Galway Jazz Festival
20 Nov 2008 - 23 Nov 2008
The Galway Jazz Festival presents a weekend of leading local, national and international jazz artists in a broad range of venues,...
Foyle Film Festival
21 Nov 2008 - 29 Nov 2008
This year’s Foyle Film Festival programme promises to live up to its reputation for delivering the best in ground breaking,...
Annual Patrick Kavanagh Weekend
28 Nov 2008 - 30 Nov 2008
This event celebrates the life and work of Inniskeens most illustrious son and attracts visitors form all over Ireland and...
Rothe House Christmas Miscellany
03 Dec 2008 - 03 Dec 2008
Come along to Rothe House Christmas: An Evening of Christmas song and stories by the firelight and candlelight. On Wednesday 3rd...
12 Days Of Christmas Market At Docklands
12 Dec 2008 - 23 Dec 2008
Now in its fourth year, this charming event offers visitors a magical festival experience in a unique waterside village setting...
New Ross Nollaig Festival
19 Dec 2008 - 21 Dec 2008
The New Ross Nollaig Festival - December 19th-21st Enjoy the seasonal atmosphere of the historic walled town of New Ross. The...
Walk Killarney
26 Dec 2008 - 01 Jan 2009
This 27 days of fully guided walking will run over all of the Public Holiday Weekends (excluding the May Weekend) as well as the...
Tramore Racecourse
31 Dec 2008 - 31 Dec 2008
Since its redevelopment in 1997, Waterford and Tramore Racecourse has gone from strength to strength. The 80-acre venue now boasts...
Christ Church Cathedral
01 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2009
A magnificent 18th Century Cathedral designed by leading architect of Georgian Waterford, John Roberts. Visit the tomb of the...
Safety Direct Galway International Rally 2009
16 Jan 2009 - 18 Jan 2009
The Safety Direct Galway International Rally Headquarters will be at the Clayton Hotel in 2009 where you will be assured of a warm...
The Shindig Traditional Music and Set Dance Festival Weekend
23 Jan 2009 - 25 Jan 2009
The 'Shindig' is a fun packed weekend of great Irish music, dancing singing, story telling and the occasional pint of Guinness. It...
Temple Bar Trad Festival
28 Jan 2009 - 01 Feb 2009
Temple Bar Trad is Dublin's premier celebration of traditional Irish music and culture. For five days and nights, Temple Bar in...
Merriman Winter School - Scoil Gheimhridh Merriman
30 Jan 2009 - 01 Feb 2009
The Merriman Winter School brings together a group of people with a keen interest in, and experience of, Irish literature and the...
Waterford New Music Week Festival
02 Feb 2009 - 07 Feb 2009
Waterford New Music Week is an annual event that explores the wider scope of music. The audiences least influenced by such...
Snowdrop Week at Altamont Gardens
09 Feb 2009 - 15 Feb 2009
Today, Altamont Gardens represent the achievements of successive generations of the Lecky-Watson and North Families, and are now...
Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh
18 Feb 2009 - 22 Feb 2009
Five day traditional music school concentrating on the West Kerry style and tunes with classes, concerts and recitals on the...
West Waterford Drama Festival
08 Mar 2009 - 14 Mar 2009
A Festival Feast for drama goers will be promised engaging entertainment. The Amateur Drama Council of Ireland (A.D.C.I) is the...
Waterford Celebrated Food Festival
17 Apr 2009 - 19 Apr 2009
The Waterford Festival of Food is to take place in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford on the 17th 18th 19th of April 2009. The Tempting...
Cúirt International Festival of Literature
21 Apr 2009 - 26 Apr 2009
The Cúirt International Festival of Literature is Ireland’s premier literary event. The festival annually brings approximately...
Cork World Book Festival
23 Apr 2009 - 25 Apr 2009
The festival is a celebration of books and reading, workshops, music and children’s events. International and national writers...
John Roberts Weekend Festival
24 Apr 2009 - 26 Apr 2009
A celebration of the work of Waterford born architect John Roberts (1714-1796). The name of John Roberts is synonymous with...
