Music
Buncrana music festival
29 June: Buncrana Music Festival 2018 will take place in Donegal for two days of tunes, fun and family entertainment. Top acts include Grammy-award-winner Roger Sanchez, dance music legends Ministry of Sound and rock band Feeder. Family activities will take place during the day, and the main stage performances will begin at 8pm each night. Last year’s revival of the festival was a success, with acts such as Paddy Casey and Little Hours. The festival will end with a firework display on Buncrana’s shore front. A weekend ticket costs €50. See www.ticketmaster.ie.
Theatre
Erin Connolly and the Children of Lir
4 July: Erin Connolly and the Children of Lir takes to the stage of the Everyman Theatre in Cork. The play is a modern-day re-imagining of the Irish legend, The Children of Lir, in which a King’s daughter turned her stepchildren into swans for hundreds of years. Erin Connolly and the Children of Lir tells the story of trying to restore the swan children to human form. Erin must find Fionn MacChumhaill and fulfil the ancient prophecy. However, the evil League of Minerva doesn’t want this to happen. The show is from Lantern Productions, creators of Thomas Kent – 1916 Rebel. Adventure and mystery are afoot, making this one tale you can’t afford to miss. Adult tickets cost €20 and can be purchased on www.everymancork.com.
Dancing diary
Connacht
Galway: Ballinasloe, Shearwater Hotel, 1st July, Barry Kirwan & Dominic Kirwan
Leitrim: Carrick on Shannon, Landmark Hotel, 7th July, Derek Ryan
Mayo: Claremorris, McWilliam Park,
Big Band Dancing: 7th July, Gerry Guthrie
Social Dancing: 1st July, Johnny Mullen
Leinster
Dublin: Dublin, The Red Cow, 28th June, Eamon McCann
Kilkenny: Slievrue, Rhu Glenn, 30th June, Michael Collins
Kilkenny: Piltown, Piltown Gaa Complex, 1st July, Glen Flynn
Louth: Dundalk, The Lisdoo, 30th June, Declan Nerney
Meath: Navan, The Ardboyne, 2nd July, Gerry Guthrie
Westmeath: Moate, The Well, 30th June, Gerry Guthrie
Munster
Cork: Macroom, Riverside Park Hotel, 9th July, Michael Collins
Cork: Mallow, The Hazel Tree, 29th June, Michael English
Cork: Glanmire, Vienna Woods, 4th July, Finbar Dennehy
Limerick: Adare, Woodlands Hotel, 1st July, Declan Nerney
Tipperary: Newport, Ballymackeogh, Aherns, 30th June, Dermot Lyons
Tipperary: Roscrea, Racket Hall, 30th June, Dominic Kirwan
Ulster
Donegal: Bundoran, Allingham Arms, 30th June, Patrick Feeney, 1st July, Robert Mizzell
Derry: Coleraine, Bushtown Hotel, 2nd July, Patrick Feeney
Monaghan: Castleblayney, Glencarn Hotel, 29th June, Ciaran Rosney
Monaghan: Monaghan, Hillgrove Hotel, 1st July, Michael English
Tyrone: Moy, The Ryandale, 30th June, Ciaran Rosney
Tyrone: Omagh, Silverbirch Hotel, 29th June, Robert Mizzell
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