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Trad festivals in Ireland in August 08 ?

Hi all, I am a reader more than a poster, but here goes: I am planning for a trip to Ireland in August. Apart from the fleadh, is there anything going on festival- or musicschool-wise ? I am thinking Clare, Sligo, Donegal .. that area. Any help would be appreciated. I looked at some websites but couldn't really find 08-schedules or updates. cheers

# Posted on March 10th 2008 by dereelium

Re: Trad festivals in Ireland in August 08 ?

There is Feakle, August 6-12:

http://www.feaklefestival.ie/

and "Éigse Mrs. Crotty" in Kilrush, August 13-17:

http://www.eigsemrscrotty.com/

- fitting nicely together. If you are into concertinas, Kilrush is the place.

# Posted on March 10th 2008 by handstrapz

Re: Trad festivals in Ireland in August 08 ?

Try Tubbercurry or Drumshambo

# Posted on March 10th 2008 by bazouki dave

Re: Trad festivals in Ireland in August 08 ?

If you like Donegal fiddle music then go to Glencolmcille for the first week of August for the Donegal Fiddle Summer School, one of the best festivals I've been to.

http://www.donegalfiddlemusic.ie/events.htm

# Posted on March 10th 2008 by The Tune Composer

Re: Trad festivals in Ireland in August 08 ?

thanks much everybody - I found this website (from New Zealand apparently) and it lists a bunch of festivals, listed by country and month ...

http://www.tradmusic.com/festivalguide/festivals_bycountry.asp?country=Ireland&feststartmonth=8&Submit=Search+Festivals&offset=0

# Posted on March 10th 2008 by dereelium

Re: Trad festivals in Ireland in August 08 ?

sorry - duh - the site is obviously not out of New Zealand but Scotland. Anyway, it's great. thanks for the help, ti

# Posted on March 10th 2008 by dereelium

Re: Trad festivals in Ireland in August 08 ?

It's a great site, but note that lots of the dates listed are from last summer, so you'd need to check for this year.

# Posted on March 11th 2008 by suesinger