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The manager at the National Museum of Country Life in Turlough, Tony Candon, says the museum is preparing for the biggest ever influx of people to the site this weekend with some 25,000 expected to attend Féile na Tuaithe over the next two days.

The fourth annual Galway Food Festival will take place during the Easter Weekend of Thursday April 2 to Monday 6, showcasing the city and county’s unique food produce, traditions, and restaurants.

The 12th Athlone Agri-Show and Food Festival will take place at the Showgrounds at Gaffey’s Farm, Moydrum on Sunday June 29.

Tens of thousands of people are on the move across the county this weekend as two major festival events are attracting a huge influx of visitors and have seen local hotels, B&Bs, and self-catering accommodation booked to capacity.

The seventh Mullingar International Horseshow will take place this weekend, from Friday May 30 to Monday June 2, with a staggering prize fund of €80,000 on offer.

Sun, sand, kites, surf-boards and great tunes are the order of the day when Achill Island plays host to the finale of the Irish Kitesurfing Tour Competition at this year’s Battle for the Lake Music and Kite Festival on September 28 and 29.

One of Ireland’s leading Michelin star chefs Kevin Thornton stepped out of the kitchen to launch the country’s longest running food festival, the 59th Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival.

Bord Bia has this week announced the return of Bloom, its hugely successful gardening, food, and family festival, which will take place in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, this June bank holiday weekend. Now in its seventh year, the event attracted more than 80,000 visitors last year.

Elvis Costello and Imelda May have been announced as the headline acts for the Westport Festival of Music and Food which was launched in Dublin on Wednesday night.

Just a few miles off the M6 motorway, The Green Village Music and Arts Festival is set in the remarkable parkland of Mount Druid in the village of Castletown Geoghegan, Co Westmeath.