Blacklion and Dowra

Starts Saturday 17th
A walking festival will take place on the Cavan Way, starting in Blacklion and finishing in Dowra. Along the route there will be a mock bestowal on a McGovern Clan Chieftain by 'The Shannon Pot' (the source of the River Shannon). The walking festival will travel on to Dowra where a battle re-enactment company will do a display in the village. This will be followed on by traditional music in the village and will attract a large amount of walkers and McGovern's from abroad and Northern Ireland.

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Arigna

Sunday 25th May 2003
Arigna will open Phase 1 of their Mining Museum Project. The Project will cost over 600,000 Euro. The opening will display how miners extracted the coal from the Arigna Mountains. Links have been made with the Mining Industry in Wales and they expect a large grouping of people to arrive from Wales for this event. A walking festival will also take place from the mine along Leitrim Way to Arigna. The day will finish off with traditional music in the evening in the village.
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Drumshanbo

Thursday 29th May 2003
Drumshambo will host a Clan Gathering of the McManus clan, the clan has made contacts in the USA and Australia and they are expecting a large group of McManus's to travel from overseas. The event will include talks on the McManus. Walks to the McManus sights and the new McManus Clan Chieftain will be bestowed in Drumshambo town during the day. Traditional music will be held in the village that evening.
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Leitrim Village

Friday 30th May 2003
Leitrim Village will host Festivals, which will include cycling on the Kingfisher way. This cycle route will be over 50 miles long and large groups are expected due to the success of the 'Border Track Cycling Event', which has taken place over the years. A clan event will also take place in connection with the O'Rourke's of Breifne and a new O'Rourke Clan Chieftain will be bestowed. The O'Rourke's have a lot of international contacts overseas and are expecting a large group to arrive for this event. This project is also backed by Leitrim County Council and their Tourism Officer is co-ordinating this event.
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Knockvicar

Saturday 31st May 2003
Knockvicar and Boyle will host a horse racing event in the grounds of Lough Key Forest Park. This event should attract up to 5000 people.
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Keadew

Sunday 1st June 2003
Keadue will host a walking festival along the Miner's Way. This route will cover 15 miles, in the mountainous region of North Roscommon. This event will travel the historic area of the miners of North Roscommon to and from where they worked in the Mines.
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Ballyfarnon

Monday 2nd June 2003
Ballyfarnon will host a second day of a walking festival in conjunction with Keadue. It will cover another 20 miles of the Miner's Way. This route will pass through a very important archaeological area and an archaeological team will be given to this day's walk.
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Highwood

Thursday 5th June 2003
Highwood will have a clan gathering on the Mac Donagh's Clan. The new clan chieftain will be bestowed. This will be the first time in many years that the Mac Donagh's have organised a clan rally in this area.
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Castlebaldwin

Friday 6th June 2003
Castlebaldwin will host a walking festival on the Miner's Way. A walk will travel to various archaeological sites and the day will be completed by traditional music in the evening in the village.
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Gurteen/Cloonloo

Sunday 8th June 2003
Gurteen will host a Walking Festival on the shore of Lough Gara, this event will be in conjunction with the O'Gara Clan. Traditional costume will be worn in the village that night and a session of traditional music will be heard in the famous Coleman Heritage Centre..
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Monasteraden

Thursday 12th June 2003
Monasteraden will host an historic walking event along the shores of Lough Gara, showing 'Crannogs' in the lake. This lake has the highest density of Crannogs in the country. The walk will then continue on to the Moygara Castle, talks will be given on the history of the O'Garat's, their castles and the estate in general. The day will be finished off with a traditional music session in the village.
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