Cork International Choral Festival
29 Apr 2009 - 03 May 2009
One of Europe’s premier choral festivals, with 5 days of the best of vocal music. Now in its 55h year, this year’s jam-packed...
Tipperary Excel Centre
30 Apr 2009 - 03 May 2009
The Tipperary Excel Centre is a €6.6 million flagship ‘Art’s & Culture Centre in Tipperary town. The centre comprises the Simon...
Guinness Feile na nDeise Festival
30 Apr 2009 - 04 May 2009
Guinness Féile na nDéise is a traditional Irish music and culture festival held in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland every May...
Féile Chomortha Joe Éinniú - (Joe Heaney Commemorative Festival)
01 May 2009 - 03 May 2009
Féile Chomórtha Joe Éinniú (Joe Heaney Commemorative Festival) is an annual weekend event held in Carna, Connemara, Co Galway,...
Kilkenny Rhythm and Roots Festival
01 May 2009 - 04 May 2009
The acclaimed Kilkenny ~ Rhythm n Roots ~ Weekend will take place in venues throughout Kilkenny on the May bank holiday weekend....
Leenane Walking Festival
02 May 2009 - 04 May 2009
The second Leenane Walking Festival takes place in May 2009. Enjoy a unique combination of mountain and sea, as Leenane is...
An Emigrants Tale Festival
14 May 2009 - 17 Sep 2009
An Emigrants Tale looks at the experience of the Irish in America from famine times, exploring the influence and development of...
Galway Early Music Festival
15 May 2009 - 17 May 2009
Based in the medieval City of Galway, the Galway Early Music Festival features medieval, renaissance and baroque music and dance....
AIMS Choral Festival
22 May 2009 - 24 May 2009
Join us in 2009 for the 25th year of this lively choral festival. A weekend of junior and adult competitions, commissioned opiece,...
Féile na Tuaithe - Turlough Park - A Celebration of Country Life Today
23 May 2009 - 24 May 2009
Here comes the Summer and families countrywide are looking for day trips and places to go. Féile na Tuaithe - Turlough Park at the...
Smithwicks Cat Laughs Comedy Festival
28 May 2009 - 01 Jun 2009
Smithwick’s Cat Laughs Comedy Festival: 28th May - 1st June 2009 A five day international festival of stand up comedy in a...
Glen of Aherlow Walking Festival
29 May 2009 - 01 Jun 2009
Festival 2009 May 29th -June 1st This glorious three day annual festival offers a variety of guided walks showcasing the natural...
The Gordon Bennett Classic Car Run
29 May 2009 - 01 Jun 2009
A classic and vintage car run over three days, based in Portlaoise but also taking in Kildare & Carlow. It commemorates the...
Clifden Jazz & Blues Weekend
29 May 2009 - 01 Jun 2009
Clifden plays host to an exciting line up of Jazz & Blues Performers over the June Bank Holiday weekend.
Eigse Carlow Arts Festival
06 Jun 2009 - 13 Jun 2009
Éigse Carlow Arts Festival is one of Ireland’s largest arts festivals and the first major summer festival of the year. A...
Duncannon Fort and Military Re-enactment and Vehicle exhibition
06 Jun 2009 - 08 Jun 2009
Duncannon Fort dates from 1588, built to repel the Spanish Armada, and to stop the pirates plundering the merchant ships of their...
Bloomsday 2009
10 Jun 2009 - 16 Jun 2009
BLOOMSDAY marks the day in 1904 on which all the action of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses takes place. It is celebrated every year on...
Immrama, Lismore Festival of Travel Writing
11 Jun 2009 - 14 Jun 2009
The Lismore Festival of Travel writing takes place in June each year and is the only one of its kind in the world. Focusing on...
The Clancy Brothers Music Festival
12 Jun 2009 - 14 Jun 2009
Welcome to the Clancy Brothers Music Festival website. The Festival will take place in Carrick on Suir hometown to the Clancy...
