Ardara, known as The Festival Town is a lively and vibrant town which was shortlisted as a finalist in a recent Irish Times Ireland’s Best Place to Live competition and is only 14kms from Edenvale Bed & Breakfast.
Being a designated Heritage Town and also a long established centre for the manufacture of Donegal tweed it has several famous tweed “outfitters” on its main street where you can buy home-made tweed and hand-knitted sweaters. Ardara is a lively town too. The “Festival Capital of Donegal” boasts a thriving tourist trade and social scene.
Below is a listing of the festivals that take place for the remainder of 2018
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Johnny Doherty Trad Music & Dancing Weekend 21st-23rd Sep 2018 Ceili, Barn and Set Dancing nightly with Schools of Dance daily |
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The Warp and Weft of Heritage 12th-14th Oct 2018 Commemorating the 430th anniversary of the Shipwrecking of the Spanish Armada of the North West coast in 1588 through archaeology, history, folklore and much more |
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Ardara Matchmaking Weekend 9th-11th Nov 2018 Ceili, Barn and Set Dancing nightly with Schools of Dance daily |
Click on the link below to be directed to the Ardara website.
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