What's On in Ireland - 2011
| January | Location | Start Date | End Date | |
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Temple Bar Trad Festival | Dublin | 26 January | 30 January |
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Out to Lunch Festival | Belfast | 5 January | 30 January |
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Winter Music Festival | Clare | 13 January | 16 January |
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Masterworks Series | Dublin | 18 January | 23 January |
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The Shindig festival | Kerry | 21 January | 23 January |
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Ardara Country and Western Festival | Donegal | 28 January | 30 January |
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Glen of Aherlow Winter Walking Festival | Tipperary | 28 January | 30 January |
| February | Location | Start Date | End Date | |
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Jameson International Film Festival | Dublin | 17 February | 27 Februaryl |
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Jack B. yeats:The Outsider | Sligo | 5 February | 5 June |
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Hennessy Gold Cup | Dublin | 6 February | 6 February |
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Sport: Rugby and Soccer Internationals | Dublin | 8 February | 9 February |
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Snowdrop Week at Altamont Gardens | Carlow | February | February |
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Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh | Kerry | 23 February | 27 February |
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Tedfest | Galway | 24 February | 27 February |
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Cork French Film Festival | Cork | 27 February | 6 March |
| March | Location | Start Date | End Date | |
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St Patrick's Festival | Ireland wide | 17 March | 20 March |
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The Gathering | Kerry | 2 March | 6 March |
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NYAH Traditional Music Festival | Cavan | 6 March | 17 March |
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So Sligo - Food and Culture festival | Sligo | 17 March | 20 March |
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Dingle Film Festival | Kerry | 17 March | 20 March |
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Ennis Book Club Festival | Clare | 4 March | 6 March |
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Dublin Book Festival | Dublin | 4 March | 6 March |
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Carlingford National Leprechaun Hunt | Louth | 27 March | 27 March |
| April | Location | Start Date | End Date | |
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Cork International Choral Festival | Cork | 27 April | 1 May |
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Cuirt International Festival of Literature | Galway | 12 April | 17 April |
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Waterford Festival of Food | Waterford | 15 April | 17 April |
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Wicklow Outdoors Festival | Wicklow | 15 April | 27 April |
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Fairyhouse Easter Festival | Meath | 24 April | 26 April |
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Feile na Bealtaine | Dingle Peninsula | 28 April | 2 May |
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Bray Jazz Festival | Wicklow | 29 April | 1 May |
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Strokestown International Poetry Weekend | Roscommon | 29 April | 1 May |
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Smithwick's Kilkenny Rhythm and Roots Festival | Kilkenny | 29 April | 2 May |
| May | Location | Start Date | End Date | |
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Drogheda Arts Festival | Louth | 29 April | 2 May |
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RTE All Ireland Drama Festival | Westmeath | 29 April | 7 May |
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Punchestown racing Festival | Kildare | 3 May | 7 May |
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Baltimore Fiddle Fair | Cork | 5 May | 8 May |
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Inishbofin Community Arts Festival | Galway | 6 May | 8 May |
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Titanic 100 | Belfast | 1 April | 30 May |
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Galway Early Music Festival | Galway | 20 May | 22 May |
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Tattersalls Festival and International Horse Trials | Meath | 26 May | 29 May |
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Dublin City Soul Festival | Dublin | 26 May | 29 May |
| June | Location | Start Date | End Date | |
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The Tall Ships Race | Waterford | 30 June | 3 July |
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Writer's Week | Kerry | 1 June | 5 June |
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Bloom Gardening Event | Dublin | 2 June | 6 June |
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Cat Laughs Comedy festival | Kilkenny | 2 June | 6 June |
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Castlebar Blues Festival | Mayo | 3 June | 6 June |
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Loughcrew Garden Opera | Meath | 4 June | 5 June |
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Street performance World Championships | Dublin & Cork | 11 June | 19 June |
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Cork Midsummer Festival | Cork | 11 June | 26 June |
| July | Location | Start Date | End Date | |
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Galway Film Fleadh | Galway | 5 July | 10 July |
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Galway Arts Festival | Galway | 11 July | 24 July |
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Galway Summer Races | Galway | 25 July | 31 July |
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West Cork Literary Festival | Cork | 3 July | 9 July |
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Oxegen Music Festival | Kildare | 8 July | 10 July |
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Kinsale Arts Week | Cork | 9 July | 17 July |
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Glasgowbury Music Festival | Londonderry | 22 July | 24 July |
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Ballyshannon Folk & Trad. Festival | Donegal | 29 July | 31 July |
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Spraoi | Waterford | 29 July | 31 July |
| August | Location | Start Date | End Date | |
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Kilkenny Arts Festival | Kilkenny | 5 August | 14 August |
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Dublin Horse Show | Dublin | 3 August | 7 August |
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Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival | Offaly | 5 August | 12 August |
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Puck Fair Festival | Kerry | 10 August | 12 August |
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Tullamore Show and national Livestock Show | Offaly | 14 August | 14 August |
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Rose of Tralee | Kerry | 19 August | 23 August |
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National Heritage week | Ireland wide | 29 April | 1 May |
| September | Location | Start Date | End Date | |
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Absolut Fringe Festival | Dublin | 10 September | 25 September |
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Arthur's Day | Ireland wide | 22 September | 22 September |
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Dublin Theatre Festival | Dublin | 29 September | 16 October |
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Electric Picnic | Laois | 2 September | 4 September |
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Oyster Season in Galway | Galway | September | September |
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International Ploughinhg Championships | TBC | 22 September | 22 September |
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2011 Solheim Cup | Meath | 23 September | 25 September |
| October | Location | Start Date | End Date | |
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Guinness Cork Jazz Festival | Cork | 28 October | 31 October |
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Ballinasloe Horse Fair & Festival | Galway | 1 October | 9 October |
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Savour Kilkenny Food Festival | Kilkenny | TBC | |
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Wexford Festival Opera | Wexford | 21 October | 5 November |
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Sligo Love Sessions | Sligo | 27 October | 31 October |
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Virginia Pumpkin Festival | Cavan | 28 October | 31 October |
| November | Location | Start Date | End Date | |
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Corona Cork Film Festival | Cork | 6 November | 12 November |
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Bulmers Comedy Festival | Tipperary | 16 November | 20 November |
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Tralee Circus Festival | Kerry | 11 November | 13 November |
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Georgian Christmas Market | Limerick | 19 November | 20 November |
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WexWorlds Sci-Fi & Fantasy Festival | Wexford | 25 November | 27 November |
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Green Santa in Narnia | Westmeath | 27 November | 23 December |
| December | Location | Start Date | End Date | |
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Taste of Christmas | Dublin | 2 December | 4 December |
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Christmas in Waterford | Waterford | 1 December | 31 December |
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Winter Solstice | Meath | 21 December | 21 December |
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Temple Bar Chocolate Festival | Dublin | December | December |
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Leopardstown Races | Dublin | 26 December | 29 December |
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