Cairde is Sligo's annual arts festival celebrating diversity. The festival takes place for one week each year in July and Sligo comes alive with an excellent range of music, theatre, dance, children's and family events, visual art and more. Last night was the opening of the festival. The Shelly River Boat Race was the first event.... Continue Reading →
Get Snappy at Sligo Live and Win!
Get Snappy at Sligo Live and win. Capture the ‘Spirit’ of Sligo Live Festival in a photograph this bank holiday weekend. Interpret the theme ‘spirit’ in your own way at any of the 100 events taking place. There is plenty going on across the town from pub traditional sessions, cafe gigs, Under Bare Ben Bulben’s... Continue Reading →
Coolaney Summer Festival 2011
This weekend was the Coolaney Summer Festival. Today was the family fun day which was great for families with young children as there were free bouncy castles and races for them. There wasn't anything much for adults unless you are into football and it cost 10 euro a family or 5 euro an adult to... Continue Reading →
Cairde Parkfest
Today the Cairde Festival had 'parkfest'. It was held in the Peace Park in Sligo and there were all kinds of music and dancing. Some lovely cakes as well. All reasonably priced as well, which is great 🙂 We enjoyed having a look around, although we weren't there for very long. There are some more pics... Continue Reading →
Temple House Festival
This weekend is the Temple House Festival in Sligo. I can't begin to tell you what a great festival it is. This is its second year, I didn't get to go last year because Lucy was in hospital, but this year I've been backwards and forwards to have a look. We are lucky in that... Continue Reading →
French Market
French Market, originally uploaded by magnum_lady. Well it's been a busy weekend here. It's a bank holiday here in Ireland today and the kids are off school this week as well which is great as I really needed a break from school runs. Sligo Live was on this weekend. I've never seen the town so... Continue Reading →