Events including sheep or wool related activities
May 2025
- 9th May: UCC Launch of new wool research project REVEIRE and workshop, UCC
- 10th & 11th May: Fashion & Farming www.fashionandfarming.com Speakers include Alison Gault (IGWC), Blátnaid Gallagher (Galway CoOp), Cork
- 14th – 17th May: Balmoral Show, Lisburn, NI
- 16th & 18th May: Ballymaloe Festival of Food, Ballymaloe, Cork
- 23rd May – 1st June: Rathlin Sound Festival
- 29th May: Bloom. Irish Craft Village, IGWC product display, demonstrations of wool sculpturing and peg loom by Sharon Wells, exhibition of bog sculpture made with Wicklow wool. (IGWC at Bloom Thursday 29th May only). Dublin
- 30th May – 1st June: www.shearfest.ie 2025 European sheep shearing & wool-handling championships, Mountbellew, Co. Galway
June 2025 - 23rd May – 1st June: Rathlin Sound Festival
- 30th May – 1st June: www.shearfest.ie 2025 European Sheep Shearing & Wool-handling Championships, Mountbellew, Co. Galway
- 7th June: Sheep Shearing Festival, The Mill Yard, Graignamanagh, Kilkenny, (ref Cushendale)
- 21st June: Sheep 2025 Teagasc showcase of latest technology and research driving progress in the sheep industry, Mellows Campus, Galway
July 2025 - 1st July: NSA Sheep NI, experience the best of Northern Ireland’s sheep farming industry. The ‘Shear Success’ guide on wool quality and presentation will be available from the ‘Ulster Famers Union’ stand.
- 19th July: Meitheal. Native Irish Galway wool collected at annual harvest known as The Meitheal. Access strictly by invite only and it is not a public event, contact Galway Wool Co-op for access.
August 2025 - 4th August: Tinahely Agricultural Show
- 9th August: August Craft Month, ‘Island Threads, crafting with Rathlin Wool’ taking place on Rathlin Island.
September 2025 - 16 – 18th September: National Ploughing Championships 2025. The ‘Shear Success’ guide on wool quality and presentation will be available from the ‘Sheep Shearing’ tent.
November 2025 - Irish Design Week, 17th – 21st November. See www.dcci.ie/whats-on/irish-design-week-2025
2026
- 2026: International Year of the Woman Farmer (United Nations General Assembly)
- Ireland will host the EU Presidency (July 2026 onwards) for six months.
- Ireland will host the 2026 Global Bioeconomy Summit (GBS2026) Approx October 2026 TBC