Kildavnet Festival / Féile Chill Damhnait
4th – 19th August 2026
For latest updates please see Féile Cill Damhnait facebook page.
- Events Calendar
- Achill Greenway parkrun
- Achill Half Marathon & 10K
- Achill Yawl Festival
- Battle for the Lake
- Féile Cill Damhnait / Kildavnet Festival
- Circus Festivals
- Currane Challenge
- Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend
- Féile Inis Bigil
- Achill Camino Challenge Walks Festival
- New Year’s Eve
- Scoil Acla
- Achill Sheep Show
- St. Patrick’s Day
- Tour de Achill
Tuesday 4th August
11am: Sheepdog Demonstration
With Ailt Sheepdogs in Derreens (F28 XH95).
Thursday 6th August
8pm: Feile Whist Drive
In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91). €100 top score.
Friday 7th August
8.30pm: Official Opening
In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91). Official opening of the 10th year anniversary Féile by a special guest assisted by Kildownet’s King and Queen, Seamus Cafferkey and Christine Cooney. Music with Matt Rowley.
Saturday 8th August
11am: Cycle Run with Achill Wheelers
1pm: 5k & 10k Road Races. Registration in Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91) at 12.30pm.
2pm: 5-a-side Soccer Competition. At Trá Bhan, Cloughmore.
8.30pm: American Country Show
Achill Musical & Dramatic Society presents. In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91). Tickets from EventBrite, Achill Sound Post Office or Patten’s Bar.
10.30pm: Live Music
In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91). With Tom McGinty.
Sunday 9th August
Family Fun Day
Bouncy castles, sandpit, Achill Island Alpacas, cartoon characters, face painting, Achill Island Fire Brigade, Coast Guard, RNLI, Flagman, games plus Animal Roadshow with snakes, lizards, creepy crawlies and more! BBQ, TUK shop, tea, coffee and sweet treats.
Autism and additional needs friendly from 11.15am.
Open to general public from 12 noon.
3pm: Junior Einstein Interactive Science Show
Mix, build, explore and discover! Fun-filled hands-on science with exciting experiment stations, interactive challenges and plenty of ‘wow’ moments. In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91).
Monday 10th August
10am: Family Fun & Fitness with Pamela
Fitness class with Pamela Boyle (PB Fitness Achill) suitable for all ages and abilities. Followed by healthy breakfast.
11am: Polytunnel Open Day. Location across from Glencoe Cemetery.
11am: Men’s Shed Open Day. Location is Achill Island Men’s Shed, Derreens.
4pm: Art Demonstration with Padraig McCaul. In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91).
7pm: Talk on Achillbeg Island. By Frank Masterson, using census data from 1901, 1911 and 1926. In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91).
9pm: Reeling in th Years – Feile Chill Damhnait 2016 – 2026. Followed by music with Stephen Corrigan.
Tuesday 11th August
11am: Sheepdog Demonstration
With Ailt Sheepdogs in Derreens (F28 XH95).
Ladies Day – SOLD OUT
Wednesday 12th August
9pm: Keith Barry – Mind Games
Magician and illusionist Keith Barry believes that magic and wonder is what the world needs right now more than any other time in history. Mind Games will remain a mystery with the content of the show being kept a complete secret except for those lucky enough to witness it live. Tickets on EventBrite. Over 12s only. Doors 8.15pm.
Followed by live music with Hugh Ruddy.
Thursday 13th August
11am: Mother and Baby Morning. Tea, coffee, treats and baby play area.
11.15am: County Cork New York Pipers. Playing at Kildownet Old Cemetery.
12.30pm: Slí Ghráinne Mhaol Walk – Guided walk with Vivian and friends. See ruins of old cottages, ancient grave markings and spectacular views followed by tea and scones in Patten’s Bar.
8pm: Feile Whist Drive
In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91). €100 top score.
9.30pm: Music with PC Music. In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91).
Friday 14th August
11am: The Achill Hy Try. SOLD OUT
6.30pm: Mass in Kildavnet Cemetery & Visit to Holy Well. If weather not suitable, Mass in Sacred Heart Church, Derreens.
8pm: Family Table Quiz. In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91).
9.30pm: Oiche Gaelach. Traditional Irish music and boxty night. Music by Conan & Sean.
Saturday 15th August
8am: Kildownet Golf Society – Golf day at Achill Island Golf Club, Keel.
Achill Beg Day – SOLD OUT
Note – take your own trip to Achill Beg island any other day with Achillbeg Ferry.
6pm: Live Music with Achill400. In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91).
9pm: Live Music with Matt Rowley, followed by DJ Ciaran Bennett. In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91).
Sunday 16th August
8am: Paddy Lavelle Golf Competition. At Achill Island Golf Club. Sponsored by Micheal and Mona Masterson.
9.30pm: Golf Prize Presentation for the Paddy Lavelle Golf Competition. In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91). Followed by Live Music with Tom McGinty.
Monday 17th August
Féile Airneáin Chill Damhnait, a celebration of local culture, music, song, dance and tradition in the heart of Kildownet.
6.30pm: Mol an Óige Seisiún at Patten’s Bar
8pm: Ceolchoirm na Féile: Music, song and dance. In the marquee outside Patten’s Bar, Derreens (F28 AC91). Doors open 7.30pm.
Tuesday 18th August
11am: Sheepdog Demonstration
With Ailt Sheepdogs in Derreens (F28 XH95).
Wednesday 19th August
8pm: Talk by Michael Traynor on Nancy Corrigan and the Petticoat Pilots.
9pm: ‘The Bothy Fire and All That’. Talk by Michael Halpenny on the 1937 Kirkintilloch Disaster in which 10 young Achill workers died, and its aftermath.
