |
| 7 days exploring your own creative writing with Celtic traditions in the sacred landscape of Glendalough |
| 15 - 17 Sep | ViKing Festival
, Athlone, Westmeath | |
| The Festival involves creating a Vi-king Life style village complete with Vi-King craftsmen & traders. Battle re-enactment scenes. Falconry & Long Boat racing. |
| 16 - 19 Sep | Autumn Festival of Racing
Racecourse, The Curragh, Kildare | |
| Excitement at the final classic festival of the year with addition of Ryder Cup race day featuring the Goffs Million on Tuesday |
| 16 - 23 Sep | Rosslare Small Boat Festival
, Rosslare, Wexford | |
| Come and join in the fun at the 21st annual Small Boat Festival at Rosslare in Irelands Sunny South East |
| 16 - 17 Sep | Irish Wave Sailing Championship 2006
, Achill Island, Mayo | |
| Irish Wave Sailing Championship 2006 and Wind Surfing Competition. |
| 17 Sep | All Ireland Senior Football Final
Croke Park, Dublin City, Dublin | |
| Annual National Gaelic Football Championship Final |
| 17 Sep | Rosdillig Steam Threshig and Vintage Rally
Whitfords Farm, Borris, Carlow | |
| With a display of all kinds of vintage tractors, cars and engines, this is a fun day out for all the family in a idyllic setting. |
| 17 - 23 Sep | Listowel Races
Racecourse, Listowel, Kerry | |
| Race meeting |
| 17 - 19 Sep | Autumn Festival of Racing
Curragh, Kildare, Kildare | |
| Ryder Cup Race Day taking place at the Curragh on Tuesday 19th September will be richest race day in the history of Irish Racing with total prize money in excess of €2.7 million. Supported by Failte Ireland, the seven race programme which features the Shelbourne Hotel Goffs Million, Shelbourne Hotel Goffs Fillies 500 and Group 2 Irish National Stud Blandford Stakes, is one of the official events of The 2006 Ryder Cup. |
| 20 - 25 Sep | Commonwealth Fencing Championships
, Belfast, Antrim | |
| 500 of the worlds finest fencers will compete in this prestigious tournament which was last held in Melbourne, Australia in 2002 |
| 22 - 24 Sep | 36th Ryder Cup 2006
K Club, Straffan, Kildare | |
| Ireland hosts the most prestigious golfing and sporting event in the world, the 36th Ryder Cup - an occasion of a life time for participants and spectators alike. |
| 24 Sep | Cork Mini Marathon
City Centre, Cork, Cork | |
| 25th Cork Womens Mini Marathon
Race starts at 1 pm - 7,000+ Women participate in this fun run/walk through the streets of Cork - most for charities. 2006 will be the 25rd year of the race. It has been run by the AAI (Athletics Association of Ireland) and the Evening Echo every year since it started. |
14 Jul
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2 Sep | Maize Maze
Tubberlispole, Dingle, Kerry | |
| For something completely novel and fun while on holidays, how about tackling a 10-point quiz trail in a six-acre maze in a field of corn? Themaze is the work of the internationally recognised Adrian Fisher, who has designed mazes in 23 countries.
Finding your way around the field of courn which grows to a height of nine feet, is challegning and highly amusing for all ages. There are other puzzles also - such as a rope maze, which is great for relays, and table top puzzles. A great day for all the family.
For 21 years, Adrian has had the extraordinary vocation of designing and creating unique and beautiful puzzle mazes all over the world.
His company is based in Dorset, England, and has
won 6 Guinness world records
won twelve design and export awards
created hundreds of mazes in over 30 countries
visited by over 30 million visitors since 1979 |
