THE Twelfth of July and the Lady of the Lake Festival will join forces in Irvinestown this year. Traditionally the festival starts on a Friday, but this year it will commence on Thursday, July 11 as Irvinestown will also be hosting the county’s Twelfth celebrations the next day on Friday, July 12. The festival’s opening night is when the new […]
Enniskillen’s Happy Days prepares for the future
Happy Days is designing new community-led approaches to Enniskillen’s literary and cultural heritage.
Asian community look forward to Chinese New Year
SATURDAY marks the start of the Chinese New Year for 2024, and Fermanagh’s Asian community will be out in force to enjoy it. Celebrated in China, East Asia and across the world, the festivities will see people feast with relatives, watch parades and pray for good fortune in the year ahead. In Fermanagh, families and friends will gather at […]
‘Mum would have been very proud’ says Lady of the Lake
The Lady of the Lake in Irvinestown continues until Sunday.
Holly Baird is this year’s Lady of the Lake
For full coverage of all the festivities from the annual Irvinestown festival see next week’s Fermanagh Herald.
Sheep dung has comedian spitting at Lady of the Lake
By John Carney A MIXTURE of sheep dung and poteen left a German comedian with a bad taste in his mouth at this year’s Lady of the Lake Festival in Irvinestown. Last Wednesday a large crowd turned out at Castle Irvine Estate, Necarne, for the Fair Day where the World Sheep Dung Spitting contest took centre stage. The event had […]
Irvinestown festival has Joe spitting dung with joy!
The Lady of the Lake Festival returns this weekend.
Derrylin Candlelight Cabaret showcases ‘amazing talent’
“Superheroes worked in rain-soaked conditions but we were ready to showcase the amazing talent that we had lined up.”