If you are interested in displaying your arts and crafts or even hosting a workshop to pass on your skills to an eager an appreciative audience then you only have a few days to do so. Applications for free spots in out Arts & Crafts Village close this weekend.

From Sunday night we will also not be taking any more applications from Hollistic Healers so if you want to bring a healing touch to the Hill of Uisneach then please email info@festivalofthefires.com ASAP!

Pitches are free.

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Why is the Hill of Uisneach special? 1. Uisneach is the exact geographical centre of Ireland.   2. For many centuries, Uisneach was also regarded as the sacred centre of the island.   3. On Uisneach is a stone known as ‘Aill na Mireann’ or the ‘Catstone’.  According to tradition, the five provinces of Ireland met there and Ireland was →

Festival of the Fires will be officially launched on Thursday April 14th! You are all invited to attend the launch, which takes place at the National Wax Museum in Dublin's Foster Place at 10.30am. After the launch, in the company of our fabled Uisneach Warriors we are marching to Dail Éireann to invite An Taoiseach and all the political 'chieftains' →

Tickets on sale now priced €35 Camping tickets (including festival admission) €40 On sale at selected local outlets in the midlands, Ticketmaster outlets nationwide, the Button Factory and National Wax Museum Plus in Dublin.

Festival of the Fires welcomes arts and crafts practitioners from all over Ireland to come along and showcase your work at our arts and crafts village, situated beside the ancient palace. If you have anything creative you'd like to show, small arts and crafts items you'd like to sell, or a trade or skill you'd like to display to an appreciative →