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A variety of artists will descend on Erris during the July for the 17th International Folks Arts festival, Féile Iorras. There is a diverse range of events to suit every taste and age group, incorporating every inch of the Barony of Erris. This year’s array of music, artists, and performers is in the final stage of completion and includes Tumbling Bones – American folk and old-time from the USA, Beoga who give a distinctly Northern flavour to Irish trad, international children’s films, Za Ucha with the finest Balkan music, Northumberland Celtic Ranters from England, and Iorras’s own David Munnelly Band. There will also be a 25 minute documentary by Blacksod native Fergus Sweeney, Keepers of the Light, poetry reading, local musicians performing a trad seisiún in Tra Buí, not forgetting children’s international cinema and Branar Theatre with a puppet show, Clann Lir,. The visual arts will be well represented by Diarmuid O Riordan’s exhibition of photographs which will be held at Áras Inis Gluaire and will open on Friday, July 13.