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Every month we have published so far, newest first. Each edition is evergreen and refreshed each year, so an older month is still the month you should read when you are planning for it.

October 2026 · The current edition
October in Ireland: the month the country goes dark, in the good way
Halloween is not an American import here. It is the older thing coming home, and it lands in the middle of the cheapest, emptiest, most atmospheric month of the Irish year. Fires lit, coaches gone, native oysters at their peak.
What the month was built around
- Derry HalloweenWednesday 28 October to Sunday 1 November 2026
- Dublin City Council Bram Stoker FestivalFriday 23 to Monday 26 October 2026
- Guinness Cork Jazz FestivalThursday 22 to Monday 26 October 2026
- Wexford Festival OperaThursday 15 to Saturday 31 October 2026
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September 2026
September in Ireland: the month we would pick
The light goes long and low, the coach tours thin out, the oyster season opens and the best golf of the year turns up on the west coast. If you asked us to choose one month, this is usually it.
What the month was built around
- Amgen Irish OpenThursday 10 to Sunday 13 September 2026
- Dublin Fringe FestivalSaturday 5 to Sunday 20 September 2026
- Culture Night, Oíche ChultúirFriday 18 September 2026
- Galway International Oyster and Seafood FestivalFriday 25 to Sunday 27 September 2026
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