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The Athlone St Patrick’s Day parade committee has announced a full schedule of events for next week’s festival, and now all they need are locals to come out in support!

THE SINGER Matt Keane will headline a concert of traditional Irish music in the Oranmore Lodge Hotel on Saturday at 9pm.

All roads lead to Ballycastle in north Mayo this weekend where Fleadh Cheoil Mhaigh Eo 2009 gets off the ground.

All roads will lead to Mullinavat this weekend where Mullinavat CCE will host the Kilkenny County Fleadh Cheoil. This is a weekend of traditional Irish music, song, dance, competitions, concerts, ceilis and street entertainment.

Fires glowed on more than a dozen hilltops across the Midlands as Westmeath launched its newest festival on the legendary Hill of Uisneach to celebrate May 1 Bealtaine.

With Castlebar confirmed as this year’s host venue, festival preparations are well under way for the World Fleadh International Irish and Celtic Music Festival with many top international names in the line-up. After the outstanding success of the 2008 festival in Portlaoise, the World Fleadh returns with a fantastic selection of Irish traditional, Celtic, folk, and country music acts from around the globe.

The Galway City Museum has hired the help of expert boat builders Pat Ó Cualáin and Patrick Flaherty to construct a traditional Connemara style currach over a three-day period.

She has long held the attention of the followers of Irish music as one of the finest female vocalists in the world, and Mary Black has now confirmed that she will play live in concert at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar on August 4.

The Galway Film Fleadh will screen Sanctuary, a documentary film on the GSPCA’s sanctuary in the city.

The World Fleadh, Ireland's biggest Irish and Celtic music festival, will be staged in The Royal Theatre, Castlebar, between July 31 and August 8.