festivals and fairs donegal

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

Feile Gleanncholmcille is organised by a voluntary committee to provide entertainment for the local community and visitors to the area. The programme consists of events for all ages e.g. childrens's events, workshops, drama, music, sport and arts events....

Held in August, this festival is a week long programme of Donegal Dances featuring many dances including the Mazurka, Highland, Shoe the Donkey and the Peeler and the Goat.

Daily schedules with two sessions for course participants with an extra evening session, open to the public....

Local crafts an traditions , sheepdog trails, livestock auctions, local produce, parades, music, ceili dancing and much more....

Excellent street music all weekend. Large carnival parade on Saturday afternoons. Fashion Show with cheese and wine evening. The Crowning of the Queen of the Lennon. Vintage Car Displays. Lots of childrens events. Fun for young and old....

Four days of fun and mayhem, free seafood all weekend, crazy games, fireworks display, marching band competition, floats and parade, outdoor and indoor bands and much more. Audience participation is to the fore. Don't miss!...

As part of the Burtonport Summer Festival, the Rosses Anglers will host an Angling Competition in Burtonport. Other activities that will be taking place will be; raft racing, outdoor music, marching bands, sports event and lots lots more.

This festival takes on the third week in July....

The Culdaff sports and Beer Festival will take place in Culdaff, County Donegal in August. For further information, please telephone the number shown....

The Bundoran Ocean Festival celebrates the diverse attributes of our most precious asset : the sea. Through participation in surfing and watersports, music, art, photography, cinema and food we aim to respect, protect and nurture our neighbour the Atlantic....

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...