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 Co. Kerry Festivals & Events
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Events 1 to 11 of 11 during May 2008 |
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| Dates | Event, Location & Description | |
| 28 Aug - 1 Sep | Tralee Festival Races Ballybeggan, Tralee, Kerry |    |
| Five day festival race meeting | ||
| 11 - 16 Sep | Kerry International Chamber Music Festival Retreat Lodges, Rossbeigh, Kerry | |
| Renowned musician perform masterpieces of classical chamber music, explore Kerrys traditions and give creative workshops. | ||
| 15 - 17 Sep | Ballylongford Oyster Festival , Ballylongford, Kerry | |
| Festival based on locally produced oysters & seafood events organised to include adults, children and for the entire family and individual events for children & adults. Oysters & seafood-shellfish provided free of charge in local taverns at night. | ||
| 16 Sep | Buddy Holly + The Cricketers INEC, Killarney, Kerry | |
| For fourteen years the Buddy Holly & The Cricketers Show has been a hit all over the world, delighting audiences in every corner of the British Isles and entertaining folk as far afield as the U.S.A., the West Indies, Europe, the Middle East and Thailand. | ||
| 17 - 23 Sep | Listowel Races Racecourse, Listowel, Kerry | |
| Race meeting | ||
| 22 Sep | The Beautiful South INEC, Killarney, Kerry | |
| The Beautiful South are a British pop group formed at the end of the 1980s, formed with the remaining members of the Hull group The Housemartins. The band was put together by lead singer, Paul Heaton, and drummer, Dave Hemingway. They were joined by Sean Welch (Bass), Dave Stead (Drums) and Dave Rotheray (Guitar). Rotheray also co-writes the songs with Heaton. | ||
| 30 Sep | Working Class Heroes INEC, Killarney, Kerry | |
| Working Class Heroes: Ronnie Drew (Dubliners), Finbarr Furey (Furey Brothers), Don Baker (Worlds No 1 Harmonica Player), Mike Hanrahan (Stocktons Wing). 4 Legends of Irish Musical History take to the stage for one enchanting evening of song, story, ballads, folk, blues and amazing talent. An evening with the Old School! | ||
| 14 Jul - 2 Sep | Maize Maze Tubberlispole, Dingle, Kerry | |
| For something completely novel and fun while on holidays, how about tackling a 10-point quiz trail in a six-acre maze in a field of corn? Themaze is the work of the internationally recognised Adrian Fisher, who has designed mazes in 23 countries. Finding your way around the field of courn which grows to a height of nine feet, is challegning and highly amusing for all ages. There are other puzzles also - such as a rope maze, which is great for relays, and table top puzzles. A great day for all the family. For 21 years, Adrian has had the extraordinary vocation of designing and creating unique and beautiful puzzle mazes all over the world. His company is based in Dorset, England, and has won 6 Guinness world records won twelve design and export awards created hundreds of mazes in over 30 countries visited by over 30 million visitors since 1979 | ||
| 3 Aug - 31 Dec | Set Dancing Workshop The Moorings Bar, Portmagee, Kerry | |
| Set dancing sessions on Friday and Sunday nights all year and an Irish Night every Tuesday in July and August. | ||
| 3 Aug - 31 Dec | Salsa Dance Party Every Last Friday of each Month The Phoenix Restaurant, Castlemaine, Kerry | |
| Salsa Dance Party - Every Last Friday of each Month | ||
| 3 Aug - 31 Dec | Egyptian Dance Party Phoenix Restaurant, Castlemaine, Kerry | |
| Takes place on the second Friday of the month. | ||
If there is any excuse for a good time then the Irish people will use it. All over Ireland, in every county, town and village you will encounter a festival or event. The excuse may involve food, art, music, sport, history, matchmaking, agriculture, dancing or just about anything else, and will always end in one astronomical party. So before you arrive in Co. Kerry remember to visit The National Events Calendar at www.irishdays.com.
