Calendar of Events 2023 – 2024
Scroll down for a calendar of major events happening on Achill Island and the surrounding areas in 2023 and 2024.
September 2023
2nd September – Tour de Achill
Annual cycling event on Achill Island and the Currane Peninsula. Three routes. More details.
29th September to 1st October – Battle for the Lake
Annual kitesurfing and music festival centred on Keel Lake. Includes special appearance by Hothouse Flowers. Tickets on sale now. View more details.
October 2023
30th October – October Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)
October Bank Holiday.
December 2023
31st December – New Year’s Eve
Watch the last sundown from one of the most westerly locations in Europe, then ring in the New Year with Achill’s traditional pipe bands.
January 2024
1st January – New Year’s Day (Public Holiday)
Start the New Year with a bracing dip in the Atlantic at the traditional New Year’s Day Swim at Silver Strand beach, Dugort, 1pm.
February 2024
5th February – Imbolc (Public Holiday)
Public holiday on St. Brigid’s Day, traditionally seen as the beginning of spring.
March 2024
17th March – St. Patrick’s Day
Follow the Achill pipe bands on their traditional St. Patrick’s Day marches in lower Achill.
18th March – St. Patrick’s Day Public Holiday
As the 17th falls on a Sunday, Monday 18th March is a public holiday. Also the date for the ‘day after’ St. Patrick’s Day Parade at Achill Sound.
29th March – Good Friday
Start of the Easter long weekend. Good Friday is a bank holiday but not officially a public holiday in Ireland.
April 2024
1st April – Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
May 2024
6th May – May Day Bank Holiday
9th – 11th May: Achill Island International Film Festival
See Achill Island Film Festival page for details and links to tickets.
June 2024
3rd June: June Bank Holiday
July 2024
28th July – 3rd August: Scoil Acla
Achill’s famous summer school of traditional music, dance, arts and culture. More about Scoil Acla.
August 2024
28th July – 3rd August: Scoil Acla
Achill’s famous summer school of traditional music, dance, arts and culture. More about Scoil Acla.
5th August: August Bank Holiday
September 2024
Tour de Achill Cycle Event
Battle for the Lake Watersports & Music Festival
October 2024
28th October: Bank Holiday
Please contact Achill Tourism for further details of any of these events.
Níos mó eolas ó Turasóireacht Acla Teo
- Events Calendar
- Achill Greenway parkrun
- Achill Half Marathon & 10K
- Achill International Harp Festival
- Achill Yawl Festival
- Battle for the Lake
- Féile Cill Damhnait / Kildavnet Festival
- Currane Challenge
- Achill Island Film Festival 2024
- Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend
- Féile Inis Bigil
- Midsummer Walks Festival
- New Year’s Eve
- Robert Henri Festival
- Scoil Acla
- Achill Sheep Show
- St. Patrick’s Day
- Tour de Achill