- Events Calendar
- St Patrick’s Day
- Achill Easter Festival
- Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend
- Achill Half Marathon & 10K
- Achill Yawl Festival
- Féile na mBoillaí / Bill’s Rock Festival
- Féile Na Mara / Achill Island Festival of the Sea
- Dooagh Day
- Scoil Acla
- Féile Inis Bigil
- Quest Achill
- Sheep Show
- New Year’s Eve
Dooagh Day – 7th – 9th July 2017
The 2017 Dooagh Day festival takes place from the 7th – 9th July.
Friday 7th July – Opening Night
7pm – Opening Reception for Abha Teangai Village Museum. Wine reception. All welcome. The museum will be open 12 noon to 5pm on Saturday and Monday.
from 9pm – Welcome Home Party at Gielty’s Clew Bay. Cocktails, ceol agus craic.
Saturday 8th July
Celebrate 70 years of the Dooagh Pipe Band with Flatout live at the Wavecrest Hotel. Doors 10.30pm. Tickets €10 available locally.
Sunday 9th July
1pm – Free Family Fun from 1pm at Dooagh Dock:
Rock the Boat Guinness World Record attempt / Plastic Duck Race / Sheepdog Handling / Face Painting / Balloon Animals / Bouncy Castles / Boxty & Seafood / Live Music / Dooagh Pipe Band / Currach Racing / and much more!
Plan B (Indoor events) – family fun in Gieltys / live music in Lourdies / museum open.
9pm onwards – Lourdies Pub: Presentation to currach racing winners / live music with Johnny Keegan / complimentary finger food.
