Bealtaine May 1st 2010

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Reaction to the Festival

Emergency services, local authorities, tourism bodies and, most importantly, festival goers hailed the returning Celtic festival at Uisneach as a triumph. With OAP’s and children granted free entrance to the event, there was an unrivalled mix of generations on the hillside, soaking up what the Irish Independent declared as “a festival with a difference”. The →


Festival of the Fires

Ireland’s newest festival – which just also happens to be its most ancient– was rekindled in blazing fashion over the May Bank Holiday weekend, with 73 controlled beacon fires lighting up across Ireland, unifying the nation. Fires were also lit in India, Iran, Iraq, Scotland, America, England, Wales, Germany, Portugal and Spain as the world welcomed back this iconic Bealtaine →