Galway Sessions
23 Jun 2009 - 29 Jun 2009
The music sessions take place in multiple venues in Galway City, including the Crane Bar, Róisín Dubh, Monroe's Tavern, The Quays,...
Wexford Strawberry Festival
26 Jun 2009 - 28 Jun 2009
The Strawberry Festival . Expect music, theatre, street entertainment, markets and many of the events traditionally associated...
Pátrún Inis Mór
26 Jun 2009 - 28 Jun 2009
Dé hAoine, 26ú Meitheamh Imeachtaí spóirt de ghasúir bunscoile, Triathlon de ghasúir bunscoile. Aifreann an Phátrúin; comórtas...
Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre
26 Jun 2009 - 16 Aug 2009
Ballykeeffe is a unique venue. Set in a disused quarry, which backs onto a wooded hill, its atmosphere and acoustics have to be...
Castlebar International Four Days' Walking Festival
02 Jul 2009 - 05 Jul 2009
Walk with the world in Castlebar during the summer of 2009 - our 42nd anniversary! These walks are all about having fun and...
All Ireland Open Dancing Championships and Social Dance Music
03 Jul 2009 - 05 Jul 2009
21st Annual All-Ireland Open Festival of Dancing Championships includes All-Ireland open waltzing, country jiving and Rock & Roll....
Dr Douglas Hyde Summer School of Traditional Irish Music & Dance
04 Jul 2009 - 11 Jul 2009
Ballaghaderreen native and well known Fiddle Musician and Writer, Máire McDonnell-Garvey, will be honoured on Wednesday night,...
Galway Film Fleadh
07 Jul 2009 - 12 Jul 2009
The Galway Film Fleadh takes place over six days in July, and is based in the Town Hall Theatre, Galway Omniplex and Eyre Square,...
Ballina Salmon Festival
10 Jul 2009 - 19 Jul 2009
Ballina Salmon Festival is Ireland's premier family-orientated festival giving thousands of people, ten days of fun-filled...
Galway Arts Festival
13 Jul 2009 - 26 Jul 2009
Galway Arts Festival is Ireland's largest annual arts festival, taking place each July in the city of Galway. Founded in 1978, the...
Feile Iorras - International Folk Arts Festival
17 Jul 2009 - 26 Jul 2009
Feile Iorras, the biggest Arts festival in Mayo, celebrates the folk traditions of the world. The exciting mix of Irish...
Kingspan Muckno Mania Festival
17 Jul 2009 - 19 Jul 2009
The Muckno Mania Festival is a weekend event staged in Castleblayney during July each year. It is a family orientated Festival...
Boyle Arts Festival
24 Jul 2009 - 31 Jul 2009
Boyle Arts Festival will programme events across all art forms, with the visual arts and music continuing to form the cornerstones...
Castletownshend Maritime Week
29 Jul 2009 - 02 Aug 2009
Castletownshend Maritime Week is to promote the local scenery and history of Castletownshend. It provides entertainment for adults...
Kilkenny Arts Festival
07 Aug 2009 - 16 Aug 2009
Welcome to our 34th festival, 10 days of enchanting artistic delights for all! The fabulous medieval city of Kilkenny makes a...
Puck Fair
10 Aug 2009 - 12 Aug 2009
Puck Fair is one of Ireland's oldest festivals. It takes place over 3 days in Killorglin every year, from August 10th - August...
Festival of the Connemara Pony & The Connemara Pony Show
16 Aug 2009 - 21 Aug 2009
The Festival of the Connemara Pony is a celebration of the Connemara Pony breed with week-long activities including a visit to the...
Galway Races - Autumn Festival
29 Aug 2009 - 01 Sep 2009
A spectacular 4-day meeting with a mixture of flat and national hunt racing. Commencing on Saturday, 29th August, this race...
Clarenbridge Oyster Festival
10 Sep 2009 - 13 Sep 2009
The Clarenbridge Oyster Festival has for many years been established as a premier event of top-class international entertainment...
Suck Valley Walking Festival
12 Sep 2009 - 13 Sep 2009
There are three walks organised for the Suck Valley Walking Festival. The walks are varied to suit different abilities from the...
