Heritage Events in Donegal

3rd - 6th May 2024 The famous ‘Cup of Tae‘ traditional music festival takes place in Ardara in West Donegal. it honours the renowned fiddler John “The Tae” Gallagher. During the festival, you can enjoy Workshops, Schools of Music and street Music all weekend.

10th May - 12 May 2024 The history theme of the weekend is ‘Words, Language and Lore/ Focail, Teanga agus Seanchas’ and will examine how words and language collided in Mícheál Ó Cléirigh’s Ireland (early 17th Century). Friday 10th May: School opening- Musical interludes - Primary School Art Awards for Art Competition organised for local school children (Fun evening). Summer School Club at Sa…

9th June 2024 Celebrating 70th anniversary of the O'Donnell Clan Association (ODCA) in tandem with 550th anniversary of erection of Donegal Castle and foundation of Donegal Abbey in 1474 by Red Hugh O'Donnell the First. We are pleased to announce that the ODCA membership in Clans of Ireland has been renewed after an extended hiatus of absence. The Clan Gathering on 9 June 2024, being also th…

16 days of music, theatre, visual arts, film, literature, circus & carnival on Ireland’s North West Atlantic seaboard with Donegal’s premier summer event, Earagail Arts Festival. Earagail Arts Festival is a bilingual (Irish and English language), multidisciplinary summer festival which takes place each July throughout County Donegal along the Wild Atlantic Way on the north-west coast of Ireland. …