Where: Main Beach, Bundoran, Co. Donegal
From the 21st to the 23rd of June you can combine surf and music with this popular festival in Ireland. With rock and dance music a heavy feature, party besides the sea in this unique festival on a stunning beach in Bondoran in Co. Donegal. Continue reading
Ireland’s Golfer Graeme McDowell has become the first Irish winner of the Volvo World Match Play Championships in Bulgaria.
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Sunday July 7th will be the date for the ‘Come Home for your Tea Party Day’ which is part of the Kinsale Arts festival 2013. The Street Tea Party will be held along the wonderful streets of Kinsale in Co. Cork where revelers will be able to sample refreshments including tea, coffee, lemonades and delicious freshly baked goods. The festival will also provide you with an opportunity to chat with the friendly locals! Continue reading
The Cork Midsummer Festival is an annual event that takes place in Cork City and which was last year nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for the most original and dynamic spaces in the city.
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Looking to attend music festival in Ireland while on your Ireland vacation? The line up for ‘Electric Picnic’ 2013 promises to be one of the best to date. With acts such as Bjork, My Bloody Valentine, Franz Ferdinand, Artic Monkeys and Fatboy Slim taking to the stage, a good time is guaranteed.
Electric Picnic was voted Best Medium Sized European Festival in 2010 at the European Festival Award as well as being voted the Best Big Festival at each of the last four Irish Festival Awards. Continue reading
One of Irelands best known fans of late is set to come back down to earth this week as the famous social media darlings from aboard the International Space Station (ISS) who have kept us enthralled from the confines of outer space are set to return home. Cmdr Chris Hadfield and his fellow astronauts from aboard the ISS, US astronaut Thomas Marshburn and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko will finally make their voyage home and it will be final chapter on an adventure in space which has thrilled the twitter-sphere and brought the international space program international back to public attention and consciousness via the thoroughly modern medium of social media.
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Looking for a fun motivational goal to get fit? At the same time you’ll be raising money for charity. The Rainbow Run ticks all of those boxes. Nicknamed ‘Ireland‘s most fun 5k run’, colored powder paint will be scattered all over participants as they run, jog or walk the breath taking 5km route along Dun Laoghaire’s West Pier in Dublin. Continue reading
The Bandon Music Festival 2013 promises to be one of the best festivals yet. This year the festival will begin on May 31st and finish up on June 2nd.
Royseven, who are one of Ireland’s leading bands hailing from Dublin, will play all of their hits on Saturday night. The line up also includes Cork bands Frank and Walters, Art Crimes & Groove Collective. Sunday night will see the very popular Ryan Sheridan take to the stage. Continue reading
Event: International Quilt Festival of Ireland 2013
When: June 7th to 9th
Where: NUI Galway Campus
Opening Times: Friday and Saturday – 10am to 6pm, Sunday – 10am to 5pm
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