Things To Do In...In Ireland - This Summer 2013

ImZara

Anything BIG happening in Ireland this Summer that would be worth going to or seeing!?
AND before you say it, no thanks to OXEGEN!

Is there a place that is a must see this Summer?
Is there a festival that you'd recommend going to?
Which place do you think would be worth a drive on a sunny Sunday afternoon?

Any suggestions?

Gatica

if you get a sunny day the grounds of Kylemore Abbey in Connemara are beautiful. You get entrance to the Abbey, a small church and it's a lovely walk to the walled-in gardens and around the gardens themselves.

Ms.Sunshine

Their is plenty of things happening during the summer ,
The taste of Dublin in June
The Galway Arts Festival in July
The Galway races july-August.

There is always one thing or another happening in Ireland!

miamee

There are a huge number of festivals small and large in Ireland OP, whereabouts are you (roughly)?

bbam

We had planned to cycle the western greenway.
But accommodation prices are still too high. To stay 2days b and b in any hotel. Allow for food, no night time drinking. It would be €500+ for 2 adults and 2 kids.
I can get a week in a campsite in France for that money with good cycle facilities and it won't piss rain or feel like November.

Thundercats Ho

bbam wrote: »

We had planned to cycle the western greenway.
But accommodation prices are still too high. To stay 2days b and b in any hotel. Allow for food, no night time drinking. It would be €500+ for 2 adults and 2 kids.
I can get a week in a campsite in France for that money with good cycle facilities and it won't piss rain or feel like November.

Ditto (minus the kids).
We were planning to start off in Donegal > Sligo > Galway > Then home.
It's working out at over €500 for just the hotel rooms with b&b (monday to thursday), and that's looking at all the deals sites. When trawling through those sites, i saw a few offers of a week in the canaries or spain at €500 for 2.
While we would like to holiday in Ireland, there's no way i'm paying those prices.

eieiooo

Donegal

Glenveigh national park
Stunning beaches
Beautiful Drives
Clannad / Altan playing an open air concert in July
Slieve League
Island Hop

The list is endless

heinz hummer

skerries 100 road racing 1st weekend in july
skerries co.dublin

eminem concert
slane castle
not sure of date