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A regularly updated listing of all that is happening in Ireland in 2008, including festivals, exhibitions, music events of all kinds, summer schools, major sporting events and anything else that looks worthwhile for visitors to Ireland.

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Hard Rain is an exhibition of photographs illustrating, line by line, Bob Dylans song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall"

Cork's annual Midsummer Festival encompasses theatre, dance, music of many varieties, visual arts and even circus.

The Pipeworks Festival brings 10 days of organ music to Dublin, with concerts, competitions and masterclasses.

The Clonmel Junction Festival brings theatre, dance, music, comedy and spectacle to the streets of the Tipperary town.

Upcoming Events

Dublin James Joyce Summer School
July 6th-12th
This school is a joint effort by UCD, Boston College, The James Joyce Centre and the National Library of Ireland, as as such a distinguished list would suggest it is one aimed primarily at the serious Joycean scholor. The school gives Joycean...

Clonmel Junction Festival
July 5th-13th
2008 is the 8th year of the festival, which continues to grow and become ever more popular. This year sees performers from the USA, Belgium, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, Spain, Norway and the UK as well as home grown ones, appear...

Dublin Circus Week
July 13th-20th
This festival of the circus is a first in Dublin and a hige number of performers are promised, with circus events taking place on the streets and in the various performance spaces around Temple Bar. Scant details are available at the moment,...

Movies on the Square
July 5th - August 30th
It's a bit weather dependent this one, but when it works and nature plays along it can be a glorious way to spend an evening in Dublin. Movies are shown outdoors, on a huge screen in Meeting House Square in the centre of Temple Bar. Mostly...

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