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HOME TO MAYO
Home to Mayo will be a celebration of Irish culture featuring local, national and international musicians, singers and dancers. The celebrations will take place in Castlebar, Foxford and Clare Island on the weekend of May 27 and 28. This showcase of the best of Irish talent will include Sean Keane, tenor Sean Costello, musician Stephen Doherty and folk group In Tune. It will also include the Academy of Irish Music form New York, The Clew bay Pipe band, Sean Nos dancers, choirs and world champion Irish dancers. The weekend will be filmed and put out on a platform that will be accessible worldwide and more importantly to the Mayo diaspora of over 3.5 million.
This will be an extraordinary gathering of Irish talent like nothing that Mayo audiences have seen before. Over 60 people will travel from the US to participate. This festival will truly bring our people home to Mayo.
Please note that the details of events listed above are provided by the relevant Local Authorities.