http://www.sleepzone.ie/ Sleepzone Hostel Events RSS 2.0 Feed. Please visit http://www.sleepzone.ie/ for more information. en-gb Copyright 2012 Sleepzone Hostel. All Rights Reserved. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 7:13:12 GMT 60 http://www.sleepzone.ie/images/pageElements/logoRSS.gif http://www.sleepzone.ie/ http://www.sleepzone.ie/Willie_Keane_Memorial_Music_Festival_Weekend/Default.790.html DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED! - A weekend which promotes traditional music, song & dance and in doing so ensures that the aspirations of Willie Keane, one of the greatest exponents of both set and sean nos style dancing is kept alive to be enjoyed by both locals and visitors to Doonbeg. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:56:39 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Burren_Peaks_Walking_Festival_2010/Default.788.html September 23rd-25th 2011 - this festival weekend promises a real taste of the Burren and offers guided hill and lowland walks varying in distance and grade catering for all walkers. Enjoy walking in this wonderfully rich unique limestone pavement with its Karst landscape, grykes, clints, paths, and green trail roads…..the land of the fertile rock with its precious and delicate terrain. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:54:27 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Lisdoonvarna_Matchmaking_Festival_2010/Default.762.html September 1st to October 2nd 2011 - Throughout the month of September, the spa town of Lisdoonvarna close to the Burren in Co. Clare, celebrates the world famous Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival with music and lots of fun. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:52:23 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Sky_Ride_Étape_Hibernia/Default.756.html August 21st 2011 - Sky, the UK and Ireland's leading entertainment company, is the title sponsor of the Sky Ride Étape Hibernia. This is their second closed road cycling event, following the success of the Étape Caledonia. The inaugural Sky Ride Étape Hibernia will take place on the breathtaking West Coast of Ireland in County Clare. If you are keen for a new challenge, or enjoy the unique experience of cycling on closed roads, then this is the perfect event for you! You will experience 84 miles of fantastic road cycling along one of Ireland's most beautiful coastlines. Click-through to download a copy of the route map. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:49:45 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Cruinniú_na_mBád_Gathering_of_the_Boats_Festival_Kinvara/Default.744.html August 12th-14th 2011 - up to 100 unique Irish boats, the Galway Hookers, once the workhorses of the coast of Connemara and North Clare, gather for the annual weekend of racing and celebration at Cruinniú na mBád (Gathering of the Boats) festival in Kinvara, Co. Galway. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:47:22 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Lughnasa_Festival_at_Craggaunowen/Default.754.html July 31st & August 1st 2011 - Craggaunowen, the Living Past Experience, is Ireland's original, award winning prehistoric park. Situated on 50 acres of wooded grounds, the park interprets Ireland's prehistoric and early Christian eras. It features a stunning recreation of some of the homesteads, animals and artefacts which existed in Ireland over 1,000 years ago. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:44:16 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Willie_Clancy_Summer_School/Default.753.html July 2nd-10th 2011 - the Willie Clancy Summer School promotes the study, practice and appreciation of Irish traditional music, song and dance. The school was established in 1973 to commemorate the Miltown Malbay uilleann piper, Willie Clancy, and `to promote the study, practice and appreciation of Irish traditional music song and dance. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:42:04 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/An_Post_Tour_de_Burren_Cycle_Challenge/Default.752.html June 18th 2011 - the Tour de Burren is now entering its eighth year of running and numbers are continuing to grow as word spreads of the fantastic route and the detailed level of organising and planning that goes into the event. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:39:57 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Doonbeg_International_Jazz_Festival/Default.751.html June 3rd-6th 2011- a weekend of jazz, dixie, swing and latin dancing, held in the village of Doonbeg. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:35:13 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Clare_Burren_Marathon_Challenge_2010/Default.738.html May 21st 2011 - the Clare Burren Marathon Challenge is a road, green road and trail challenge. Enjoy some of Europe's most unique landscapes and see the riches of the Burren in Bloom. Each participant has a choice of a full, half or mini marthon on the day. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:32:30 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Slow_Food_Clare/Default.728.html The 2011 Burren Slow Food Festival will be on from the 20th to the 22nd of May 2011. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:29:19 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Burren_in_Bloom/Default.749.html Month of May 2011 - the villages of The Burren are the perfect location for discovering the botanical riches of this unique limestone landscape. The month of May reveals an abundance of flowers throughout The Burren, with spring gentians, mountain avens, turlough violets, spring sandworth and a profusion of orchids, among them early purple orchids, bee orchids, spotted orchids. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:10:30 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Fleadh_na_gCuach_The_Cuckoo_Festival/Default.745.html April 29th - May 2nd 2011 - Fleadh na gCuach (The Cuckoo Fleadh), a hugely enjoyable and successful traditional music and communitybased arts festival, now in its 17th year, takes place this May bank holiday weekend in the beautiful, scenic village of Kinvara, Co. Galway. A well-established and richly deserved reputation has ensured that the Fleadh has become a showcase for the best in traditional music, attracting musicians from all over the country and beyond. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:26:08 GMT