festivals and fairs donegal

Killybegs Seafood Festival, music and seafood trails in participating bars over the weekend . Cookery demos by high profile chefs. Farmers market on Bank Holiday Monday....

A weekend of indulgence with lobster barbeque, freshly caught seafood, live music, children's entertainmnent, dancing and fun....

Feile na Bealtaine is predominately based on music, celebrating the Festival of May - Bealtine....

The Breezy Ramblers Festival will be held in Ballyshannon, County Donegal....

This festival, which takes place over two days in March (St. Patrick's Day  Weekend), expects walkers from Ireland, Scotland and The Netherlands. The programme includes easy, moderate and strenous routes, taking in the Maghera and Loughros Bays, the banks of the Owenrea River and an ascent by Easaranka Water fall on Glengesh Hill.

The easy walks are will take around three hours, while the strenous walks take about six hours. The Festival includes evening entertainment....

Muff Sports Festival is held in venues throughout Inishowen in the village of Muff, on the August Bank Holiday Weekend. The competitions include football, pool, darts, tug-of-war, two mile road race, bicycle race, strongest woman, horse shoe pitching, cards, clay pigeon shoot, soccer, welly throwing, nappy hanging, penalty kick, bonny baby, line dancing, volleyball and pitch 'n' putt. This promises to be a great weekend with many comic competitions such as 'the glam granny,' and a singing compet...

Every weekend traditional Irish music and dancing is celebrated on Tory Island. So why not come over to the island and experience this. The Irish language is also very strong here.

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Buncrana Music Festival with a seascape and landscape that is a feast for the eyes combined with a welcome to warm all hearts.

The Buncrana Music Festival is the street event that beats them all, attracting visitors from all 5 continents. Buncrana offers a multitude of events to suit young and old alike.

This event is normally held on the last weekend in March....

This is a family festival that's runs for a weekend in mid July.
The is family fun festival with raft races and milk the cow....

The Dungloe Festival was launched in 1967. The original Mary Gallagher was courting a young man who had just returned from America, but in 1861, when her parents refused to let them marry, he returned to America to make his fortune. The previous year some of her family had been evicted from the Glenbeigh Estate and fled to Australia.
On 5 December 1861, Mary Gallagher emigrated to join her cousins. On the boat, she met and married Donal Egan. She gave birth to a baby but died within four...