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 Co. Cork Festivals & Events
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Events 1 to 13 of 13 during July 2008 |
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| Dates | Event, Location & Description | |
| 1 - 3 Sep | Cape Clear Island International Storytelling Festival Cape Clear Island, Skibereen, Cork |    |
| The festival includes three major concerts, storytelling workshop, story swapping sessions, music and much more in a magnificent island setting. | ||
| 2 - 3 Sep | Midleton Food and Drink Festival , Midleton, Cork | |
| A mouth-watering line up of food exhibitions and samplings. Food culture combined with a truly remarkable array of entertainment. | ||
| 4 - 8 Sep | Cobh Sea Angling Club - International Festival , Cobh, Cork | |
| Four day deep sea angling festival. This year will be the 40th anniversary of this event. | ||
| 8 - 10 Sep | Beamish Cork Folk Festival City Centre, Cork, Cork | |
| Folk and traditional music festival featuring 200 musicians from Cork and many other regions. | ||
| 8 Sep - 4 Nov | Robert Gibbings (1889 – 1958) Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork City, Cork | |
| A retrospective exhibition of Cork-born Robert Gibbings who was a well-known adventurer travelling from the River Lee to Polynesia and beyond seeking material for his books and wood-engravings. This exhibition seeks to encapsulate the full breadth of his extraordinary life and work. | ||
| 14 Sep | East Cork Early Music Festival , Midleton, Cork | |
| The festival promises to be one of the musical highlights of the year. | ||
| 15 - 17 Sep | Sam Maguire Festival Weekend , Dunmanway, Cork | |
| The Sam Maguire Festival Weekend is a celebration and tribute to the man whom the All Ireland Football Cup is called after. It involves events for both young and old. | ||
| 17 Sep | Bengour Harvest Festival Bengour, Macroom, Cork | |
| Bengour Harvest Festival is a festival for all the family, comprising of childrens art & sports, bouncing castle & slide; old time threshing; flower arranging; baking compeitions; childrens soccer; sheaf tossing; step dancing display; brick a brack stall | ||
| 22 - 24 Sep | Youghal Through the Ages , Youghal, Cork | |
| 3 days filled with talks and walks on our heritage, an open air market and special events for children. | ||
| 24 Sep | Cork Mini Marathon City Centre, Cork, Cork | |
| 25th Cork Womens Mini Marathon Race starts at 1 pm - 7,000+ Women participate in this fun run/walk through the streets of Cork - most for charities. 2006 will be the 25rd year of the race. It has been run by the AAI (Athletics Association of Ireland) and the Evening Echo every year since it started. | ||
| 28 Mar - 28 Sep | Replicant by Kenji Endo National Sculpture Factory, Cork, Cork | |
| The National Sculpture Factory in association with Cork Artists Collective have commissioned Japanese artist Kenji Endo to install his site-specific sculpture Replicant along the side of the red-brick NSF building where Albert Road meets the South Link. Replicant is made from aluminium duct piping and LED lights and will sprawl, virus-like along the western face and front of the factory building, emitting a low lit, blue glow. | ||
| 12 Apr - 29 Sep | Seamus Murphy Centenary Season Various, Cork, Cork | |
| To mark the centenary of the birth of renowned sculptor Seamus Murphy, a series of celebratory events will take place in Cork from April to September this year. The Seamus Murphy Centenary Season will include various exhibitions of his work as well as photographs and tools in venues such as the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork City Libraries and the Cork Public Museum. | ||
| 11 Aug - 6 Oct | Port of Cork Liner Visits Port of Cork, Cork, Cork | |
| Port of Cork Cruise Liner Visits on various dates during August, September and October. Check the website link for more information. | ||
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. Cork remember to visit The National Events Calendar at www.irishdays.com.
