Festival of the Fires 2011 was a tremendous success and that is down to you. With an attendance of over 4000 at the main Uisneach event, we were delighted to ignite the summer festival season in spectacular fashion.

We’d like to thank everybody who helped make the festival what is was! Keep your eye on this site and on our Facebook page for more info and for updates on what we will bring you in 2012. There are some spectacular pictures on the Facebook page – www.facebook.com/festivalofthefires – so be sure to take a look.

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Today is the day and tonight is the night! Festival of the Fires 2011 is finally here. We hope all who attend will have a Bealtaine experience they will never forget. Uisneach is a very important place in terms of heritage, natural beauty, faith and culture and we urge you to please respect the hill during your visit. We also ask →

The fire parade at Festival of the Fires is the brainchild of one of the most creative and imaginative arts groups working in Ireland today - LUXe. LUXe are an award winning processional spectacle company directed by Mark Hill and Mandy Blinco who have drawn to their company many of the countries finest street and circus performers. Their passion is to →

Musical Running Order for Festival of the Fires 2011 MAIN STAGE 13:00 – Touch the Earth 14:00 – Aldo (Mexico) 14:30 – Ronan Leonard 15:15 – Pete Courtney 16:00– The Aftermath 17:15 – Paddy Casey 18:30 – Republic of Loose 19:30 – Liam O’Maonlai plus VERY special guest 20:00 – Kíla *21:10 – FIRE PARADE - stage closes 22:00 – The Saw Doctors BUTTON FACTORY STAGE 12:30 - The Plex 13:00 – Stewart Agnew 13:40 – →

We were delighted on Good Friday to feature on RTE1's 'Drivetime' show. They visited the Hill of Uisneach in the run up to Easter where reporter Brian Lally were lucky to catch up with the keeper of the Hill, David Clarke, and well-known local historian, author and Town Councillor Ruth Illingworth. They were giving a tour of the hill to local →