May

• 22-23/25 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, RDS
• 22-25 Dublin City Soul Festival
• 23-28 Bray Churches Together Festival
• 23-25 AIMS Choral Festival, New Ross
• 23-25 Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival
• 25 Gort Multi-Cultural Arts Festival
• 25 Dublin Toy and Train Fair
• 28-1 June Listowel Writer’s Week
• 29-2 June Bloom 2008, Phoenix Park
• 29-2 June Smithwicks Cat Laughs Comedy Festival
• 29-2 June Dublin Docklands Maritime Festival 2008
• 29-3 June Carrickmacross Festival
• 30 Celine Dion, Croke Park
• 30-1 June Sligo County Fleadh
• 30-1 June Woman’s World Show, RDS
• 30-1 June Cobh Maritime Song Festival
• 30-2 June Bandon Music Festival
• 31 Mary Black, Vicar Street.
• 30-1 June Glen of Aherlow Walking Festival
• 30-2 June Jazz Festival Doonbeg
• 30-2 June Castlebar Blues Festival
• 30-2 June Kilgarvan Traditional Music Festival
• 31-2 June Art in Action, Drogheda

June

• 1 Carlow Regatta
• 1 Westlife, Croke Park
• 1-2 Innishannon Steam and Vintage Rally
• 1-7 Biscuit People International Festival, Cork
• 2 Cork City Marathon
• 2 Yazoo, Olympia Theatre
• 2 Flora Women’s Mini Marathon
• 6 Avril Lavigne, RDS
• 7 Bon Jovi, Punchestown
• 7-15 Eigse Carlow Arts Festival
• 11-15 Lismore Festival of Travel Writing
• 12-15 Taste of Dublin
• 14 Neil Diamond, Croke Park
• 14-29 West Cork Garden Trail
• 14 Carrigaline Ceili Mor
• 14-15 Lixnaw Feile Cheoil
• 14-15 Galway County Show
• 15-5 July Cork Midsummer Festival
• 16 Prince, Croke Park
• 16 Bloomsday
• 20-22 Dunlavin Arts Festival
• 20-22 Fleadh Cheoil Chiarraí
• 20-22 Athea Motorcycle Road Race
• 20-22 Tralee Garden Festival
• 20-22 Irish Senior Open, Ballyliffin Golf Club
• 20-22 Lough Gur Summer Solstice Festival
• 22-29 Kildare Derby Festival
• 23-25 Wexford Strawberry Festival
• 24-29 Meitheal Newbridge
• 27-29 Con Curtin Music Festival, Brosna, Co. Kerry
• 27-29 Pátrún Inis Mór
• 27-29 Westport Folk & Bluegrass Festival
• 27-29 Taste of Cork
• 28 Boyzone, RDS
• 28-6 July West Cork Chamber Music Festival
• 29 Athlone Agricultural Show
• 29 Neil Young, Malahide Castle
• 30-4 July Inishbofin Summer School

July

• 1-6 Cavan Summer Festival
• 1-6 Mayo Fleadh Ceol
• 3-6 Kilkenny Hot Air Balloon Festival
• 4-6 Ennis Street Festival
• 5-13 Clonmel Junction Festival
• 5 Achill Half Marathon
• 6 Dunmanway Agricultural Show
• 6-10 Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show
• 6-12 West Cork Literary Festival
• 8-13 Galway Film Fleadh
• 8-17 Kilkenny Arts Festival
• 9-13 Shannon International Music Festival
• 10-20 Killarney Summerfest
• 11-13 Oxegen, Punchestown Racecourse
• 12-20 Kinsale Arts Week
• 13 Mullingar Agriculture Show
• 14-27 Galway Arts Festival
• 17-20 Tullamore Phoenix Festival
• 15-21 Fleadh Cheoil na Mumhan, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick
• 16-20 Sneem Family Festival
• 18-27 Youghal Visual Arts Festival
• 23-27 Cork International Folk Dance Festival
• 21-27 Skibbereen Children’s Festival
• 25-27 Cork Comedy Festival
• 25-27 Féile Lughnasa, Dingle Penninsula
• 25-1 Aug Boyle Arts Festival
• 25-4 Aug Courtmacsherry Harbour Festival
• 27 Schull Agricultural Show
• 27 West Kerry Agricultural Show
• 27 Ossory Agricultural Show
• 28-3 Aug Galway Races