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markan


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So as it turns out my planned vacation this year happens to include the 1st weekend of May and that is a bank holiday weekend.  Thus it is also a weekend that there are quite a few interesting festivals going on.  There are two in particular that have drawn my attention that I have never been to before.  Both of these are Trad music festivals.

One is the "Fleadh na gCuach" or "Cuckoo Fleadh" in Kinvara:  http://kinvara.com/cuckoo/index.html

The other one is a similar type event shown here:  http://feilechoiscuain.com/

It's a tough decision for me because I love both Kinvara and Louisburgh and from what I can gather from reading many threads about both over on www.thesession.org is that they are both well thought of. 

So it might just be a tossup in the end and a no lose scenario.  Basically it looks like that weekend is a really nice one for a trad music lover like myself to be in Ireland.

But I was curious if anyone here has been to either one of these festivals?

 

 

 



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I haven't been to either but I'm sure they will both be worthwhile. Sounds like fun. Have you thought of inquiring about accommodations in advance to see where and if still available? That might make the decision for you.

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Yeah I have already checked and found accommodation available in both places as of now and reserved in Kinvara (as I'm leaning that way) already. It does look like a good time from what I have read so far. I'll report back here once I get back.

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Haven't been over to Kinvara for a couple of years but generally a whole lot going on.  Last years Program http://www.kinvara.com/cuckoo/programme%202013.pdf  probably late March before this years gets put together properly.

Never been to the Louisburgh event,



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