Harriet Island - August 10-12
Free Admission!
Sports
The Irish love their Gaelic games. At the Irish Fair you have the opportunity to watch and participate in several festival competitions. Hurling, the Irish variation of field hockey, and Gaelic football, a rugby style game played with a ball similar to a soccer ball, will be demonstrated throughout the festival. After the games, you can give the football a kick or knock the sloither (the ball used in hurling) with the hurley (the field hockey-like stick) in a skills contest for spectators.
Tug of War has long been part of Irish competitions. Each year, DJs Tug of War Team, an internationally competing pulling team from Lakeville, helps the Fair with our Tug of War competitions. This year all pulling will take place on Saturday, August 12th. The U.S. National Tug of War Championship will start at Noon.
At 4pm, it is your turn. Novice pullers get a chance to test their strength in the Irish Fair Tug of War Novice Competition. Get a few friends together or come as an individual and we'll get you on a team. You don't need to be big ... strength and stubbornness are what counts here.
If you are a big, strong lad, you might want to enter our Irish Heavy Games competion. Or, you might just want to watch the competion. The Gaelic Athletic Association held traditional championship weight casting events dating back to 1884. Irish Championship records for events such as “Putting 42 lbs.,” “Slinging 56 lb. unlimited run” and the “22 lb. Gaelic Hammer” date back to 1875. Check out the Irish Fair’s version of Irish Heavy Games - starts Sunday morning and continues throughout the afternoon.
Also new to the fair this year is traditional Gaelic Championship heavy weight throwing events. The Gaelic Athletic Association held traditional championship weight casting events dating back to 1884. And Irish Championship records for events such as “Putting 42 lbs.,” “Slinging 56 lb. unlimited run” and the “22 lb. Gaelic Hammer” dating back to 1875. Check out the Irish Fair’s version of Gaelic heavy games!
Don't forget about golf. Although we don't replicate the famous holes at Lahinch, you or children can have a crack at our hand-built mini-golf course.