Festivals and Entertainment
Virtually every village and town in Ireland seems to have a festival of some kind or other each year. Whatever the pretext for the celebration, it's usually also an excuse for serious partying. Well-established ones like the Cork Jazz Festival and the Wexford Opera Festival are major international events, and getting tickets for top performances can be well nigh impossible without advance planning. The very word "festival" seems to act as a magnet for all sorts of musicians, and many events are wonderfully overwhelming. No matter the size of the town, there's rarely enough room for all that's happening, with music and dancing bursting out of the official venues into surrounding streets and bars. The biggest of the annual events are listed here, but pick up a calendar of events at any major tourist office and you'll soon get a picture of the huge range of celebrations
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