World Irish Dancing Championships
April
The best of the world's Irish dancers descend on Killarney to compete in this eight-day competition.
Rally of the Lakes
May
Going since 1979, this motor rally is a speed enthusiast's calendar highlight. Competitors spin around one of the motor world's most picturesque courses, winding around Killarney's lakes.
Féile Na Bealtaine
May
Five days of music and art events take over the Dingle Peninsula for this festival aimed at promoting Dingle's culture and artistic traditions. Culture vultures will lap up the program of street theatre, music concerts, art exhibitions, film screenings and literary events.
Puck Fair
August
The village of Puck's four-day fair is the oldest in Ireland. Parades, live music, traditional Irish dancing displays, and plenty of fireworks make this a great family-friendly event.
Rose of Tralee International Festival
August
By far County Kerry's, if not Ireland's, most famous festival, the Rose of Tralee's main event brings young women of Irish descent from across the world back to Tralee to take part in the Rose Parade where one will be crowned as that year's ‘Rose of Tralee’. A whole caboodle of Irish cultural entertainment, music concerts and parties runs concurrently across the festival programme as well.