6th Smurfit Samhain International Poetry Festival
15 Oct 2008 - 19 Oct 2008
Festival includes poetry recitals, concerts, workshops and art exhibitions. The festival also includes the €6,000 Smurfit Poetry...
Annual Sligo International Choral Festival
15 Oct 2008 - 19 Oct 2008
4 days of Music & Singing - Worldwide Choirs attending the event. 2nd Largest Choral Festival in 32 Counties of Ireland....
Wexford Opera Festival
16 Oct 2008 - 02 Nov 2008
The 57th Wexford Festival Opera will open on 16 October 2008 for 18 days and nights of rarely explored and popular repertoire....
Wexford Fringe Festival
16 Oct 2008 - 02 Nov 2008
Wexford Fringe Festival, is based around Wexford Opera Festival and features 18 days and nights of fun, culture, an eclectic range...
Feile an Fhomhair, Carlow
16 Oct 2008 - 24 Oct 2008
The Feile an Fhomair is a bilingual (both English and Irish) Autumn Festival with an environmental theme. Combining the...
African Film Festival
17 Oct 2008 - 19 Oct 2008
The Carlow African Film Festival now in its fourth year provides an annual platform to celebrate and explore the intellectual and...
Clifden Marconi Commemorative Weekend
17 Oct 2008 - 19 Oct 2008
On the 17th October, 1907, a defining event in world communication occurred on a bog outside of Clifden, Connemara, Co Galway. The...
Belfast Festival at Queen’s
17 Oct 2008 - 01 Nov 2008
Held over 16 days, with more than 60 events and 500 participants, the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s is limbering up for...
Ennis Fashion Week
18 Oct 2008 - 25 Oct 2008
Shopping in Ennis All of these shops are participating in Ennis Fashion Week and will be offering in-store promotions during the...
Festival of Music at Christ Church Cathedral
18 Oct 2008 - 25 Oct 2008
Christ Church Cathedral Waterford will host its second Festival of Music. The festival runs from 18th – 25th October, with...
Castalia Hall Callan Festival of Music
18 Oct 2008 - 18 Oct 2008
Saturday 18 October 8 pm – Castalia Hall, Ballytobin, Callan, Co. Kilkenny. Elisaveta Blumina - piano Josep Feigelson - cello...
RoolaBoola Children's Arts Festival
20 Oct 2008 - 27 Oct 2008
RoolaBoola is the Linenhall Art Centre's funky and fantastic arts festival for young people, with a packed programme of quality...
Clones Film Festival 2008
22 Oct 2008 - 26 Oct 2008
Celebrating the best of Irish and International film in a unique and intimate setting in Clones.
Sligo Live 08
23 Oct 2008 - 27 Oct 2008
Experience the excitement of Irish and international, traditional and contemporary music (roots & branches).
Virginia Pumpkin Festival
24 Oct 2008 - 27 Oct 2008
A weekend filled with live music and street entertainment. Fireworks display at Lough Ramor lakeshore with live music and food.
Imagine Arts Festival
24 Oct 2008 - 03 Nov 2008
IMAGINE is a unique celebration of the arts in Waterford city, providing an opportunity for everyone to experience and participate...
Savour Kilkenny Gourmet Food Festival
24 Oct 2008 - 26 Oct 2008
Savour the Delights at Kilkenny Second Food Festival. The character of Irelands medieval capital provides the perfect setting for...
Ernest Shackleton Autumn School
24 Oct 2008 - 27 Oct 2008
The Athy Heritage Centre has established the Ernest Shackelton Autumn Summer School to celebrate the life and work of the great...
Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
24 Oct 2008 - 27 Oct 2008
The Cork Jazz Festival is one of Ireland's most successful Arts & Cultural Events and one of the top three Jazz festivals in the...
Irish Conker Championships
25 Oct 2008 - 26 Oct 2008
The 9th Irish Conker Championships 2008 24th October -26th October Main Event - Sunday 26th October at 12.30pm As our fathers'...
The Sligo Festival of Baroque Music 2008
25 Oct 2008 - 25 Oct 2008
Held over the October Bank holiday weekend, The Sligo Festival of Baroque Music is an exceptional event providing an elegant...
