Festivals
Backstage: what it takes to put together Ireland’s favourite festivals
From the Fleadh Cheoil to Puck Fair to Westival, unseem teams of volunteers work the entire year to make fun in the sun for festival goers
The streets are packed with revellers, jostling for pole position to watch the free and seemingly impromptu performances in shop doorways and street corners. Music fills the air, and every second person appears to be carrying a banjo, fiddle, bodhrán or – with a little extra help – a harp.
It is of course, Fleadh Cheoil time. As anyone who has ever visited our most unique music festival will know, the annual celebration of trad ...
