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Cancelled Drumshanbo 'nationalist' event now going ahead near Castlebar

Aug 7, 2025 15:25
By Eoghan Murphy
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Cancelled Drumshanbo 'nationalist' event now going ahead near Castlebar
Stephen Kerr is one of the organisers of the event

The Mise Éire Festival was due to be held in the Mayflower Community Centre on August 23rd - but is now taking place near Castlebar on the same date.

The controversial nationalist event, which was due to be held in Drumshanbo, will now go ahead in Co Mayo.

The Mise Éire Festival was due to be held in the Mayflower Community Centre on August 23rd - but is now taking place near Castlebar on the same date.

The committee, which runs the Mayflower, pulled the plug on the event.

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Hundreds of people signed a petition calling for it to be cancelled.

One of the organisers of the festival, Stephen Kerr, says the Drumshanbo event was cancelled unfairly over insurance:

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