Walk Killarney
25 Oct 2008 - 27 Oct 2008
This 27 days of fully guided walking will run over all of the Public Holiday Weekends (excluding the May Weekend) as well as the...
Hallowfest 2008
26 Oct 2008 - 27 Oct 2008
South Dublin County will be a magical, spooky place this October Bank Holiday weekend when the area comes alive for South Dublin...
Willie Keane Memorial Weekend
26 Oct 2008 - 29 Oct 2008
A weekend which promotes traditional music, song & dance and in doing so ensures that the asperations of Willie Keane, one of the...
Oireachtas na Samhna
29 Oct 2008 - 02 Nov 2008
Oireachtas na Gaeilge showcases the very best of Ireland's traditional Irish culture - the "real Ireland" will be exposed,...
Cashel Arts Fest
31 Oct 2008 - 24 Nov 2008
Cashel Arts Fest 2008 will consist of four themed weekends, commencing on Friday 31st October and running until Sunday 24th...
Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival
01 Nov 2008 - 08 Nov 2008
The Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival brings films & filmmakers from around the globe to one of the world's most beautiful...
Christmas in Killarney
03 Nov 2008 - 18 Jan 2009
Can you remember the Christmas of your youth, the frosty winter evenings, the excitement of visiting Santa, the magical...
Listowel Food Fair
06 Nov 2008 - 09 Nov 2008
Food lovers from around the country gather to enjoy this celebration of local food - restaurant of the year award, classes, young...
Clonmel Song Festival
06 Nov 2008 - 09 Nov 2008
This exciting five day event in various venues around Clonmel, provides an invaluable platform on which song writers can perform...
Tulca - Season of Visual Arts
07 Nov 2008 - 23 Nov 2008
Tulca is the Gaelic word for wave, flood, deluge, gush, outpouring. It is an independent organisation that reflects a unique...
Ennis Trad Festival
07 Nov 2008 - 10 Nov 2008
The Ennis Trad Festival is a festival for those who love to hear (or play) Irish Traditional music of the highest quality in its...
Ardara Matchmaking Weekend
07 Nov 2008 - 09 Nov 2008
Weekend of music, dancing and matchmaking based on an old idea of matchmaking once prevalent in Co Donegal.
Duiske Concert Season
12 Nov 2008 - 28 Nov 2008
A unique chance to hear Classical and Traditional music in a 13th century setting.Since 1991 Duiske Abbey in Graiguenamanagh,...
Waterford Film Festival
13 Nov 2008 - 16 Nov 2008
The Waterford Second Film festival. After a very successful 1st year Waterford Film Festival is back with two extra days added on,...
Donegal Hooley
14 Nov 2008 - 16 Nov 2008
King of country music Charlie Landsborough is to headline a unique new three day festival of music being organised in Donegal. An...
Féile Dúthalla 2008
17 Nov 2008 - 24 Nov 2008
Féile Dúthalla 2008 is a commemorative festival, celebrating the work, vision and passion of the local place of a host of...
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...
Christmas in Kilkenny
01 Dec 2008 - 05 Jan 2009
Christmas in kilkenny has always been a time of welcome and celebration in the lives of the kilkenny people and the visitors to...
New Ross Nollaig Festival
12 Dec 2008 - 14 Dec 2008
The New Ross Nollaig Festival - December 12th -14th Enjoy the seasonal atmosphere of the historic walled town of New Ross. The...
12 Days Of Christmas Festival 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...
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...
Galway International Motor Rally
16 Jan 2009 - 18 Jan 2009
The Galway International Motor Rally Headquarters will be at the Clayton Hotel in 2008 where you will be assured of a warm welcome...
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...
Galway Comedy Festival
09 Apr 2009 - 13 Apr 2009
Welcome to the fourth annual Galway Comedy Festival. This coming Easter, we have laid on some of the most magical, husterical and...
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...
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...
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,...
Leenane Walking Festival
02 May 2009 - 04 May 2009
The first Leenane Walking Festival takes place in May this year. Enjoy a unique combination of mountain and sea, as Leenane is...
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...
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.
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...
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,...
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...
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....
