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We are extremely proud to announce that FESTIVAL OF THE FIRES has received an unprecedented SEVEN nominations at the Irish Festival Awards 2011!

We are nominated as Best Small Festival, Best Festival Line-Up, Best Family Festival, Best Service, Best Social Responsibility, Best Irish Act Performance (our pals The Saw Doctors) and Best Toliets. Yes, best toilets. Voting takes place at www.irishfestivalawards.ie in December & January so don’t delay, log onto the site and vote today!

The awards are the highest accolade for any Irish festival. They honour the organisers and people behind the scenes that make every Irish Summer such an eclectic celebration of music, art and performance. We are over the moon to have received so many nominations (more than Electric Picnic and Oxegen) and we hope you’ll all spread the word and vote for Festival of the Fires.

To be in the same category as big hitters like Electric Picnic, Body & Soul or Oxegen is an honour enough, but to receive more nominations then them is even better. It’s proof that good community events are what the people remember. And what’s even better is that these awards are decided by the people, so log on and vote and spread the word and get whomever you know to vote!

We’re also delighted that our good pals The Saw Doctors performance on the Festival of the Fires main stage has earned them a nomination. They have a great new Christmas single out at the moment, a cover of the classic “Downtown”, so be sure to buy it and get the shams a Christmas no. 1! Another nomination we liked was that of the Helium Festival in Ballymahon in the best One Day event. The guys at Helium helped us out in our first year and we hope their brilliant event goes from strength to strength in the years ahead.

Festival of the Fires is now looking for artists to take part in the 2012 event. The festival will return to the Hill of Uisneach for the May Bank Holiday weekend and we want that hill to be full of artists in all genres, disciplines and media. We will be making an exciting announcement shortly about the artistic →

One of Ireland's greatest living historians, Ruth Illingworth, is to give a guided walk and tour of the Hill of Uisneach on Saturday August 27th at 2pm. This is a rare chance to learn the true history of Uisneach whilst strolling its slopes, and in the company of Ruth it should be memorable afternoon. The meeting point is at the lay-by →

Our friends at the Electric Picnic festival in association with the European Recycling Platform wants you unplug your talent using electrical waste! Building on the success of last year’s 2010 Electric Art Competition, European Recycling Platform urge all budding designers, artists, industrial engineers and enthusiasts to take part in the Picnic's electrical waste sculpture competition. Winning creations will be made entirely from →

We are delighted to announce that Festival of the Fires has been nominated for a prestigious Event Industry Award. Now in their third year, the aim of these awards is to celebrate excellence and showcase the very highest standards in Ireland's event industry, and also to provide a platform for the industry to meet and network. The annual Event Industry Awards →

Everyone associated with Festival of the Fires wishes to extend our deepest sympathies to Hill of Uisneach owners and keepers Angela and David Clarke on the recent bereavement of Angela's mother Eileen Mooney (nee Raleigh) at Lunestown House, Loughnavalley. Ar Dheis De go raibh a h-anam dilis and may she rest in peace.

Tommy Tiernan was on the excellent Breakfast with Hector this morning, Monday May 16th, and when asked where the true capital of Ireland was he replied with... Well, let's just say he didn't say Cork. Have a listen to the show at Hector's Podcast Page on the RTE2FM website and remember, wherever you are, to Keep Her Lit for Festival of →

Ladies and gentlemen and everyone else reading this, we are still smoldering with delight over this year's Festival of the Fires which was the most successful yet. We're only three-years old, and have a long way to go to match the ancient Bealtaine celebrations on Uisneach which are recorded as Ireland's oldest festival, but we are delighted thus far to have got →

Festival of the Fires 2011 was a tremendous success and that is down to you. With an attendance of over 4000 at the main Uisneach event, we were delighted to ignite the summer festival season in spectacular fashion. We'd like to thank everybody who helped make the festival what is was! Keep your eye on this site and on our Facebook page for →

Today is the day and tonight is the night! Festival of the Fires 2011 is finally here. We hope all who attend will have a Bealtaine experience they will never forget. Uisneach is a very important place in terms of heritage, natural beauty, faith and culture and we urge you to please respect the hill during your visit. We also ask →