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festivals · Friday 14 August 2026 · Various 
Drumkeerin Family Festival
At Drumkeeran Village · Drumkeeran, Co. Leitrim
At Drumkeeran Village · Drumkeeran, Co. Leitrim
Drumkeerin Family Festival returns to the village of Drumkeeran (the spelling most often used locally, and on the festival’s own listing, is Drumkeerin) for ten days from Friday, 14 August to Sunday, 23 August 2026. It is a community-run festival for the small west Leitrim village at the top of Lough Allen, organised by local volunteers rather than a professional events company. Confirmed detail is limited this far out from the dates, the festival’s own listing describes it simply as being back with plenty of things to do and see for all the family, with a fuller programme to follow closer to the date.
The full 2026 programme had not been published in detail at the time of writing, so anyone planning to attend should check the festival’s Facebook page for the finalised schedule as it is released. What is confirmed is the shape of it, a ten day run through the second half of August, organised around the whole family rather than one single audience. Small Leitrim villages typically run summer festivals of this kind by drawing on local clubs, GAA and community groups to fill the days and evenings with entertainment, though the specific line-up for Drumkeerin this year is for the organisers to confirm. Drumkeeran is a small village, so activity is likely to be concentrated around its main street and community facilities rather than a single dedicated festival site.
Drumkeeran sits at the meeting of the R280 and R200 roads in the low hills above the northern tip of Lough Allen, with Slieve Anierin, known locally as the Iron Mountain, rising to the east. It is around 20 minutes by car from Drumshanbo and 30 to 40 minutes from Carrick-on-Shannon. There is no rail service to the village, so a car is the practical way to reach it, with casual roadside and village-centre parking available.
Drumkeeran is walking and angling country as much as anything else, with the Leitrim Way and the Miners Way both passing within reach and Lough Allen close by. It is a genuinely small village with a single pub, so the festival is a rare concentration of activity in the local calendar. There is more to see in Drumkeeran and across Co. Leitrim.
Heading to Drumkeeran Village in Drumkeeran? Leitrim has plenty more to see. Read the Drumkeeran area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.