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New Year's Eve / Day - there are celebrations
throughout the city to welcome in the New Year
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Salmon and Sea Trout Season - starts
January 1st and runs until September
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Irish Championship Hurdle - late
January, major horse race at Leopardstown
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Five Nations Rugby Tournament - February to
April, Ireland play against England, Wales, Scotland and France.
Two of these games are played in Dublin
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Malahide Food and Drink Festival - late February,
this festival also includes cultural activities
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Celtic Flame - mid-March, a national festival
of contemporary and traditional music, song and dance
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St. Patrick's Day Festival - March 17th,
numerous celebrations and street theatres fill the city, culminating
in a parade
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Temple Bar Fleadh - mid-March, three-day
festival of traditional music in honour of St. Patrick, in
the lively Temple Bar area
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Irish Kennel Club Show - mid-March, annual
championship dog show in Cloghran, County Dublin
Feis Ceoil - late March, this is one of
Europe's oldest and most prestigious classical musical festivals
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Colours Boat Race - first weekend, a rowing
race along the River Liffey between Trinity College and University
College Dublin
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Howth Music Festival - Easter weekend, this
pretty fishing village on the outskirts of the city plays host
to three days of popular music
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Dublin Film Festival - third week, festival
of new and classic films held at various Dublin cinemas, including
the Irish Film Centre
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Opera Ireland - a week in the April, Spring
run at the Gaiety Theatre. Another short season is also put on
in November
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May Day Parade - May 1st, celebrations and colourful
parades through the city streets on this national holiday
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Dublin Garden Festival - late May or early June,
large four-day horticultural show at Ballsbridge
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Laytown Beach Races - late May or early June,
horse races on the beach, north of Dublin
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Music in the Park - June to August, various
city parks hold free open-air concerts at lunchtime on weekdays
and also on Sundays
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Photography Exhibitions - June to September,
changing exhibitions on different themes in the Dublin Photographic
Centre
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County Wicklow Gardens Festival - held at both
private and public gardens south of Dublin all month, including
Powerscourt
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Bloomsday - mid-June, walks, lectures and pub
talks across the city to celebrate James Joyce's greatest novel,
'Ulysses'
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Maracycle - mid-June, thousands of cyclists
race each other from Dublin to Belfast and back again
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Scurlogstown Olympiad Celtic Festival - mid-June,
traditional Irish music and dance fair with a selection of festival
queen, in Trim
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Music in Great Irish Houses - second and third
weeks, classical music recitals in grand settings at various venues
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Dun Laoghaire American Week - first week, US-themed
jamboree with bluegrass music, a barn dance and 4th of July fireworks
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South Docks Festival - third week, a community
festival that centres on Pearse Street and City Quay, with shows
and activities for all ages
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Temple Bar Blues Festival - third weekend,
three days of live blues music featuring international stars
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Summer Music Festival - all month, St. Stephen's
Green, free lunchtime concerts of both popular and traditional
music, as well as sporadic Shakespeare performances in the open
air
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Dublin Horse Show - second week, RDS Ballsbridge,
premier sporting and social event including dressage, show jumping
and a chance for ladies to show off their hats
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People's Photographic Exhibition - last weekend,
St. Stephen's Green, displays of amateur photographers work on
the railings around the green
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The Liffey Swim - first Saturday, since 1920
Dubliners have turned out to watch swimmers brave the River Liffey's
murky waters from Watling Street Bridge to the Custom House
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Motorcycle Union of Ireland Killalane Road Races
- second weekend, Skerries, road-racing final on the streets of
this resort, north of Dublin
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All-Ireland Hurling Final - second Sunday, Croke
Park
All-Ireland Football Final - fourth Sunday,
Croke Park, popular Gaelic football final
- Irish Antique Dealer's Fair - last week, RDS Ballsbridge,
the country's most important antiques fair
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Dublin Theatre Festival - first two weeks, features
new works by Irish playwrights and many foreign productions
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Dublin City Marathon - last Monday, starting
and finishing on O'Connell Street, the route takes in many Dublin
landmarks, including Phoenix Park and Trinity College. Every year
thousands participate
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Hallowe'en (Samhain) - October 31st, on the
night when spirits rise, children wear fancy dress and celebrations
include a parade and fireworks
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Opera Ireland - a week in the November, Autumn
run at the Gaiety Theatre. Another short season is also put on
in April
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Toy and Train Collector's Fair - last Sunday,
Rochestown Lodge Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, with model cars, dolls,
comics and teddy bears. There are also other similar fairs in
April and September
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Pantomime Season - December to January, traditional
pantomimes performed at theatres in Dublin and throughout Ireland
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Christmas - December 24th to 25th, Christian
celebrations include going to midnight mass on Christmas Eve
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St. Stephen's Day - December 26th, on the day
after Christmas, catholic boys dress up as Wren boys (chimney
boys with blackened faces) and sing hymns to raise money for charities
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Leopardstown Races - December 26th to 29th,
this four-day meeting is the biggest in the country at this traditional
time for horse racing
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