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Triathlone	Saturday July 18th 2009 is the date to keep free this year for Waterways IrelandtriAthlone 09.
Athlone Literary Festival	A weekend aimed at readers, writers and all those who enjoy good conversation and good literature.
Ballinasloe Horse Fair	The Ballinasloe International October Fair & Festival is a 9-day event to cater for equestrian lovers, family entertainment, music and fun.
Birr Vintage Week	Olde Time Fair Green, Sunday Parade of vintage cars, engines, horses and carriages, marching bands, jugglers & clowns, street theatre, extensive exhibition trail,41st Annual Antique & Fine Arts Fair
Boyle Arts Festival	Boyle Arts Festival will programme events across all art forms, with the visual arts and music continuing to form the cornerstones on which the festival has established its reputation.
Dhalon Productions	South Roscommon Singers Festival
Douglas Hyde Festival	Week-long festival of traditional Irish music.
Feile Frank McGann	File Frank McGann, which takes place in Strokestown, Co Roscommon, is a festival of Irish traditional music, song and dance, and was established to honour the memory of one of Ireland's best loved traditional musicians, Frank McGann.
Kilbeggan Races	Kilbeggan Racecourse, now Irelands most successful one day racing event, attracts 50,000 people annually to the eight Race Meetings.
O'Carolan Harp & Traditional Music Festival & Summer School	The O'Carolan Summer School & Harp & Traditional Music Festival takes place in Keadue each summer.
RTE All-Ireland Drama Festival	The festival, which is run under the auspices of the Amateur Drama Council of Ireland, is held in May and is one of the premier events of its kind in Europe.
Roscommon Races	Roscommon is a favourite course with trainers for introducing talented, inexperienced young horses to racing and if you keep a close watch at the course you will see some stars of the future competing there.
South Roscommon Singers Festival	South Roscommon Singers Circle
Strokestown International Poetry Festival	Strokestown International Poetry Festival is now in its eleventh successful year. It takes place over the first weekend in May and aims to provide a forum for excellence in poetry, of different types and in both English and Irish, and to create new audiences for poetry.
The Athlone Agri-show	Showgrounds, Moydrum, Athlone: Show competitions