Islandeady Summer Festival

Plans are at an advanced stage for the 2012 summer festival in Islandeady, which proved to be a great success last year and will take place over the August bank holiday weekend (August 3 to 5 ) Celebrations will commence on Friday evening with a family evening and barbecue at the Key West. Saturday morning there will be a fun walk in the centre of the parish, a heritage day in the afternoon at Jack’s Cottage followed by a table quiz in the Halfway House on Saturday night. Sunday morning at 11am mass will be celebrated in the graveyard, followed by boat trips on the beautiful Bilberry Lake and Sunday afternoon there will be a big family sports day at the GAA pitch (fun for all the family ). To close the weekend there will be a Barn Dance held in Jacks Cottage.