Kerry Film Festival

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• Leinster

  The East Coast Province

• Lingo Festival

  Ireland has produced some of the world’s greatest poets.
  From Heaney, to Yeats, to Kavanagh, we have a proud poetic
  tradition. In recent years the Irish spoken word poetry
  scene has exploded and is growing all the time. This vibrant
  movement will be celebrated during the second Lingo Festival, which runs from 16 to 18 October.

• Bram Stoker Festival

  Dublin city goes gloriously
  gothic from 23 to 26 October
  for the Bram Stoker Festival.
  Landmarks and buildings
  across the city will light up in blood red
  while visitors are promised Four Days of
  Living Stories and Four Nights of Deadly
  Adventures.

• Back to our past

  Did you know that there are up to 70 million people
  with Irish heritage scattered across the globe? Of
  course you did.You’re reading a magazine about
  tourism in Ireland. You’re most likely one of those 70
  million and one of the reasons you’re here is to trace those Irish
  roots. If that’s why you’re here then you really can’t afford to
  miss Back to Our Past, which takes place in the RDS in Dublin
  from 9 to 11 October.

• Hard working class hero

  With 100 acts set to play over three days, the
  Hard Working Class Heroes festival and
  convention is the best place to discover new
  Irish music. The festival takes place in Dublin
  from 1st to 3rd October in venues across the city, including
  The Academy, The Grand Social, The Workman’s Club, The
  Mercantile and Bad Bobs. Since the festival launched thirteen
  years ago it has acted as a showcase for a plethora of acts
  that have gone on to national and international recognition,
  including Delorentos, The Coronas, Fight Like Apes, Villagers,
  Lisa O’Neill and 2013’s breakout star Hozier.

• Baboró

  Head west to Galway to get all
  loved up at the 19th Baboró
  International Arts Festival for
  Children, Ireland’s flagship
  festival for children and their families.
  Taking place from October 12 – 18, this
  seven day creative extravaganza offers
  a very special journey for the heart and
  soul.

• Kerry Film Festival

  There are any number of film festivals in Ireland worth attending; some offer red
  carpet celebrity galas, others show new and independent films; Kerry Film Festival
  probably doesn’t need anything more than to live up to the promise of its name,
  Kerry after all is one of the most beautiful places in the country. However in recent
  years the festival has become the leading short film festival in the south of Ireland
  attracting some of the highest calibre emerging filmmakers from around the world.

• The Richard Harris Film Festival

  Richard Harris was one
  of Ireland’s greatest
  actors. So it’s fitting that
  a festival that aims to
  encourage Irish filmmakers, actors
  and directors to return to Ireland
  to showcase their talents should
  bear his name and take place in his
  hometown of Limerick. The festival
  runs from 23 to 25 October and
  is fully supported by the Estate
  of Richard Harris, with a new
  contract recently signed that will
  see the festival run until at least
  2020.

• Dingle Food Festival

  Dingle was once cited
  as ‘The most beautiful
  place on earth’ by
  National Geographic
  and has previously been voted as
  Best Foodie Town in Ireland. This
  winning combination makes the
  Dingle Food Festival an unmissable
  event. The festival runs from 2 to 4
  October, showcasing the region’s
  quality, locally produced food.

• Cork Folk Festival

  Over 200 national and
  international acts will
  perform in ten venues across
  the city during the Cork Folk
  Festival, which runs from 1 to 4 October.
  One of the nation’s favourite festivals, the
  Cork Folk Festival is now in its 36th year
  and this year’s line-up is one of the best
  yet, with the cream of traditional music
  set to entertain visitors to the Rebel
  County.

• Theatre Royal Waterford

  It is fitting that Ireland’s oldest city is
  also the home of the oldest working
  theatre in continuous existence in
  the country. The Theatre Royal in
  Waterford first opened its doors in 1793
  and “the people’s theatre” has been a hub
  for the city’s creative community ever
  since.

• Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway

  Galway was recently voted the friendliest city in the
  world, so you know you’re guaranteed a warm
  welcome when you visit the city for the Vodafone
  Comedy Carnival from 20th to 26th October. You’re
  guaranteed laughs too as the organisers have put together an
  absolutely stellar line-up that is sure to tickle even the most
  stoic of ribs.

• Belfast International Arts Festival

  With 134 events over
  24 days in 30 venues,
  Belfast comes alive
  this October for the
  Belfast International Arts Festival. There’s
  something for everyone to enjoy at this
  year’s festival, which encompasses theatre,
  dance, music and so much more.

• The Gobbins

  Discover the scenic views and
  hidden wonders along the
  reimagined Gobbins Cliff path.

• Rónán McLaughlin

  I didn’t set out to be a photographer, it kind of just happened,”
  says Rónán McLaughlin of a hobby that has won him acclaim
  and seen him printed in publications from the UK, the
  Netherlands, India and Australia as well as Ireland. Having
  initially started out photographing birds in his home 800 yards
  from the edge of Ireland, on Malin Head in Inishowen, Co.
  Donegal, Rónán’s work now includes landscapes, flora and
  spectacular images of the aurora and night sky and he has
  become somewhat of an unofficial ambassador for Inishowen
  tourism.